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  • January 16, 2014 |

    Dechert's Asia departures continue as two more senior lawyers exit

    Dechert is to lose another two senior lawyers in Asia following the departure of its Hong Kong managing partner Basil Hwang. Asia litigation head David Chu is moving to New York firm Prosauker Rose to launch a regional disputes practice, leaving Dechert on 23 January, while corporate counsel Peter Wang is taking a partner role at a top Chinese firm also towards the end of the month.

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  • January 15, 2014 |

    Magic circle breaks into Stonewall list as Freshfields makes top 100

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the first magic circle firm to break into the top 100 UK employers for LGB staff, according to the charity Stonewall's annual index.

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  • January 13, 2014 |

    Shell GC Peter Rees to step down after three years in the role

    Peter Rees QC has stepped down as legal director of Shell, just three years after joining the company from Debevoise & Plimpton. In a statement, a spokesperson for the energy giant said: "Shell can confirm that Peter Rees is stepping down as Legal Director of the Company with effect from 10 January 2014 to pursue other interests."

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  • January 9, 2014 |

    Clifford Chance moves into Indonesia with local tie-up

    Clifford Chance has launched in Indonesia after entering into an association with local outfit Linda Widyati & Partners (LWP). The tie-up comes some months after the firm first began analysing the market, which it was previously servicing from Singapore.

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  • January 7, 2014 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including DLA, Clydes and HSF

    DLA Piper has boosted its corporate practice in Bangkok with the hire of O'Melveny & Myers lawyer Tim Tan. Tan, who was previously a counsel with O'Melveny in Singapore in the firm's corporate finance practice, focuses on banking and leverage finance, corporate debt and restructuring and special situations investment transactions.

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  • January 6, 2014 |

    Winston & Strawn eyes Taiwan, Singapore offices in Asia push

    US law firm Winston & Strawn is eyeing new offices in Taiwan and Singapore as part of a wider Asia growth plan that will see it double in size in the region. The Chicago-headquartered outfit, which currently has three Asian bases located in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing which it inherited from now defunct Heller Ehrman five years ago, plans to grow its teams in IP, corporate, anti-trust, energy and disputes.

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  • December 17, 2013 |

    BLP appoints new head of EPI group as Younson leaves firm

    Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Lisa Mayhew as head of its employment, pensions and incentives (EPI) practice, following the departure of Fraser Younson last week. Younson – a former McDermott Will & Emery and Baker & McKenzie partner - spent seven years at BLP, joining the firm in 2006 as EPI head. His destination is not yet known.

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  • December 12, 2013 |

    Technical excellence is not enough: lawyers need to break free from their narrow silos

    'Collaboration' is one of those words that has really caught the attention of the legal market in recent years. But while the term is generally accepted, what is less well understood is what collaboration looks like in the context of a high-performing business law firm. Is it a must-have, a nice-to-have or just another example of distracting management speak?

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  • December 12, 2013 |

    British Legal Awards 2013: who won what - and why...

    A run-down of all the winners at this year's British Legal Awards, including full details of the judging panel's reasoning for each award.

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  • December 9, 2013 |

    Bakers and BLP lead on Canada's £306m sale of its UK embassy

    Baker & McKenzie and Berwin Leighton Paisner have taken the lead roles on the £306m sale of the Canadian embassy in London to the Lodha Group, India's largest real estate developer.

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