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  • January 4, 2012 |

    Ropes & Gray seals City boost with hire of ex-CC PE real estate veteran

    Ropes & Gray has strengthened its corporate and private equity practices in London with the hire of former Clifford Chance (CC) partner and real estate specialist Ian Morpeth. Morpeth, who joined the US firm as a partner yesterday (3 January), left CC at the beginning of last year to join Oppenheimer Investments as global chief operating officer.

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  • December 20, 2011 |

    Jones Day promotes five in the City in global round of 45

    Jones Day has become the latest US firm to announce its annual promotions round, with five London-based lawyers making the cut out of a global total of 45. The promotions, which will take effect from 1 January 2012, include 22 lawyers in the US, five in Asia, seven in Germany and two in Italy and France respectively. They also include one partner apiece in Russia and Australia.

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  • December 16, 2011 |

    Soc Gen names new panel with dozen firms winning places

    Societe Generale has concluded a review of its global panel, with firms including Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith appointed. The roster, which will take effect in the New Year (1 January), also sees UK firms Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose and Simmons & Simmons winning places.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Dechert litigation chief Gerrard takes lead on corruption probe at ENRC

    Dechert litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has taken a lead role for the audit committee investigating allegations of corruption at FTSE 100 company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC). Gerrard, who joined the US firm from DLA Piper earlier this year, began the work for the three-strong committee of non-executive directors - Gerhard Ammann, Sir Paul Judge and Roderick Thomson - at his firmer firm, and took the mandate with him on his move to Dechert.

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  • December 12, 2011 |

    Mishcons boosts property litigation group with Jones Day hire

    Mishcon de Reya is set to bulk up its property litigation group with the hire of Jones Day practice head Richard Anyamene. Anyamene will join Mishcons in January next year from his role as head of property litigation at Jones Day, and will work under practice head Daniel Levy.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    London Office of the Year: Weil Gotshal & Manges

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has dubbed 2011 "the most strategically significant year for its London office since it was launched 15 years ago". The judges were suitably impressed with the evidence to support this statement, including a hugely impressive roster of senior partner hires from leading UK rivals. In recent months the office, which is led by Mike Francies, has hired partners from Jones Day, Ashurst, Shearman & Sterling and Debevoise & Plimpton.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    Private Client/Family Team of the Year: Berkeley Law

    Berkeley Law is a Mayfair-based boutique private client law firm that was founded in May 2010 by four partners – Nick Rucker, Alex Ruffel, Glenn Hurstfield and Tim Thornton Jones – and a team of solicitors from Lawrence Graham. Its goal was to maintain its legacy client base and attract new clients, with a particular focus on emerging markets where much new wealth is being generated.

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  • December 6, 2011 |

    Trio advise as SAP makes $3.4bn acquisition

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Jones Day and Morrison & Foerster have lined up to advise on the $3.4bn (£2.2bn) acquisition of solution provider SuccessFactors by software maker SAP, writes The Am Law Daily.

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  • December 1, 2011 |

    Bingham enters mainland China with Beijing launch

    Bingham McCutchen is set to launch in Beijing with a lateral hire from US rival Jones Day, as well as a senior relocation from its Tokyo arm. Beijing-based Jones Day partner Xiaowei Ye and Bingham corporate partner Brian Beglin will act as joint heads of the new office, which marks the firm's third location in Asia in addition to Tokyo and Hong Kong.

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  • November 29, 2011 |

    Eversheds appoints new head of Paris-based China practice

    Eversheds has turned to Norton Rose for the new head of its Paris-based China practice. Norton Rose Beijing corporate partner Virginie Deslandres joined Eversheds' Paris office this month, and will act as the cross-border coordinator of the firm's China practice in Europe, working across a number of the firm's Asian and European offices.

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