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  • October 1, 2012 |

    Nomura shakes up in-house team as wholesale legal chief departs

    Nomura global head of legal and general counsel for wholesale David Graham has left the bank just over a year after taking up the role, provoking a wider restructuring of the legal team. Graham left the Japanese bank in September. He has not yet been replaced, with his responsibilities set to be split between Nomura chief legal officer, Noriaki Nagai, and other regional legal heads.

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  • September 27, 2012 |

    Public interest and interesting the public: notable Supreme Court cases

    From pre-nups to Star Wars helmets, Suzanna Ring and Alex Novarese look at some of the significant cases to have been settled at The Supreme Court

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  • September 27, 2012 |

    Irwin Mitchell strengthens corporate with Nabarro hire

    Irwin Mitchell has secured the hire of Nabarro corporate and commercial partner Andrea Cropley, after news of her resignation emerged last week.Cropley, who was principally based in Nabarro's Sheffield office, will join the top 20 firm's local office in the coming months.

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  • September 21, 2012 |

    Nabarro employment head quits firm in double partner exit

    Nabarro is set to see the departure of two more senior partners, including employment chief Julie Quinn. Quinn, who has resigned to join US firm Jones Day, joined Nabarro in 2008 after 13 years at Allen & Overy. In addition to her employment practice she also has significant experience in international project management and is also a former deputy chair of the Employment Lawyers Association.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Holding pattern - how Spain's top law firms are surviving the economic crisis

    As the economic crisis drags on, firms in Spain reshape their practices. Mary Ellen Egan reports

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Home advantage? - The global impact of the Apple and Samsung lawsuit

    The $1bn dispute between the smartphone companies has fuelled expectations of more intellectual property disputes among Asian tech giants. Jessica Seah reports

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  • September 12, 2012 |

    The unwritten rules of clerking

    I have been extremely fortunate in my career to work for some excellent senior clerks. They have all had their own styles and idiosyncrasies which must in some way have molded my own brand of clerking. They all had two things in common; they needed a steady supply of hot beverages to get them through the day and they all adhered to The Rules. You won't find these Rules written down anywhere nor will you find them on the Institute of Barrister's Clerks website. These are the mighty commandments that should always be honoured and woe betide any who should fail to follow them, a life in clerking purgatory awaits.

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    New SFO director revamps agency to secure post-Tchenguiz survival

    Even by the standards of an organisation as regularly publicly lambasted as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the damning High Court verdict of its investigation into property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz was humiliating.

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    DLA, Olswang, BLP, Stephenson Harwood among bidders for new Singapore licences

    DLA Piper, Olswang and Stephenson Harwood are among a raft of firms to have bid for licences to practise local law in Singapore, with the deadline for applications passing last week (31 August). The trio have applied for Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) status alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner, Jones Day, K&L Gates, Watson Farley & Williams, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Shearman & Sterling, with the latest selection process coming four years after six licences were handed out in 2008.

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  • September 5, 2012 |

    Kirkland bolsters London white collar team with SFO's bribery head

    Kirkland & Ellis' City arm has secured a high-profile boost for its European practice after recruiting the Serious Fraud Office's (SFO's) head of bribery and corruption, Satnam Tumani. Tumani will join Kirkland as a partner in the US giant's white collar crime practice at the end of the month in what will be regarded as a key hire for the firm.

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