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Eversheds bolsters presence in Russia with new alliance
Eversheds has strengthened its presence in Russia, adding a new ‘best friend’ alliance with Capital Legal Services (CLS), a four-partner practice with offices in St Petersburg and Moscow. The firm’s head of international, Stephen Hopkins, sai...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
The opportunist - how one foreign lawyer turned a holiday into a legal career
Romanian-born Ligia Bob made the most of her holiday to England four years ago, eventually landing an assistant solicitor rol, as Rose Orlik reports...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Central and Eastern Europe
A brutally competitive market sees CEE firms scrambling to keep clients happy
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
The customer is always right - the CEE firms scrambling to keep clients happy
In the fiercely competitive CEE market, with both international and local players, the client has become king. Neil Hodge reports
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
More expected to flock to Turkey as Bakers secures long-planned launch
Baker & McKenzie is set to join the growing ranks of international law firms in Turkey after entering into a co-operation agreement with local practice Esin Attorney Partnership. The firm is entering Europe’s fastest growing economy through a ...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Proven ways to stay afloat are needed as stormy weather approaches CEE region
CMS’ Andrew Kozlowski argues the basics of client services excellence will see CEE advisers through hard times
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Linklaters and Latham lead on Russian acquisition by Unilever
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Unilever’s €390m (£343m) acquisition of an 82% stake in Russian beauty company Concern Kalina. Linklaters took the lead for Unilever with a team led by Moscow managing partner John Goodw...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
A growing economy ripe for investment makes Turkey rich pickings for global firms
Freshfields partner Hartmut Nitschke says Turkey promises to be Europe’s answer to the BRIC economies
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Skadden leads for Slovak Republic as €1bn health insurance dispute is dismissed
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has secured the dismissal of a €1bn (£871m) claim against the Slovak Republic. The case, which was dismissed last week, was lodged by Dutch health insurance consultancy Hicee in 2008 and had been one of Europe's...
25 Oct 2011 | 14:52 |
Quinn Emanuel set for Moscow with hire of ex-CC duo from Dechert
Quinn Emanuel is set to launch an office in Moscow with the hire of two senior litigation partners from Dechert. Ivan Marisin and Vasily Kuznetsov, who are set to join Quinn later this year, both joined Dechert's Moscow office from Clifford Chance ...
19 Oct 2011 | 12:03 |
Herbert Smith introduces new CEMEA disputes chief role
Herbert Smith has appointed Moscow litigation chief Dmitry Kurochkin as its new head of dispute resolution for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). The appointment, effective from the start of this month, makes Kurochkin the firs...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
BLP adds partner in Moscow with hire of Hannes Snellman's Russia disputes chief
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has added a partner to its Moscow dispute resolution practice with the hire of Hannes Snellman's Russia disputes head Oleg Arkhipov. The hire comes after last month's departure of Russia disputes chief Maxim Kulkov, wh...
11 Oct 2011 | 11:08 |
Inexpensive remedies at any price? The issues around ‘DIY freezing orders’
Suppose someone in another European Union member state – say, Bulgaria – owes a friend of yours £3,000. He says that he is going to do everything he can to avoid your friend getting his money. You could tell your friend about the worldwide freezi...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Bonds and eurobonds – a resolution will be needed to restart capital markets
It isn’t often that the creation of a new financial instrument makes front-page news. But then it isn’t often – even post-banking crisis – that global markets and public finances become so strained that discussion of the euro’s break-up beco...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Russia's top firms unite to push for more accessible legal market
A group of Russia’s top law firms have banded together to lobby the country’s Government on legal reform, as calls grow for the local market to make its legal system more accessible to international business. The Partnership for the Advancem...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
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