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  • March 31, 2008 |

    French independent takes Asia team from rival

    UGGC & Associes, the French ally of UK national giant Addleshaw Goddard, has extended its reach overseas after taking on the entire Asian practice of domestic rival Adamas. The deal adds 25 lawyers and branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Taipei to UGGC's network of offices, which also includes outposts in Brussels and Casablanca. Adamas partners Franck Desevedavy, Olivier Dubuis, Olivier Lefebure, Alina Quach and Arnaud Depierrefeu all transfer to UGGC as part of the move.

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  • March 18, 2008 |

    Expansive Skadden set for Sao Paulo launch

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is to open a new office in Sao Paulo, the US giant announced today (18 March). The new branch is expected to open in May or June and represents Skadden's first foray into South America, although the firm established its Latin America practice group almost 20 years ago.

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    McDermott in capital dispute with former partner as City head steps down

    McDermott Will & Emery is locked in a dispute with a former partner over repayment of capital - one of a series of problems relating to a wave of defections from the US firm's London office. The dispute - news of which comes as London office head David Dalgarno (pictured right) announces his decision to stand down - centres on the capital payment made by partners when they join the partnership, which is meant to be repaid within a guaranteed period when they leave the firm

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    Addleshaws hiring drive continues apace with new duo for City funds

    Addleshaw Goddard is set to bolster its City funds practice with hires from Mayer Brown and Bank of America.Christy Stagemeyer and David Ive will join Addleshaws in the coming weeks as a partner and consultant respectively. Ive joins from Mayer Brown, where he was a funds and tax partner, while Stagemeyer joins from the Bank of America in New York, where she was lead counsel for the bank's alternative investment group.

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  • March 13, 2008 |

    Barlows bolsters corporate with Covington partner

    Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has added to its corporate practice with the hire of a new partner from the London office of Covington & Burling. Simon Gamblin, currently a special counsel at Covington, will join Barlows' seven-partner corporate practice in April. Gamblin previously practised at Clifford Chance, where he sat within the corporate group, and his experience includes international and domestic M&A, restructuring and private equity work.

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  • March 7, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 7/03/08...

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  • March 6, 2008 | International Edition

    Mayer Brown accounts show Euro profits dip

    Operating profits in Mayer Brown's London and Brussels offices fell by £3.3m during 2007 to stand at £37.7m, despite an £8.9m increase in fee income to £103.5m. The results, revealed in the US firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) filing to Companies' House earlier this month, show that profits in the international LLP, which encompasses the Brussels and London offices, fell by around 8% from 2006. This was due to a marked £12m increase in operating expenses, which now stand at £65.8m.

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  • March 6, 2008 |

    Mayer Brown accounts show Euro profits dip

    Operating profits in Mayer Brown's London and Brussels offices fell by £3.3m during 2007 to stand at £37.7m, despite an £8.9m increase in fee income to £103.5m. The results, revealed in the US firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) filing to Companies' House earlier this month, show that profits in the international LLP, which encompasses the Brussels and London offices, fell by around 8% from 2006. This was due to a marked £12m increase in operating expenses, which now stand at £65.8m.

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  • February 27, 2008 |

    Mayer Brown bolsters Cologne corporate team

    Gide Loyrette Nouel Shanghai co-head David Boitout has been named as an arbitrator for the new Shanghai Court of Financial Arbitration (SCFA). Boitout becomes one of the first foreign arbitrators of the SCFA, part of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission. The Commission handles disputes related to international trade, finance and engineering, as well as internal economic disputes of Chinese and foreign firms.

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  • February 26, 2008 |

    Kaye Scholer takes German partner from US rival

    Kaye Scholer has boosted its Frankfurt office with the hire of Mayer Brown patent litigation partner Wolfgang Leip. Leip moved to the US firm's German arm last month along with associate Benedict von St Andre and two assistants.

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