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  • June 19, 2008 |

    Beiten snaps up ex-Hogan PE heavyweight

    Beiten Burkhardt has hired former Hogan & Hartson partner Uwe Steininger in a boost for the German independent's Munich office. The private equity heavyweight will join Beiten 1 July, having parted company with Hogan at the end of last month.

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  • June 19, 2008 |

    Bakers Bologna arm to go it alone

    Baker & McKenzie is parting company with its office in Bologna, with the six lawyers based in the Italian office spinning off to launch a standalone firm. Bakers acquired its Bologna office after taking over nine-lawyer arbitration and competition boutique Bernini e Associati in April 2002.

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  • June 18, 2008 |

    Norton Rose joins firms on Chinese bank panel

    Norton Rose has landed a place on China Development Bank's (CDB's) legal panel, joining 10 other firms on the sovereign wealth fund's roster. The firm won a place after advising CDB on its investment in Barclays in 2007. The City firm joins magic circle giants Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance as well as US firms Baker & McKenzie, Jones Day, Latham & Watkins, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and White & Case. Deacons, Li & Partners and Minter Ellison complete the line-up.

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  • June 18, 2008 |

    Employment, equal opportunities and diversity: Divided by faith

    A recent case involving Islington Borough Council highlights the difficulties faced by an employer seeking to balance the competing legal protections afforded to its employees. Here we consider the inherent conflict created by the rights of employees under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 and identify some trends emerging from the early cases under the regulations. However, in an area where the public often voices strong opinions, the legal protection afforded by the regulations may not be the end of the story. Since 2003, UK employees have been protected from discrimination on grounds of both (i) their religion or belief (or lack thereof) and (ii) their sexual orientation. Problems can arise in the workplace when religious convictions impel employees to behave in a way which may offend colleagues (for example, by making comments that are perceived as being homophobic or sexist). Complicated balancing acts must be performed by employers where protections clash in this way.

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  • June 12, 2008 |

    DLA Piper backtracks on full financial integration in global alignment plans

    DLA Piper is backing away from financial integration, Legal Week has learned, with the transatlantic giant instead opting for softer measures to help align the firm around the world. The move represents a U-turn for DLA Piper, which had publicly stated its intention to financially integrate its US and international operations, following its tripartite merger with Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich at the beginning of 2005.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    Ground control for Camerons with Silverjet insolvency role

    CMS Cameron McKenna has landed the lead role advising the administrators on the collapse of business class airline Silverjet. The airline announced on 30 May that it was grounding all of its flights and appointed administrators shortly afterwards.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    The Am Law 100: The sky's the limit

    In 2015 - the year that New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez will surpass 762 home runs and break the Major League record - Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom will both gross more than $5bn (£2.56bn), Baker & McKenzie will have more than 6,600 lawyers and the lucky partners at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz will bring home about $7.7m (£3.95m) each - a handsome sum, but one that will itself be dwarfed by the $15.7m (£8.05m) Wachtell partners will average in 2025. Or maybe not.

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  • June 10, 2008 |

    Bakers elects new Paris chief Fabre

    Baker & McKenzie has elected a new managing partner for its Paris office, with Regis Fabre stepping into the role from 1 July for a two-year term. The competition partner takes over from previous co-managing partners Denise Broussal and Laurent Epstein.

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  • June 5, 2008 | International Edition

    SJ Berwin strengthens restructuring capabilities with Bakers partner hire

    SJ Berwin has recruited a new partner for its restructuring team, taking Baker & McKenzie partner Jeremy Goldring to bolster its practice. Goldring is set to join the City firm next month as a partner, as the current head of reconstruction and insolvency Stephen Maffey returns to Australia. Goldring has spent around nine years with Bakers, joining from what is now DLA Piper, and has been managing the firm's UK and European restructuring practice. During his time at Bakers he has worked on restructurings of companies including car group MG Rover. He is currently advising parts supplier Dura on its ongoing insolvency. His hire takes SJ Berwin's London insolvency practice to two partners, excluding Maffey.

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  • June 5, 2008 |

    SJ Berwin strengthens restructuring capabilities with Bakers partner hire

    SJ Berwin has recruited a new partner for its restructuring team, taking Baker & McKenzie partner Jeremy Goldring to bolster its practice. Goldring is set to join the City firm next month as a partner, as the current head of reconstruction and insolvency Stephen Maffey returns to Australia. Goldring has spent around nine years with Bakers, joining from what is now DLA Piper, and has been managing the firm's UK and European restructuring practice. During his time at Bakers he has worked on restructurings of companies including car group MG Rover. He is currently advising parts supplier Dura on its ongoing insolvency. His hire takes SJ Berwin's London insolvency practice to two partners, excluding Maffey.

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