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  • May 17, 2012 |

    Hard to handle - the challenges presented by Russia's bustling legal market

    Buoyed by high energy prices but hamstrung by corruption fears, Russia remains a key market – and challenge – for law firms. Rose Orlik reports

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  • May 10, 2012 |

    Ashurst wins debut role alongside firms on SocGen's UK roster

    Ashurst has secured a first-time appointment to Societe Generale's UK panel as the French banking giant has moved to expand its City adviser relationships. Ashurst joins SNR Denton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, White & Case and Linklaters on the line-up, which was drawn up two months ago.

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  • May 8, 2012 |

    Shell turns to City Fulbright partner for senior in-house disputes role

    Fulbright & Jaworski City disputes partner Richard Hill is set to leave the US firm to join Royal Dutch Shell as associate general counsel in its newly-launched global disputes group. Hill, who will meet trial commitments in the coming weeks before joining the energy giant's London operation in August, focuses on disputes in sectors including energy, power and transportation.

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  • May 3, 2012 |

    Emerging risks - growing compliance problems in emerging economies

    The risk of having to pay bribes to get business done in many emerging markets is prevalent: from being granted a concession, an operating licence or a contract by an emerging markets government, to getting goods cleared at customs, obtaining immigration visas and being connected to the local electricity grid or telephone network..

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Linklaters and Bakers win roles on BA's new-look panel

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie are among seven firms to have been appointed to British Airways' (BA's) new legal panel in its first review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia last year.

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Feuding over funds - key topics at Legal Week's Funds Litigation Forum

    Mourant Ozannes managing partner Robert Shepherd sums up the key topics from this year's Funds Litigation Forum in London

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  • April 17, 2012 |

    Stewarts Law set for double office launch in US

    Stewarts Law is set to launch its first international offices with the firm to open two offices in the US. The firm will open in New York and Delaware on 1 May with the hire of litigation partner duo David Straite and Ralph Sianni who have joined from their own boutique Sianni & Straite to lead the offices.

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  • April 16, 2012 |

    Former Coudert partners lose new bid to recover money from US firms

    Retired partners from defunct Coudert Brothers have lost their second attempt to recover money from three law firms that took a sizeable chunk of the firm's assets after its 2005 dissolution, reports the New York Law Journal. A group of 24 former partners sued Baker & McKenzie, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Dechert in 2007, claiming that the firms conspired with Coudert partners to buy firm assets for less than fair market value. Because none of the three firms took on 50% of Coudert's assets, none were true 'successor' firms with obligations to continue paying retirement benefits, according to court filings.

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  • April 12, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including A&O, Simmons and FFW

    Dutch firm Houthoff Buruma is to launch a New York office with the hire of the former head of Allen & Overy's (A&O's) Dutch and Netherlands Antilles practice, Helena Sprenger.

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  • April 10, 2012 |

    Top US firms saw China lawyer count grow 10% last year, research shows

    China lawyer headcount at the top 250 US law firms rose by almost 10% last year, as the region continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The largest 250 US-based law firms by lawyer headcount - as compiled by The National Law Journal - added 194 lawyers to their China offices during the past year to reach a total of 2,249, while the total number of offices grew from 124 to 132.

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