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  • July 9, 2009 |

    Foreign firms put merger hopes on hold to hunker down for recession

    The number of international law firms in London looking for a tie-up has fallen to its lowest level in five years, as firms batten down the hatches in their City outposts during the downturn. Only 21% of non-UK headquartered firms in London said they would consider a merger with a UK firm according to Legal Week's annual survey of international law firms in London. The result marks a sharp decline from last year when 45% of firms said they would consider a UK deal.

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  • July 8, 2009 |

    Dewey shakes the Valley with star Cooley M&A signing

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has secured the most high profile lateral hires the California legal market has seen for years after recruiting a star M&A and technology team from Cooley Godward Kronish. The transferring team comprises corporate rainmakers Richard Climan and Keith Flaum and tech practice head Eric Reifschneider, who will move to Dewey's small East Palo Alto arm.

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  • July 7, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown loses top US finance lawyer to Dewey

    A top lawyer in Mayer Brown 's global finance practice is leaving the firm to join Dewey & LeBoeuf. Marshall Stoddard, who served as co-chair of Mayer Brown's global finance practice and was the relationship partner to Bank of America, will become the US head of bank and institutional finance at Dewey, resident in the New York and Los Angeles offices. Stoddard, who is leaving Mayer Brown following a high-profile management shakeup, says he was attracted by Dewey's more stable leadership team.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Global disputes

    Allen & Overy, Mayer Brown, Hausfeld and Appleby size up the key trends in cross-border litigation.

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  • July 2, 2009 |

    Commentary: Who will worship in St Paul's new cathedral?

    Where Mayer Brown was, initially at least, a union of a good-but-sleepy London firm with a good-but-sleepy US law firm with too much regard for its own status, the Florida-based Greenberg Traurig exudes entrepreneurialism and drive unencumbered by self-image or the weight of tradition.

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  • June 25, 2009 |

    Global disputes: Headed in the right direction

    Much time and attention has been devoted to considering the relative minutiae of the conduct of proceedings in the Commercial Court since the establishment of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party over two years ago. The result is the now amended Commercial Court Guide - the Admiralty and Commercial Courts Guide (8th edition, 2009), published on 18 May, 2009.

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  • June 16, 2009 |

    Gibson Dunn set for Sao Paulo office launch

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is set to launch an office in Brazil - joining the growing ranks of law firms with bases in Sao Paulo. The firm is set to relocate one of the three New York-based co-chairs of its Latin America practice group, Lisa Alfaro, to head the new office, which will launch as soon as it receives a licence.

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  • June 15, 2009 |

    Greenberg secures trophy hire of Maher for London launch

    US firm Greenberg Traurig is to launch in London with the hire of former Mayer Brown heavyweight Paul Maher. Maher is joining the Miami firm with two other Mayer Brown partners - corporate partner Fiona Adams and former European environment head Cate Sharp. He joins the firm as chairman of a separate UK limited liability practice to be called Greenberg Traurig Maher, and will also co-chair the US firm's global M&A practice.

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  • June 4, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown layoffs take pay cut to join clients

    Mayer Brown has arranged for nine of its laid-off associates to work full-time for corporate clients at a reduced salary of $60,000 (£37,000), reports the Am Law Daily. The associates are among the 45 lawyers the firm laid off in the US in April

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  • May 28, 2009 |

    Mayer Brown selects final seven for partner board

    Mayer Brown has finalised the details of its management restructuring, with the firm electing the remaining seven members of its 12-strong partnership board. Corporate partner Jeffrey Gordon (New York), corporate and securities chief Bob Gray (Houston), litigation partner Nicholas Hunsworth (Hong Kong), global projects co-chief Barry Machlin (Chicago), corporate partner Patrick Wong (Hong Kong), finance chief Ian Coles (London) and corporate partner Friedrich Merz (Berlin) have all been voted onto the board. The appointments will take effect at the start of next week and are part of a firmwide management overhaul.

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