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  • September 16, 2011 |

    A&O moves to restock Hong Kong banking team with City partner transfer

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has moved to rebuild its Hong Kong banking practice with the relocation of City partner Ian Powell to the office. The transfer comes after A&O last month saw the departure of Hong Kong finance partner Ashley Young to Kirland & Ellis's local office. Young is moving to the US firm alongside senior associate Douglas Murning, who is joining as a partner.

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  • September 15, 2011 |

    How the top international law firms stack up in Asia

    Clifford Chance: 366 lawyers across eight offices. Hong Kong - 138 lawyers including 32 partners, Singapore - 72 lawyers including 15 partners, Tokyo - 51 lawyers including nine partners, Shanghai - 22 lawyers including five partners, Beijing - 29 lawyers including six partners, Bangkok - 16 lawyers including two partners Sydney - 21 lawyers including seven partners Perth - 17 lawyers including seven partners Key deals include: • advising the underwriters on Prada's Hong Kong listing; • advising the underwriters on Glencore's dual listing in Hong Kong and London; and • advising the managers on Volkswagen's dim sum bond - the first by a German company.

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  • September 14, 2011 |

    Battle royale - the tussle for global dominance shifts eastward

    With elite Wall Street firms finally breaking into Hong Kong law, the stage is set for a high-stakes struggle across Asia between the world's top law firms. Georgina Stanley and Simon Petersen report

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  • September 13, 2011 |

    CC signs up former Linklaters Brussels antitrust chief

    Clifford Chance (CC) has made a high-profile hire in Brussels with the addition of former Linklaters competition partner Johan Ysewyn. Ysewyn, who joined CC yesterday (12 September), was head of Linklaters' Brussels antitrust group and co-head of the firm's global cartel group. Before his departure in March this year, he had spent 16 years at the magic circle firm, including 11 years as a partner.

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  • September 13, 2011 |

    Slaughters leads alongside US firms on £1.5bn transatlantic takeover bid

    Slaughter and May and a number of US firms have won roles on US manufacturing company Colfax Corporation's £1.5bn takeover bid for UK engineering group Charter International. Slaughters has taken the lead role for Charter on the deal, which is conditional upon regulatory and shareholder approvals. The magic circle firm is fielding a team under London corporate partners Andy Ryde and Robin Ogle.

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  • September 6, 2011 |

    Weil boosts London restructuring team with Jones Day partner hire

    Weil Gotshal & Manges has added a partner to its London restructuring team with a lateral hire from Jones Day. Paul Bromfield is set to join Weil later this month, with the move reuniting him with Jones Day's former restructuring head Adam Plainer, who joined Weil in January this year.

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  • August 31, 2011 |

    UK leaders lay out bold plans for expansion in Asia-Pacific

    Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) are all planning to significantly ramp up their Asian operations as increasing numbers of UK and US firms look to capitalise on the region's growth potential. Linklaters is hoping to increase the amount of fee income it generates in the Asia-Pacific region to nearer 20% of global revenues over the next four years, up from 12%-13% at present.

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  • August 31, 2011 |

    Freshfields and Skadden advise on $3.2bn Rosneft Arctic deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have lined up to advise on a $3.2bn (£1.96bn) Arctic exploration deal between oil giants ExxonMobil and Rosneft. Freshfields advised Russian state oil company Rosneft on the deal, with Moscow corporate partner Sergei Diyachenko and City corporate partner Frank Miller leading.

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  • August 30, 2011 |

    Linklaters and Skadden lead on €147bn Greece banking merger

    Linklaters and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are advising on the merger of Greece's second and third largest banks, a tie-up which will create an institution with €147bn in total assets, reports The Am Law Daily. The merger of Alpha Bank and Eurobank, which comes amid the country's sovereign debt crisis, will make the combined entity the biggest lender in Greece and the largest bank in southeastern Europe.

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  • August 22, 2011 |

    Cleary opens new LatAm base with partner relocations to Sao Paulo

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has opened for business in Sao Paulo after receiving approval to launch from the Brazilian authorities. Capital markets partner Juan Giraldez and corporate finance partner Francisco Cestero have relocated from New York and Rome respectively to head up the new base.

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