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  • October 14, 2011 |

    China's Jun He continues recent growth with Weil Gotshal hire

    Leading Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices has bolstered its Beijing corporate practice with a hire from Weil Gotshal & Manges, marking the firm's fourth new partner addition since August. Jasson Han is set to rejoin Jun He as a partner, after leaving in 1993 to pursue a degree in commercial law. Since then, he has worked at Simmons & Simmons in London and Hong Kong, and then in Weil Gotshal's Beijing and Hong Kong offices as a partner-level senior consultant.

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  • October 13, 2011 |

    CC adds partner to London high yield practice with Latham hire

    Clifford Chance (CC) has added a high yield finance partner in London office with the hire of Latham & Watkins senior associate Fabio Diminich. Diminich, who began his career as an associate with Weil Gothsal & Manges in Washington DC, joined CC earlier this week (10 October).

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  • October 12, 2011 |

    Trio of firms lead on £660m sell-off of 'bad bank' debt

    Hogan Lovells, Weil Gotshal & Manges and DLA Piper have taken lead roles on Ireland's National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) sale of £660m in debt it held on hotels including Claridges to the Barclay brothers. The deal, which closed last month (27 September), saw a vehicle owned by the Barclay brothers buy £660m debt of Maybourne Hotels Group – parent company of Claridges, The Berkeley and The Connaught – from NAMA.

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  • October 7, 2011 |

    Roschier and Hannes Snellman managing partners break away to launch new firm

    The managing partners of Nordic law firms Roschier and Hannes Snellman have left their respective firms to launch a new venture in Helsinki. Roschier's Ulf-Henrik Kull and Hannes Snellman chief Carl-Henrik Wallin have joined forces to launch a new law firm, Avance Attorneys, which opened for business earlier this month (4 October).

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  • October 5, 2011 |

    Top 50 German law firms post 8% hike in fees in 2010-11 but eurozone fears dampen mood

    CMS Hasche Sigle has overtaken Hengeler Mueller to emerge as the largest German law firm by revenue, with the 10 largest firms in the country seeing an average revenue rise of 4% during their last financial year, according to new research. The rankings, compiled by German legal publication Juve, show Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer retaining its position as the largest law firm in Germany with turnover of €334m (£286m), while CMS Hasche Sigle has passed Slaughter and May ally Hengeler with 3.9% revenue growth to rank second with revenues of €212m (£182m).

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  • September 30, 2011 |

    Dewey recruits Stephenson Harwood partner for London energy team

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has added a partner to its London energy practice with the hire of Stephenson Harwood partner Marc Hammerson. The hire takes energy partner headcount in Dewey's London office to seven, with the group led by oil and gas sector head John LaMaster. Hammerson's practice focuses on energy transactions including M&A, project financing, energy derivatives, private equity and listings, in particular projects in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa.

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  • September 28, 2011 |

    Shoosmiths, DLA Piper and Eversheds make grade for Iron Mountain's first European panel

    Information management company Iron Mountain has set up its first European legal panel, with Shoosmiths, DLA Piper and Eversheds among the firms making the grade. Weil Gotshal & Manges and Squire Sanders Hammonds were also appointed to the roster last month, with the line-up also including Belgium's Lorenz Law, Germany's Schmalz Rechtsanwalte, Berthet Husson Associes of France, Netherlands firm Boekel De Neree and Benelux leader De Brauw 
Blackstone Westbroek.

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  • September 26, 2011 |

    Stephenson Harwood signs up Ashurst partner to lead new London practice

    Stephenson Harwood is set to launch a dedicated employee benefits and incentives practice in London with the hire of Ashurst partner Barbara Allen. Allen, whose start date has not yet been agreed, will join as head of the team and will be the sole partner dedicated to the practice.

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  • September 23, 2011 |

    Clifford Chance moves to restock City funds team with Debevoise hire

    Clifford Chance (CC) has added a partner to its City funds capability with the hire of international counsel Gerard Saviola from the London office of US firm Debevoise & Plimpton. Saviola, who will join CC as a partner in the firm's private funds group, is US-qualified and advises mainly leveraged buyout funds, emerging markets funds and mezzanine funds, as well as a broad range of institutional investors in international investment funds and private equity acquisitions.

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  • September 21, 2011 |

    Weil Gotshal invited to tender for RBS panel after first-ever mandate

    Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to be invited to tender for the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS') legal panel next year after completing its first-ever mandate for the bank. The US law firm's London office advised the bank on the $300m (£191m) sale of its shares in luggage manufacturer Samsonite, which floated in Hong Kong in June. Weil Gotshal fielded a team led by London corporate partner Mark Soundy on the transaction, which marks the US firm's first piece of work for the bank.

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