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  • November 17, 2009 |

    Trio of firms gear up with roles on takeover of Brawn F1 team

    Shearman & Sterling, Lovells and Taylor Wessing have advised on Mercedes-Benz's takeover of the Brawn GP Formula One team. The three firms took roles on the deal that will see the team rebranded as Mercedes Grand Prix from next season, with founder Ross Brawn remaining as team principal.

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  • November 4, 2009 |

    Former DLA Piper partner faces forgery trial in Singapore

    A former DLA Piper partner who left in 2006 to open a Singapore office for US firm Duane Morris is standing trial for forgery, writes The American Lawyer. Rudy Lim, 37, has been charged with falsely inflating his pay at DLA to obtain a better salary at Duane Morris.

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  • October 22, 2009 |

    Bakers elects duo to London management committee

    Baker & McKenzie has reshuffled its London management committee, with litigation partner Tom Cassels replacing Beatriz Araujo on the top-level board. Cassels, who has handed over his role as corporate responsibility partner to competition partner Ross Denton, will join the board for an initial two-year period.

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  • October 21, 2009 |

    Simmons advises hedge fund RAB on Lehman bankruptcy dispute

    Simmons & Simmons has advised hedge fund RAB Market Cycles Fund on the latest dispute in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy saga. Simmons acted for RAB in relation to the status of post-administration cash derived from securities received by the failed bank after it went into administration. As a result of the ruling handed down today (21 October), City hedge funds could now see the money returned to the beneficiaries rather than falling into the general estate. RAB successfully argued that the post-administration cash held by Lehman as custodian was held on trust, and therefore under Financial Services Authority regulations should not fall into Lehman's general estate.

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  • October 20, 2009 |

    Norton Rose and Deacons advise BP on carbon deal

    Norton Rose and Deacons Australia have come together to advise oil giant British Petroleum (BP) on their first public deal since finalising their merger. The firms are advising BP on a carbon offset deal that will see 10 million eucalyptus trees, worth A$2.5m (£1.4m), planted across Australia within the next 15 years.

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  • October 20, 2009 |

    Freshfields reshuffles corporate: can the winning streak continue?

    Good bench, strength in depth, sensible management and flair - you would be forgiven for thinking Deal Week has lapsed into football punditry. But even if it can't match the glamour of the Premier League there's one team that currently gets City lawyers reaching for the sporting superlatives: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's on-form corporate practice.

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  • October 20, 2009 |

    Law firm management: Learning to lead

    Harvard started a revolution in leadership training for law firms in the 1990s. Alex Aldridge and Alex Novarese tell the story and assess what management training can offer

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  • October 13, 2009 |

    Bakers mourns death of former London head Russell Lewin

    Former Baker & McKenzie London head Russell Lewin has died at the age of 51. Lewin was head of Bakers' London office between 1998 and 2003, overseeing a significant period of growth for the firm. He subsequently sat on the firm's global executive representing all European offices until 2006.

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  • October 13, 2009 |

    Ex-Richards Butler partner among trio found guilty of stealing clients and millions in fees

    A trio of Australian expatriate lawyers working at their own firm in Kazakhstan has been found guilty by a Sydney court of conspiring to steal clients and millions of dollars in fees from another expat-led firm at which they once worked. The Australians - John Forster Emmott, a former partner of legacy UK firm Richards Butler; Robert Nicholls, an ex-partner at leading Australian firm Freehills; and David Slater, a former in-house lawyer at Australian bank Westpac - reportedly lured oil and gas clients from the Almaty-based firm Michael Wilson & Partners.

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  • October 9, 2009 |

    Leading firms nominated for 2009 British Legal Awards

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Bird & Bird and Norton Rose are among the nominees for a series of accolades at the 2009 British Legal Awards. The trio have been shortlisted for the prestigious Law Firm of the Year award alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Clyde & Co, Kennedys and Stephenson Harwood. Norton Rose has also been nominated for a further two awards, including M&A Team of the Year, while Bird & Bird has secured nominations in three other categories, including Commercial Team of the Year.

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