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  • September 14, 2011 |

    The rush down under – how Australia belatedly met global law

    When Squire Sanders & Dempsey became the latest international law firm to enter the Australian legal market last month, the move had as much to do with Asia as it did Perth's booming energy and resources sector. Given the strong trade flows between Perth and Asia, where the firm already has offices in Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, the move to merge with the majority of Minter Ellison's Perth arm was fuelled by a desire not only to tap into one of the G20's best-performing economies but to use it as a platform to bolster its Asian practice.

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  • September 9, 2011 |

    23 major law firms come together for ground-breaking diversity initiative

    Twenty-three UK and Irish law firms have come together for a groundbreaking initiative to boost social mobility in the profession with a wide-ranging work experience scheme. The project, dubbed PRIME, will see the firms involved commit to provide significant work experience programmes for state school children from non-privileged backgrounds in a profession-wide bid to improve social diversity in law.

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  • September 9, 2011 |

    Ashurst's Cookson exits to join DLA Piper as London real estate chief

    DLA Piper has boosted its real estate practice with the hire of senior Ashurst partner Simon Cookson as the firm's new London real estate chief. Cookson was previously Ashurst's European real estate chief, and also held a position on the firm's board.

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  • September 9, 2011 |

    Macfarlanes signs up Shearman partner to lead real estate practice

    Macfarlanes has recruited a new head of real estate with the hire of a senior partner from US firm Shearman & Sterling. Ian Nisse will join Macfarlanes at the end of the month after seven years as a partner at Shearman, where he was international co-head of real estate, working in both the firm's London and Abu Dhabi offices. He will succeed Simon Hillson as head of real estate at Macfarlanes, with Hillson continuing as a partner in the group after five years as practice head.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    Ashurst set for vote as terms emerge on Blake Dawson Asia deal

    Ashurst looks set to nearly double its Asian partner count through a tie-up with Blake Dawson that will see the Australian leader rebrand as Ashurst. Partners at the UK law firm received a document confirming details of the proposed joint venture late last month, with a vote expected to take place before the end of September.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    Stephenson Harwood boosts energy practice with ex-Ashurst partner hire

    Stephenson Harwood has added another energy-specialist partner to its corporate practice, with the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski's Jeremy Sheldon. Sheldon has been a partner in the US firm's London office since 2007, when he joined from Ashurst, where he was a member of the energy, transport and infrastructure group.

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  • September 7, 2011 |

    Ashurst takes top role for San Miguel on $610m Malaysian oil push

    Ashurst has taken the lead role advising San Miguel Corporation on its $610m (£382m) acquisition of a number of ExxonMobil subsidiaries in Malaysia, reports The Asian Lawyer. San Miguel, a Philippines conglomerate best known as a brewing company, has acquired three Malaysian divisions of the US oil giant in all-cash deals, paying $206m (£129m) for Esso Malaysia and $404m (£253m) for both ExxonMobil Malaysia and ExxonMobil Borneo.

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  • September 5, 2011 |

    Mayer Brown adds partner to City corporate insurance team with Debevoise hire

    Mayer Brown has strengthened its London corporate and securities practice with a hire from Debevoise & Plimpton. Colin Scagell joined the international firm today (5 September) as the newest partner in its London-based insurance industry group. He joins from the City office of Debevoise, where he was an associate.

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  • September 1, 2011 |

    Ireland's Dillon Eustace opens second Asia base with Hong Kong launch

    Irish firm Dillon Eustace has bolstered its Asian practice with an office launch in Hong Kong. Corporate and M&A partner Paul Moloney will head the office, which opened today (1 September) and will provide European financial and regulatory advice to the firm's existing Asian clients.

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  • August 31, 2011 |

    UK leaders lay out bold plans for expansion in Asia-Pacific

    Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) are all planning to significantly ramp up their Asian operations as increasing numbers of UK and US firms look to capitalise on the region's growth potential. Linklaters is hoping to increase the amount of fee income it generates in the Asia-Pacific region to nearer 20% of global revenues over the next four years, up from 12%-13% at present.

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