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  • November 14, 2007 |

    Nokia in international search for legal head

    Mobile phone giant Nokia has embarked upon a far-reaching search for its new head of legal, following the death of legal chief Carl Belding in September.

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  • November 8, 2007 | International Edition

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • November 8, 2007 |

    City defies crunch with double-digit H1 growth

    City leaders have defied struggling credit markets to announce strong H1 results, despite longer-term worries about the rest of the year. Just one out of nearly 20 top 50 firms to have reported H1 results has failed to record double-digit growth, with a wide range of firms enjoying increases of more than 20% on the same period last year.

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  • October 25, 2007 |

    House of Lords hands power to arbitration clauses

    A House of Lords ruling has boosted the position of arbitration clauses in contracts, in the latest episode in the mammoth Fiona Trust shipping litigation. Last week the House of Lords upheld a Court of Appeal decision that arbitration clauses could be enforced despite allegations of bribery in connection to the contracts.

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  • October 24, 2007 |

    Former Dentons Oman head joins Clydes

    Clyde & Co has hired Denton Wilde Sapte's former Oman managing partner Andrew Watson, the firm announced yesterday (24 October). The corporate finance partner, who left Dentons in May 2006 for Consultant Lawyers Direct, joins Clyde & Co's Abu Dhabi office.

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  • October 10, 2007 |

    Clydes builds US with LeBoeuf litigation hire

    Clyde & Co has boosted its US presence with the hire of LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae reinsurance litigation partner Michael Knoerzer. Knoerzer, who has been a commercial litigator for more than 20 years, will join the firm's New York office. Clydes launched in the US in July 2006 after recruiting a team of lawyers from US practice Condon & Forsyth.

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  • October 4, 2007 |

    Reed Smith, Clydes win roles on landmark DIFC insolvency

    Reed Smith Richards Butler and Clyde & Co have advised on the first liquidation to take place out of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

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  • September 19, 2007 |

    Commentary: McDermott puts on brave face as revolving door keeps spinning

    "If I was David I would have said I'd had a f***ing terrible year." With William Charnley last week taking the total number of partners to quit McDermott Will & Emery's City arm to 11 in little more than a year, there are no prizes for guessing which US firm's London managing partner a rival was describing above.

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  • September 12, 2007 |

    Holman Fenwick hires ex-Clyde & Co head for Dubai insurance push

    Holman Fenwick & Willan's Middle Eastern arm has recruited the former Hong Kong head of rival firm Clyde & Co in a major boost for its insurance and reinsurance practice in the region.

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  • September 5, 2007 |

    UK firms poised to reap rewards of class action litigation upswing

    The vast majority of the UK's top lawyers expect class action-style group litigation work to increase across Europe in the near future as advisers bid to cash in on the nascent market. According to the results of the latest Legal Week/EJ Legal Big Question survey, nearly 25% of senior lawyers are forecasting a substantial rise in class action work with a further 50% of respondents anticipating at least some scope for growth.

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