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  • March 27, 2014 |

    Taking London – the US firms swooping in on the City's top talent

    The Olympic stadium wasn't the only venue for record setting in London in 2012.

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  • March 26, 2014 |

    Skadden becomes 19th foreign firm to open in Seoul

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has opened an office in Seoul after receiving a licence from South Korea's Ministry of Justice earlier this month.

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  • March 21, 2014 |

    All that glitters – the law firms chasing business in a newly resurgent Middle East

    Turn the clock back to before the financial crisis and, while Asia was growing in popularity, it was Dubai that law firms were piling into seemingly relentlessly.

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  • March 13, 2014 |

    Former Allens Singapore head joins Rajah & Tann to head energy group

    The former head of Allens' Singapore office Marae Ciantar has joined local outfit Rajah & Tann to lead the 20-lawyer energy and resources group. Ciantar, who played a key role in growing the Australian firm's clientbase in South East Asia, was the last Allens partner to leave the Singapore base after the tie up with magic circle firm Linklaters saw the two firms combine offices in the island state.

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  • March 13, 2014 |

    BLP joins rivals in fast-growing Myanmar through local partnership

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has expanded into Myanmar through a tie-up with local outfit Legal Network Consultants (LNC). The Yangon-based firm is now a member of BLP's Asia network, which has been created so that the firm can tap a steady flow of deals coming out of the country. To date BLP has been servicing the market out of Singapore, with a practice led by the firm's Singapore head and project finance partner Alistair Duffield, corporate partner Ken Cheung and energy and projects partner Nomita Nair.

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  • March 10, 2014 |

    Hong Kong gives higher rights of audience to four more lawyers

    Four additional Hong Kong lawyers have been given the go-ahead to appear in the city's courts following training and assessment, out of a total of 30 who took part in the scheme. The lawyers were named in a Law Society circular, and inlcude Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate Kevin Kee, Ernst and Young in house attorney Regina Fan, partner Pak Hau from Hong Kong outfit Charles Chu & Kenneth Sit and sole proprietor Paul Kwong.

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  • March 7, 2014 |

    Eversheds' Africa network up to 33 after 10 firms added to roster

    Eversheds has grown its African referral network with the addition of 10 independent firms. The Eversheds African Law Institute (EALI) network, which launched last October with 14 members, now numbers 33 firms.

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  • March 5, 2014 |

    Bakers and FFW join list of UK firms asking junior partners for capital in light of tax rule changes

    Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and Baker & McKenzie have become the latest firms to ask junior partners to contribute capital in response to upcoming changes to how partnerships will be taxed.

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  • March 3, 2014 |

    Pinsent Masons to address gender imbalance with 30% female partner target

    Pinsent Masons has launched a suite of initiatives aimed at increasing its number of female partners to 30%, with an initial target of 25% set for May 2018. 'Project Sky', which is being led by employment partner Linda Jones, seeks to remove any barriers to the progression of women to partnership and senior leadership.

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  • February 27, 2014 |

    Dentons takes Heenan Blaikie hires to 46 in a month as 16-lawyer team joins

    Dentons has now picked up a total of 46 lawyers from collapsed Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie following the signing of a five-partner, 11-associate team this week. Corporate partner Allen Garson and insolvency partners Kenneth Kraft and John Salmas join in Toronto, while corporate partner Wendy Del Mul and infrastructure partner Tommaso Nanci will join Dentons as counsels in Toronto and Montreal respectively.

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