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  • November 9, 2010 |

    Bakers and White & Case boost international banking groups

    Baker & McKenzie and White & Case are in the process of relocating two of their senior banking partners to Paris and Singapore respectively in a move to bulk up those offices. Bakers EMEA head of banking and finance Michael Foundethakis moved to Paris last month to lead the local banking and finance practice, replacing Laurent Barbara in the post. He will keep his existing roles leading the EMEA finance team, the global project finance practice and the German acquisition finance and project finance practice.

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  • November 9, 2010 |

    Bakers creates pro bono director role to lead on CSR initiatives

    Baker & McKenzie has appointed Madeleine Schachter as global director of pro bono and corporate social responsibility (CSR), with the appointment coming as the firm moves to strengthen its CSR initiatives with clients. In the newly-created role, New York-based partner Schachter will work exclusively on CSR matters, including pro bono work with an emphasis on international humanitarian rights, constitutional law and civil rights issues.

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  • November 2, 2010 |

    Bakers names new managing partner for China and Hong Kong in top-level shake-up

    Baker & McKenzie has appointed corporate partner and former executive committee member Poh Lee Tan as managing partner for China and Hong Kong following an overhaul of the firm's executive committee. Tan replaces corporate partner David Fleming as managing partner of Hong Kong, China and Vietnam. Fleming will remain in Hong Kong, but will now focus on client work.

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  • November 2, 2010 |

    Out in front - Unilever on its IP outsourcing deal with Baker & McKenzie

    Third-party LPOs aren't the only ones in the outsourcing game. Alex Aldridge speaks to Unilever about its decision to use Baker & McKenzie to do its low-cost work

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  • November 2, 2010 |

    DLA Piper brings in Hogan Lovells IP partner for Warsaw arm

    DLA Piper has hired Hogan Lovells' head of intellectual property, media and technology (IPMT) in Warsaw to head up the firm's practice in Poland. Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska joined DLA last month to head up the intellectual property and technology practice (IPT) after leaving Hogan Lovells in September. She is the only partner in DLA's Warsaw practice.

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  • November 2, 2010 |

    UK law firms await Credit Agricole decision on new global legal panel

    Credit Agricole is close to finalising its new global legal panel after a competitive tender process that kicked off over the summer, as Societe Generale begins talking to its advisers with a view to launching its own review next year. Credit Agricole's review is being led by Paris-based head of legal and compliance Martine Leimbach, with the results due before the year's end. All of the firms sitting on the existing panel were invited to pitch, including Ashurst, Baker & McKenzie and Norton Rose.

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  • October 27, 2010 |

    A&O wins RenCap panel role after Russian bank reviews legal advisers

    Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a first-time spot on Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital's (RenCap's) legal panel. The magic circle firm is the only new global addition to the roster following the review, which has seen all six existing advisers reappointed and a small number of firms added in specific jurisdictions. The overhaul means A&O will line up alongside existing panel members Herbert Smith, Hogan Lovells, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, White & Case, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Latham & Watkins to advise the bank.

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  • October 26, 2010 |

    Linklaters takes BP role on $650m oil wells sale to Japanese investor

    Linklaters has taken a lead role for BP on the $650m (£412m) sale of four oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico, reports the Am Law Daily. The sale to to Japanese trading company Marubeni is BP's latest move to sell off up to $30bn (£19bn) in assets to offset the rising costs associated with cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico after the disastrous explosion aboard its Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig in April.

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  • October 20, 2010 |

    New ideas in law: The geek shall inherit...

    Having reached the profession late, law blogging has emerged in recent years to secure real influence. Alex Aldridge assesses how the format has introduced a new range of voices to the legal community

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  • October 20, 2010 |

    Is Howrey's model broke or can global litigation deliver?

    Does the global litigation law firm model work? This disturbing question has been explicitly raised this month by news of a 12-partner exodus from the European network of disputes and intellectual property (IP) specialist Howrey. Indeed, departing partners from Howrey, who are heavily concentrated in the firm's Amsterdam and Brussels offices, have made much of the problems of working within a US-based firm. The argument goes that the US' generally stricter conflicts rules are a real hurdle for litigators operating in Europe, particularly when the bulk of the practice is weighted stateside, which makes it inevitable that American clients will get the upper hand in a close call on conflicts.

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