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  • January 29, 2008 |

    Reed Smith adds in City with litigator Hardy

    High-profile insurance litigator Peter Hardy has joined Reed Smith Richards Butler as a partner after opting to leave US rival Morgan Lewis. Hardy joined Reed Smith at the beginning of 2008 and is understood to have brought his entire portfolio of work to his new firm.

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  • January 25, 2008 |

    US Briefing: DLA Piper kicks off laterals season

    The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities - or so they hope - at some of the nation's biggest law firms. So far the areas of practice for lateral hires are across the board, though movement in bankruptcy and finance already look particularly active. In one of the more prominent switches, DLA Piper has recruited William Goldman from Sidley Austin to join its restructuring and bankruptcy practice group in New York.

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  • January 23, 2008 |

    BLP moves to limit negative fallout from mistakes made by ex-real estate partner

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is seeking counsel on whether it needs to inform the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) about mistakes that were hidden by a real estate partner who left last week.

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  • January 16, 2008 |

    Restructuring leads US lateral round in early '08

    The first two weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities - or so they hope - at some of the US' biggest law firms, writes the National Law Journal. Each January, law firms issue a deluge of announcements that tout the successes of incoming lateral partners wooed from competitors. The first month of the year is particularly popular for such moves, since those lawyers have closed out the previous year at their old firms and can start fresh at their new firms.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Jones Day makes corporate hire from Cadwalader in London expansion push

    Jones Day has coaxed Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft London corporate partner Peter Baldwin over to its City operation.

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    Southwest and Wales: A region redefined

    Last year a cluster of law firms focused their attention on Bristol and Cardiff. Is the southwest and Wales now viewed as one region by clients, or does regional loyalty still count? Ed Thornton reports

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  • January 9, 2008 |

    General counsel divided on threat of the long arm of US regulators

    Many corporate counsel remain relaxed over the threat of cross-border regulation from the US, despite the growing impact of tough anti-bribery and corporate governance laws. Michelle Madsen reports

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  • December 20, 2007 |

    Skadden snares German Shearman partner

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from US rival Shearman & Sterling. Kremer - who focuses on banking and acquisition finance work - will join Skadden's Frankfurt office in February.

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  • December 14, 2007 |

    Cadwalader bolsters fledgling IP practice

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has added three lawyers to its intellectual property (IP) practice. Bartholomew Verdirame, Tony Pezzano and Michael Dougherty were all previously partners at the New York office of IP firm Morgan & Finnegan.

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  • December 13, 2007 | International Edition

    Travers takes lead on £360m palm oil IPO

    Travers Smith has snared New Britain Palm Oil (NBPO) as a client after advising on the company's £362.5m admission to the London Stock Exchange. Travers corporate finance partner Alasdair Steele led the team advising NBPO, which is based in Papua New Guinea, on the initial public offering (IPO) - its first role for the client. Also advising for the top 40 UK law firm were tax partner Simon Yates and corporate finance assistant James Middleton.

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