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  • November 2, 2012 |

    Asia's focal point - Singapore under the microscope

    While the rest of the world wallows in the aftermath of the financial crisis, Southeast Asia is thriving. Neil Hodge focuses on the region's biggest winner so far: Singapore

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    US law firms tap China's go-private market amid global IPO slump

    Latham and Kirkland among firms benefiting from booming take-private sector, says Elizabeth Broomhall

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  • October 25, 2012 | International Edition

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 14, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Reed Smith, Linklaters and RPC

    Reed Smith has added a partner to its London media team with the hire of Askandar Samad from DLA Piper. Samad's practice focuses on film and media financing, structured finance, co-production funding and tax. The hire for Reed Smith comes after the firm recruited Nick Swimer from Channel 4 - where he was head of legal for governance, regulatory and trading - in November last year.

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  • October 11, 2012 |

    New York elite reshape junior ranks amid sustained fee pressure

    Some of New York's leading law firms have taken steps to reposition their business in response to falling client demand and pressure on fees for the most junior US lawyers.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Shearman target ethnic minority grads with recruitment deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Shearman & Sterling are ramping up their diversity efforts by signing up to work with an agency that specialises in African Caribbean graduates. The firms have joined the client list of Rare Recruitment, which specialises in providing high-achieving African Caribbean graduates, as well as other ethnic minorities.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Slaughters mulls adding US-qualified partners in Asia

    Slaughter and May is mulling adding US law capability to its Hong Kong office, after a spate of US firms launched local practices in the region. The magic circle firm is considering whether to hire US-qualified lawyers for its Asia base - a move which would involve lateral partner hires and would represent a break from the firm's traditional strategy of organic growth.

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  • September 23, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including OC, DLA and Ashurst

    Paul Hastings has recruited Clifford Chance (CC) securitisation and structured finance partner Neil Hamilton for the US firm's London office. Hamilton, whose recent work has included leading a CC team advising Deutsche Bank on a €900m (£720m) collateralised loan obligation, is set to start at Paul Hastings on 1 October.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Kuala Lumpur: Asia's IPO champ?

    The Malaysian capital has put in an impressive performance in the IPO market this year. But talk of challenging Hong Kong is premature, says Jessica Seah

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