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  • October 8, 2012 |

    Dechert and Linklaters take on Beijing partners from Simmons and Bakers

    Dechert and Linklaters have strengthened their Chinese corporate practices with the hire of partners from Simmons & Simmons and Baker & McKenzie respectively. US outfit Dechert has recruited partner Lewis Ho to join its corporate and securities practice in Hong Kong, and to head up the firm's life sciences practice in Asia.

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  • October 8, 2012 |

    Jones Day recruits Paris derivatives heavyweight as Euro push continues

    Jones Day has secured a boost for its Paris office with the hire of a five-strong Gide Loyrette Nouel finance team led by derivatives heavyweight Alban Caillemer du Ferrage. Caillemer du Ferrage, who was head of derivatives and market infrastructure at Gide, is considered one of the top derivatives advisers in the French legal market.

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  • October 5, 2012 |

    Bakers shakes up associate pay with new merit-based model

    Baker & McKenzie has overhauled its pay structure for London associates in a move away from the traditional post qualification experience (PQE) model to a three-tier, merit-based system. The three new levels are junior associate, mid-level associate and senior associate, with those adjudged to have met performance expectations rising to mid-level at two years' PQE and from mid-level to senior after five years.

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  • October 4, 2012 |

    Freshfields takes global M&A crown but deal slump continues

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has overtaken Clifford Chance (CC) to lead global and Asia-Pacific corporate markets for the first three quarters of 2012, but the gloomy environment for dealmakers has seen M&A values slide 19% against 2011.

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  • September 28, 2012 |

    Norton Rose loses London litigation partner duo to US firms

    Norton Rose has lost a duo of London disputes partners with Joseph Tirado joining US firm Winston & Strawn, while Steve Abraham has joined Baker & McKenzie.

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  • September 27, 2012 |

    Bakers seals fixed-fee deal with software giant SAP to manage worldwide trademark portfolio

    Baker & McKenzie has agreed a new fixed-fee deal with German software company SAP to manage its entire trademark portfolio globally.

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  • September 27, 2012 |

    Bakers leads as Zhengzhou plans to raise $500m in Hong Kong Stock Exchange IPO

    Baker & McKenzie is advising Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group as it prepares to raise $500m (£308m) in a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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  • September 26, 2012 |

    Olswang boosts tech practice with double partner hire

    Olswang has bulked up its technology practice with two new partner hires in London and Singapore, including the former head of Allen & Overy's (A&O's) technology, media and telecoms practice Ian Ferguson. Ferguson will join Olswang on 1 October from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman where he has been a partner in the London office since 2009. Prior to joining Pillsbury, Ferguson was at A&O for 25 years.

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  • September 23, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including OC, DLA and Ashurst

    Paul Hastings has recruited Clifford Chance (CC) securitisation and structured finance partner Neil Hamilton for the US firm's London office. Hamilton, whose recent work has included leading a CC team advising Deutsche Bank on a €900m (£720m) collateralised loan obligation, is set to start at Paul Hastings on 1 October.

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  • September 20, 2012 |

    An island without water - law firms protect home interests in Switzerland

    While boundaries between the once-distinct Geneva and Zurich markets continue to blur and Switzerland's famed private client business gets ever more global, Helen Mooney finds the country's top law firms intent on preserving as much of the old order as possible

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