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  • November 19, 2013 |

    HK's Deacons hires Bakers lawyer to lead tax practice

    Hong Kong law firm Deacons has hired Baker & McKenzie lawyer Travis Benjamin to lead its tax practice. Benjamin, who brings the total number of partners at the firm to 54, will head the tax group across the firm's four offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

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  • November 19, 2013 |

    Slaughters, A&O among firms on Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi's debut panel

    Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy and Linklaters are among a raft of firms to have won a spot on The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) first ever legal panel. The panel covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is split into a preferred firms' panel and a transactional panel.

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  • November 14, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes targets more African work as firm looks to develop referral relationships

    Macfarlanes is looking to build new referral relationships in Africa to take advantage of increased investment in the continent. The firm has targeted between 10 and 15 key growth countries and wants to develop relationships with around three local firms in each as part of an expansion of its African practice, led by M&A partner Howard Corney.

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  • November 13, 2013 |

    Baker & McKenzie recruits senior Big Four tax professional in London

    Baker & McKenzie's London office has hired EY partner Mark Bevington to boost its corporate tax practice. As a non-lawyer, Bevington cannot join Bakers' partnership, though as the firm's a principal tax advisor, he will be remunerated at a similar level to a senior partner. With a background in international tax planning and UK domestic taxation, Bevington will support Bakers' 40-strong tax team of lawyers, transfer

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Virgin Group kicks off review of legal panel

    Virgin Group has launched a review its legal panel, which currently runs to eight firms, ahead of possible changes to the roster.

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  • November 12, 2013 |

    Singapore's WongPartnership forms alliance with Malaysian boutique

    Singapore law firm WongPartnership has formed an alliance with Malaysian boutique outfit Foong & Partners with a view to boosting its presence in South East Asia. The firm, which earlier this year decided against a merger with King & Wood Mallesons, wants to ramp up its capabilities in the Asean region due to the vast potential for mandates relating to projects, real estate, inbound and outbound investment and private equity.

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  • November 7, 2013 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Taylor Wessing, Slaughters and Osborne Clarke

    The Transfer Window is a regular round-up of recent legal moves in the UK and abroad. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

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  • November 6, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes re-elects senior management team

    Macfarlanes has re-elected its senior management team, with managing partner Julian Howard and senior partner Charles Martin chosen to serve further three-year terms. The new terms will be Martin's (pictured) third as senior partner and Howard's second as managing partner. The re-elections were approved by the firm's partnership at the beginning of the year, with the new terms starting next May.

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Macfarlanes nabs Bakers energy partner as lateral hiring spree continues

    Macfarlanes has recruited Baker & McKenzie energy and projects partner Scott Brodsky to join its commercial practice, marking the firm's second lateral hire this month. Brodsky is co-managing partner of Bakers' Johannesburg office and has advised on a broad range of global projects in the power, renewable energy, oil and gas and transport sectors.

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  • November 1, 2013 |

    Transfer Window Asia: recent moves including Latham, Bakers and Freshfields

    Latham & Watkins has boosted its US practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two corporate lawyers this month. Senior associate Ben Carale has recently been hired as counsel from Sidley Austin, where he was responsible for building the firm's Philippines practice and working on US corporate finance and securities transactions.

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