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July 29 2010
01 Jul 2010
Analysis includes Skadden's EU competition boost in Brussels, Simmons & Simmons entry into Beijing and the demand for energy lawyers in the US
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Jun He, Japan, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, UAE, South Africa, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Bird and Bird, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Features, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Hannes Snellman, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Allens Arthur Robinson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Hogan and Hartson, Eversheds, Sidley Austin, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Chiomenti, Reed Smith, King and Wood, Fried Frank, Walkers, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Partners, A&L Goodbody, Arendt & Medernach, Arthur Cox, Balcar Polansky & Spol, Bowman Gilfillan, Clayton Utz, Dechert, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Global Law Offices, Houthoff Buruma, K&L Gates, King & Spalding, Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe, Olswang, Schulte Roth & Zabel, SJ Berwin, William Fry
01 Jun 2010
Analysis includes Kirkland's private equity hires in London, Paul Hastings' raid in Chicago and more lateral hires by Chinese domestic firms.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, McDermott Will and Emery, Private Equity, Bird and Bird, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Features, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, McCarthy Tétrault, O'Melveny and Myers, Webber Wentzel, Pinsent Masons, Havel and Holásek, Eversheds, Reed Smith, Fangda and Partners, McGuire Woods, King and Wood, Walkers, Trowers and Hamlins, Jingtian and Gongcheng, Greenberg Traurig, Bowman Gilfillan, Deneys Reitz, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, Hunton & Williams, Integrites, King & Spalding, Olswang, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Vasil Kisil & Partners, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
04 May 2010
Dealogic's Q1 2010 report report finds Asian law firms leading by value, but Clifford Chance leading by volume.
Tags: Project finance, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, China and Hong Kong, Taiwan, US, Portugal, Spain, UK, Latham and Watkins, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Features, Lovells, Bevan Brittain, Cuatrecasas, Garrigues, Luthra & Luthra
11 Jan 2009
Mexican duo advise on Grupo Bimbo’s $2.5 billion acquisition of a US bakery business.
Tags: Corporate, White and Case, Latin America and Caribbean, Mayer Brown, Canada, Mexico, Deals, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Mijares Angoitia Cortés y Fuentes, Ritch Mueller, Stikeman Elliott
08 Dec 2008
Brazilian firms advise on Coscan’s $715 million purchase of Exxon Mobil’s Brazilian service stations.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto
02 Dec 2008
Brazilian firm Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice advises BR Malls on a $30 million bond repurchase.
Tags: Capital Markets, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Maples and Calder
19 Jan 2009
Ukrainian firm Magisters to open a representative office in London to service both in and outbound clients.
Tags: CEE, UK, Ukraine, Office moves, Magisters
10 Dec 2008
Albanian firm acts for Falcione Group in its winning bid to construct a €1 billion LNG terminal and pipeline.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Albania, Deals, Apicella
Ukrainian firm Magisters merges with Belarus's BelJurBureau to give Magisters its third office in the CIS.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, CEE, Office moves, Belarus, Magisters, BelJurbureau
12 Nov 2008
UK firm's new office to add to its existing branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tags: Corporate, Asia-Pacific, Vietnam, Office moves, Lovells
11 Nov 2008
New team to focus on Indian capital markets, M&A, finance and dispute resolution work.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Clifford Chance, Asia-Pacific, India, Singapore, Office moves, Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Co
21 Oct 2008
Three partners leave Trilegal to launch corporate finance firm Phoenix Legal.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Asia-Pacific, India, People and moves, Office moves, Trilegal, Phoenix Legal, Kochhar and Co
15 Apr 2009
The Austrian Stock Corporation Act amendment will affect a number of shareholders' rights -- Florian Kusznier, Schoenherr
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
14 Apr 2009
Spain's insolvency law has been updated to facilitate restructuring and refinancing agreements -- Iñigo de Luisa, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, Briefings, Spain, Cuatrecasas
09 Feb 2009
The new BVI anti-money laundering and terrorist financing code is practical and effective -- Ross Munro, Harneys.
Tags: Corporate, Investment funds, Latin America and Caribbean, Briefings, Harneys, British Virgin Islands
26 Nov 2008
The government has amended the Stock Exchange Act to allow it to temporarily prohibit short selling -- Abi Winter, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
27 Oct 2008
The government has taken legislative action to quell market turmoil -- Martin Ebner, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria