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  • January 7, 2008 |

    BP bags GSK's Bondy to replace retiring GC Bevan

    Energy giant BP has bagged the high-profile general counsel of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Rupert Bondy, to replace veteran general counsel Peter Bevan when he retires later this year. Bevan joined BP's chemicals arm in 1970 and became group general counsel 22 years later, securing his position as one of the UK's best-known general counsel.

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  • January 2, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox 2/01/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and the first new Career Clinic dilemma of 2008

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  • December 21, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown in Johnson Stokes Asia merger

    Mayer Brown is to merge with leading Hong Kong firm Johnson Stokes & Master. The deal, which will complete on 28 January, will dramatically increase the Anglo US firm's presence in Asia, handing it a seven-office network with more than 260 lawyers and a turnover of $160m (£80.5m).Talks between the two firms began four months ago after Johnson Stokes approached Mayer Brown. Johnson Stokes' 41 equity partners voted through the merger unanimously two days ago (26 January).Under the terms of the deal, Mayer Brown will practise as Mayer Brown JSM in Asia.

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  • December 21, 2007 |

    US Briefing: Refco indictment's 'chill wind'

    Corporate lawyers give their reaction to the indictment of Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins following the bankruptcy of commodities broker Refco

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  • December 20, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox 20/12/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and LawSoc president Andrew Holroyd looks back on 2007 and forward to '08

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  • December 19, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown partner charged with securities fraud

    A senior Mayer Brown partner was indicted yesterday (18 December) on charges he helped Refco conceal from investors that a company owned by former chief executive Phillip Bennett owed Refco hundreds of millions of dollars, writes the New York Law Journal. Joseph Collins, head of the law firm's derivatives group, was charged in the Southern District of New York with securities fraud and a host of other counts in connection with the 2004 sale of a majority stake in the financial services company and a 2005 initial public offering.

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  • December 19, 2007 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox 19/12/07...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; and more

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Mayer Brown adds new co-director to tax team

    Mayer Brown has named Laurent Borey as co-director of its international tax practice. Borey becomes one of six directors of the Anglo-American firm's tax practice, and the only representative from Europe. He joins James Barry and Joel Williamson in Chicago, Kenneth Klein in Washington DC, Jeffrey Cantrell in Charlotte, and Larry Langdon in Palo Alto. Borey currently heads Mayer Brown's 13-strong tax team in Paris.

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  • December 12, 2007 |

    Online special: Negligence claims could spell the end for a large law firm, say top lawyers

    Partners warn that litigation risks for law firms are mounting in the global marketplace in the wake of a spate of negligence claims, but firms have beefed up their risk management procedures. Michelle Madsen reports on the latest Big Question survey

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  • December 10, 2007 |

    Ancliff to lead EMI post-takeover legal review

    The legal function of music giant EMI is set for a major overhaul in the wake of the company's acquisition by private equity group Terra Firma earlier this year. EMI general counsel Chris Ancliff, who took on the top legal job at the struggling entertainment company when former general counsel Charles Ashcroft stepped down from the role in February, is overseeing the review.

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