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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Withers targets major expansion in Asia and new US presence in five-year strategy

    Withers has laid out a new five-year strategy, including ambitious targets for growth in Asia and plans to launch new offices on the west coast of the US.

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Feuding over funds - key topics at Legal Week's Funds Litigation Forum

    Mourant Ozannes managing partner Robert Shepherd sums up the key topics from this year's Funds Litigation Forum in London

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including BLP, Wragges and Simmons

    Simmons & Simmons has moved to boost its new asset management sector group with the hire of DLA Piper's UK investment funds team head David Williams, who is joining the firm as a partner in London. Williams, who was also a partner at DLA Piper, advises on investment funds and asset management work, especially private funds investing in private equity, illiquid credit, real estate and infrastructure.

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  • April 19, 2012 |

    Dewey presses to secure debt terms as international losses escalate

    Turmoil at Dewey & LeBoeuf this week spread to the firm's international offices as it emerged that the new management team is pressing to restructure its debts. The firm's Dubai and London offices have seen a string of partner departures, with teams and individuals in countries including Italy and Russia also considering splitting away from the embattled US firm.

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  • April 16, 2012 |

    Dewey to lose recently-hired City private equity team to McDermott

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to lose its London private equity team to McDermott Will & Emery, less than a year after hiring a partner duo from Taylor Wessing to launch the practice. The firm launched the dedicated private equity team last summer with the hire of Taylor Wessing's private equity head Mark Davis and fellow partner Russell Van Praagh.

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  • April 13, 2012 |

    Dewey partner departures reach 52 this year as two more exit in the US

    Two more Dewey & LeBoeuf partners have left the firm in the US as the total number of partner departures so far this year reaches 52, reports The Am Law Daily. Los Angeles partner David Smith has left to join the Santa Monica office of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a 100-lawyer firm with five offices in California.

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  • April 11, 2012 |

    DLA adds partner to City restructuring team with Goldman hire

    DLA Piper has expanded its London restructuring practice with the appointment of a new partner from Goldman Sachs. During his six years at Goldman, Justin Conway - who held the roles of senior counsel and executive director - specialised in the EMEA debt trading market, advising on private distressed bank loans and high-yield loan trading.

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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Dewey City partner duo quit for DLA and Reed Smith as exits continue

    Dewey & LeBoeuf is set to lose another two partners in London, with commercial litigator Nicholas Rock leaving to join Reed Smith and junior corporate partner Prakash Paran moving to DLA Piper. Rock, who was co-head of the US firm's environmental litigation practice, has 20 years' experience in commercial litigation with a focus on climate change law.

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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Top US firms saw China lawyer count grow 10% last year, research shows

    China lawyer headcount at the top 250 US law firms rose by almost 10% last year, as the region continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The largest 250 US-based law firms by lawyer headcount - as compiled by The National Law Journal - added 194 lawyers to their China offices during the past year to reach a total of 2,249, while the total number of offices grew from 124 to 132.

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  • April 4, 2012 | International Edition

    The agenda - sizing up the profession's efforts to tackle social diversity

    The legal profession has finally put social diversity 'on the agenda'. Georgina Stanley asks if it will be enough to counter an increasingly unequal British society

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