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  • July 22, 2012 |

    Camerons, Olswang and US quartet confirm autumn NQ retention rates

    CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and White & Case are among a number of law firms to have confirmed retention rates for their September intakes, with Olswang also unveiling changes to its trainee recruitment scheme. Camerons has announced an 84% retention rate, slightly up on the 81% kept on from the firm's March intake. Of 31 newly qualified (NQ) trainees, 26 took up positions at the firm after 29 were offered jobs. The March intake saw 25 of 31 NQs kept on.

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  • July 12, 2012 | International Edition

    Claiming Churchill's legacy - charting the eventful history of the Human Rights Act

    Born in controversy, 9/11 kept the Human Rights Act at the forefront of a heated political debate. Charlotte Edmond traces the celebrated and reviled law's recent history

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  • July 12, 2012 |

    Claiming Churchill's legacy - charting the eventful history of the Human Rights Act

    Born in controversy, 9/11 kept the Human Rights Act at the forefront of a heated political debate. Charlotte Edmond traces the celebrated and reviled law's recent history

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  • July 2, 2012 |

    Jones Day bulks up London disputes team with double partner hire

    Jones Day has strengthened its London litigation practice with the hire of Christopher Braithwaite and Baiju Vasani from Simmons & Simmons and US firm Crowell & Moring respectively. Braithwaite, who is joining Jones Day's City arm later this month (16 July), advises banks and financial institutions on financial litigation and arbitration, regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings, as well as insurance coverage issues and associated litigation.

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  • June 15, 2012 |

    Magic circle duo lead on £1.4bn Hong Kong purchase of London Metal Exchange

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead roles on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's £1.4bn takeover of the London Metal Exchange (LME). The A&O team is led by London corporate partner Alistair Asher, the head of the firm's financial services group, and counsel Ben Koehne, with City partner Damian Carolan handling regulatory advice.

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  • June 14, 2012 |

    Ashurst adds two partners to Frankfurt base with Dewey double

    Ashurst has recruited two former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners in Frankfurt, with the pair set to join the UK firm's corporate and employment practices in the German city. The arrival of Benedikt von Schorlemer, who focuses on private equity and M&A, takes the number of German corporate partners at Ashurst to seven.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Shell to appoint line-up of firms to new global litigation roster

    Royal Dutch Shell is set to create a global litigation panel following the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski City disputes partner Richard Hill as associate general counsel for its newly-launched in-house disputes group.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Have QFLPs worked for Singapore?

    Singapore is to award more licences, but many still question the value of practising local law. Jessica Seah reports

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Weil London team leads on major Israel investment for US industrial company

    Weil Gotshal & Manges is among a trio of law firms advising on Access Industries' purchase of a controlling stake in Israel's Clal Industries and Investments (CII), in a deal which values the Tel Aviv-listed holding company at $665m (£423m). The deal has seen Israeli business group IDB Development sell 49.9% of its 60.5% stake in CII to Access, receiving 16.19 Israeli shekel (£2.70) per share.

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  • May 22, 2012 |

    Dewey London partners to vote on administration; US nears bankruptcy

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm could file for administration as early as tomorrow (23 May) as partners prepare to vote on winding down operations in a meeting expected to take place at 10am. The news comes as the stricken firm has brought in global restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper in the US, where it is moving closer to filing for bankruptcy.

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