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January 06 2009
18 Jun 2008
Tightening panels and a rash of legal mergers mean niche practice is no longer an option for many firms.
Tags: Africa, Expansion and strategy, South Africa, DLA Piper, Features, Webber Wentzel, Eversheds, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Cliffe Dekker, Routledge Modise
11 Jun 2008
Denton Wilde Sapte's Kuwaiti debut has met with virtual indifference from local firms – and with good reason.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Features, Denton Wilde Sapte, Bryan Cave, Abdullah Kh Al-Ayoub and Associates, Stephenson Harwood, Dixon and Dixon, Al-Sarraf and Al-Ruwayeh
03 Jun 2008
Fickle junior lawyers are leaving Singapore’s law firms in the lurch.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, Singapore, Features, WongPartnership, Drew and Napier, KhattarWong
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
25 Nov 2008
Brazilian duo advise on Monsanto’s $290 million purchase of Aly Participacoes.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Deals, Demarest e Almeida, Souza Cescon Avedissian Barrieu e Flesch
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
27 Nov 2008
Spanish firm to open its second office in Morocco.
Tags: Africa, Morocco, Office moves, Garrigues
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
27 Oct 2008
The government has taken legislative action to quell market turmoil -- Martin Ebner, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
15 Oct 2008
Several new Acts bring clarity to a market that is emerging from political uncertainty -- Albert T Chandler, Chandler and Thong-Ek
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Asia-Pacific, Briefings, Thailand, Chandler and Thong-Ek
25 Sep 2008
Investors are finding opportunities in the chaos. But a sound understanding of the law is essential -- Iñigo de Luisa, Cuatrecasas
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Western Europe, Briefings, Spain, Private Equity, Cuatrecasas
09 Sep 2008
The regulation of employees’ duty of loyalty and the non-competition clause of the labour regime have been refined -- Cristina Metea, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Tuca Zbarcea, Briefings, Romania
New regulations increase security for holders of cédulas hipotecarias -- Jaime de la Torre, Cuatrecasas
Tags: Banking, Western Europe, Briefings, Spain, Cuatrecasas