• December 23, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Allen & Overy, Cleary Gottlieb Caught Up in Brazil's Bad Times

    A former co-head of Allen & Overy's global corporate group has been charged in a corruption probe at Brazilian oil colossus Petrobras, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has been hired by Brazilian mining giant Vale to help with a tragic dam collapse.

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  • December 22, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Thompson & Knight Expands in Mexico, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Thompson & Knight is welcoming back a father and son attorney team in Mexico, as Monterrey-based senior counsel ALEJANDRO F. SANCHEZ MUJICA and counsel ALEJANDRO

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  • December 22, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Thompson & Knight Expands in Mexico, Plus More Lateral Moves

    Thompson & Knight welcomes back a father and son attorney team in Mexico; King & Spalding grabs a Skadden counsel in D.C.; Latham & Watkins takes on a Goldman Sachs executive; and other key hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

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  • December 21, 2015 | Focus Europe

    Getting It Right in Poland

    Poland represents somewhat of a conundrum for the world’s leading law firms. On paper, the country should be home to one of the most attractive legal markets around. Since emergi

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  • December 21, 2015 | Focus Europe

    Big Deals

    The largest 25 recent M&A transactions in Europe, all announced between April 1, 2015 and Oct. 1, 2015. Research by Mergermarket and Rebecca Geiger. Target: Allergan Inc (U.S.) Co

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  • December 21, 2015 | International

    Locking the Gates

    Three years ago, when free trade agreements opened South Korea to U.S. and European law firms, foreign firms rushed to launch in Seoul. Some 26 international law firms—22 of them U

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  • December 21, 2015 | Focus Europe

    Continental Breakfast: Life After the Law Firm

    The partnership demographic at U.K. law firms is “a ticking time bomb,” a report on the legal profession warned this fall. “The Paradox of Partner Retirement,” publis

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  • December 21, 2015 | International

    The Asia 100

    For this year's Asia 100, our annual survey of the biggest law firms in the region, the spotlight is on China. Given the sheer size of the Chinese economy, it's no surprise th

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  • December 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Locking the Gates

    Foreign law firms have been in South Korea for three years, but they still can't practice local law. Will they ever be able to? The answer isn't clear.

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  • December 21, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Continental Breakfast: Life After the Law Firm

    American Lawyer's Chris Johnson regularly takes attorneys to breakfast at their favorite morning venues to chew over the industry's tastiest talking points. At Simpson's in The Strand, former Allen & Overy senior partner Guy Beringer talks about the venture he founded to put more lawyers on nonprofit boards.

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