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Freshfields makes BLP hire to lead Russia litigation in disputes push
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) Russia dispute resolution chief Maxim Kulkov to head up its Moscow litigation practice as part of a wider strategy to strengthen the firm’s disputes practice international...
22 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 |
A&O and Eversheds leaders join David Cameron’s Russian delegation
Allen & Overy (A&O) senior partner David Morley and Eversheds managing partner Lee Ranson are to join Prime Minister David Cameron on a much-touted trade delegation to Russia. The two law firm leaders have been invited by UK Trade & Investment (UKT...
08 Sep 2011 | 14:50 |
German indie Graf von Westphalen seals Turkey office launch
German independent Graf von Westphalen is set to launch an office in Turkey. The firm will open the new office in Istanbul on 1 October through a joint venture with GSI Meridian, a local legal consultancy with five partners and more than 45 lawyers...
23 Aug 2011 | 12:16 |
Barclays opens tender for Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific panel
Barclays is launching the second phase of its global panel review, with the bank this week to send out a tender document to law firms across Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The review, which is being led by Barclays Capital EMEA general cou...
04 Aug 2011 | 00:00 |
BLP recruits Salans partner to head up Russia & CIS tax practice
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has appointed its first-ever Russia and CIS tax head with the hire of Salans' global tax co-head Evgeny Timofeev. Timofeev joined BLP earlier this month to take up the new role after four years as a partner at Salans, ...
25 Jul 2011 | 15:23 |
Egorov Puginsky and Magisters join forces to create 300-lawyer CIS firm
Russia's Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners and leading CIS firm Magisters are set to merge, creating the biggest firm in the region. The merger, which was announced today, will create a law firm with combined revenues of around £101m and more t...
19 Jul 2011 | 16:42 |
CC and Freshfields act on Russian port operator’s $534m London IPO
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised on Global Ports Investments’ $534m (£333m) flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Freshfields took the lead role for the Russian terminal operator on its initial public off...
07 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Heinz opens tender process for debut Europe legal panel
Heinz is set to appoint its first-ever European legal panel later this summer, with around a dozen firms invited to pitch. The food giant’s European general counsel Janice More kicked off a tender process in March, with the company planning to us...
16 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Class war, Euro style - the controversial push for tougher collective redress
Once thought of as a purely US phenomenon, class actions, otherwise known as collective redress, have spread rapidly around the world over the last decade. Despite this, the actual system adopted – where there is one – varies enormously. Some c...
02 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Skadden takes key role as tribunal blocks $16bn BP-Rosneft alliance
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has won an arbitration victory for the Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) group in its dispute with BP over its proposed $16bn (£10bn) strategic alliance with Russia's Rosneft. The arbitration tribunal ruled last week (24 M...
29 Mar 2011 | 16:21 |
Re-emerging markets - Austria's firms are showing renewed interest in the CEE market
As the CEE region begins to show signs of recovery, Austrian firms may once again be analysing how to position themselves to best capture more of the emerging work. Austrian firms that last year took a hit through their presence in the wider region ar...
29 Mar 2011 | 05:58 |
A&O Moscow corporate chief to take managing partner role as incumbent retires
Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed a new Moscow managing partner to replace current postholder Tony Humphrey, who is due to retire at the end of next month. The magic circle firm has named Moscow corporate head Edwin Tham to lead the office, with ef...
24 Mar 2011 | 07:30 |
Skadden secures BP-Rosneft injunction victory for Russian oligarchs
Skadden has won victory for a group of TNK-BP shareholders by obtaining an injunction to halt BP's alliance with Russian oil giant Rosneft. The US firm's litigation and arbitration head David Kavanagh and disputes associate Adam Baradon advised the...
02 Feb 2011 | 12:49 |
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