• June 1, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

    The Great Leap In-House

    Alibaba.com Corporation's headquarters in Hangzhou, China, looks like it was imported straight from Silicon Valley. Caf� tables and comfy sofas dot the reception area, just like at a Starbucks

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  • August 22, 2005 | Alm

    Coudert Brothers Partners Vote for Breakup

    Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm. "After exploring various

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  • January 1, 2011 | Focus Europe

    Happily Single?

    It was a grim morning in November 2008 when Andrey Goltsblat, managing partner of the leading Russian law firm Pepeliaev Goltsblat & Partners, set out for one of the most difficult meetings of

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  • January 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Duane Morris Enters Singapore Market

    Duane Morris Chairman Sheldon Bonovitz is making good on his plan to grow the 600-attorney firm to over 1,000 lawyers with offices across the globe.The latest move gives the firm a six-attor

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  • September 21, 2007 | International Edition

    Surest Way to Grow in London

    LONDON � London's growing band of U.S. law firms (.pdf) are once again in the market

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  • March 13, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Nixon Peabody Forms Alliance with Chinese Firm

    In a bid to expand its reach in mainland China, Nixon Peabody announced Tuesday that it is teaming up with the Hylands Law Firm. Like Nixon Peabody, Hylands-which has more than 300 la

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  • November 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    'NLJ 250' Shows Lawyer Ranks Growing Again

    After a two-year lull in growth at the nation's 250 largest law firms, the pace is picking back up. According to The National Law Journal's 28th annual survey of the nation's 25

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  • August 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Patrick ir has been promoted to a deputy chief in the general crimes section of the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office.

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  • June 7, 2000 | Alm

    More Lawyers in Top Accounting Firms Than in Top Law Firms

    If you add up all the lawyers at the Big Five accounting firms and their affiliates, the total dwarfs the number of attorneys at the five largest law firms in the world.Take Chicago-ba

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  • March 28, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    International Litigation

    Assume a situation in which Party One in foreign country A asks his local bank to make a payment to the local bank of Party Two in foreign country B. Assume further that this transaction has a

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