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  • August 24, 2011 |

    Dorsey & Whitney seals Shanghai alliance after recent local losses

    Dorsey & Whitney has struck an alliance with 20-lawyer Shanghai boutique Martin Hu & Partners (MHP), reports The Asian Lawyer. The move comes as the US firm aims to bolster its presence in the city after a pair of recent departures including the exit of corporate partner Michael Chin to Hogan Lovells.

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  • August 18, 2011 |

    Norton Rose and DLA act on G&J Greenall gin sale

    Norton Rose, DLA Piper and Reed Smith have taken lead roles on the recent acquisition of G&J Greenall, the UK's oldest distiller and bottler of gin and vodka from hotels business De Vere Group. Norton Rose advised a private investor group on the acquisition of the business, which has seen the formation of a new company, G&J Greenall Group, led by the current chief executive Christian Rose.

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  • August 11, 2011 |

    SNR Denton boosts London energy team with Linklaters hire

    SNR Denton has added a partner to its London office with the hire of Linklaters counsel Mark Cheney. The energy-focused project finance lawyer, who trained and qualified at Linklaters before reaching the rank of counsel, joins SNR Denton's partnership in the firm's energy, transport and infrastructure team.

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  • August 9, 2011 |

    CMS transfers entire immigration practice to specialist US firm

    CMS Cameron McKenna is set to spin off its entire 15-lawyer immigration practice to corporate immigration specialist firm Fragomen. The team, which will move across as of 1 October, includes Camerons' highly-rated immigration head Caron Pope, who has been a partner with CMS since joining from Reed Smith in 2007 to lead the immigration practice.

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  • August 3, 2011 |

    Quartet of US corporate partners quit DLA Piper to join Reed Smith

    Reed Smith has recruited a quartet of corporate partners from DLA Piper for its offices on both coasts of the US, reports the Am Law Daily. The group of partners is led by capital markets and M&A lawyer Yvan-Claude Pierre, who joined DLA three years ago from Fulbright & Jaworski.

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  • July 27, 2011 |

    A higher calling - the hotline to ex-GCs helping in-house lawyers find their feet

    A hotline to former general counsel is helping new in-house lawyers find their feet. Sue Reisinger reports

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  • July 21, 2011 |

    Ropes & Gray opens third base in Asia with Shanghai launch

    Ropes & Gray has launched an office in Shanghai, marking the US firm's third presence in Asia. The office, which went live today (21 July), will be headed by private equity partner Arthur Mok. Prior to his move to Shanghai, Mok worked in the firm's Hong Kong and Washington DC offices.

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  • July 12, 2011 |

    Reed Smith signs up Dorsey partner to lead Shanghai launch

    Reed Smith has launched a presence in Shanghai with the hire of corporate partner Jay Yan, the former regional managing partner for US firm Dorsey & Whitney. Reed Smith, which already has two Asian bases in Hong Kong and Beijing, will launch in Shanghai with immediate effect, having recently received a licence to open on the ground.

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  • July 11, 2011 |

    SNR Denton turns to salary partners for capital contributions of up to £20k

    SNR Denton has asked its EMEA non-equity partners to contribute capital to the firm for the first time.The move, which came into effect at the start of the current financial year (1 May), has seen non-equity partners at legacy Denton Wilde Sapte asked to contribute between £10,000 and £20,000 each.

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  • July 6, 2011 |

    Competing colleagues - the growing field of inter-law firm sporting events

    Dragon boat racing and sitting volleyball may not be sports that are traditionally associated with lawyers and law firms, but they are two of the more quirky sports in which law firms have got involved in recent years. Keen to attract the best talent, law firms are increasingly up to promote their extra curricular sporting prowess. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is viewed among many as the ones to beat when it comes to both promoting and participating in sport. Official sponsors of the London 2012 Olympics, lawyers at the firm are involved in no less than 18 different sporting activities. Sitting volleyball is the current craze sweeping Freshfields' London office, with staff from across the firm getting involved in a competition which is aimed at boosting the profile of the 2012 Paralympic Games.

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