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US trio land lead roles on take-private of China tech outsourcing giant
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Ropes & Gray and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have lined up to advise on the management buyout of China's largest technology outsourcing company, Pactera Technology International. The $680.3m (£448m) deal is the lat...
22 May 2013 | 04:54
CC and Latham advise on Singapore's second biggest IPO this year
Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins have acted alongside Allen & Gledhill (A&G) and Wong Partnership on the Singapore listing of Asian Pay Television Trust (APTT), the Asian city-state's second biggest IPO this year. The investment vehicle, whic...
21 May 2013 | 05:24
King & Wood Mallesons Australia managing partner steps down
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) Australia managing partner Tony O'Malley has quit the firm just 14 months after taking up his current role. O'Malley has agreed to step down from the management role immediately and will retire as a partner of the firm o...
20 May 2013 | 16:38
Hong Kong ranks third most popular destination with expat lawyers - survey
Hong Kong is the third most popular destination in the world for expatriate lawyers, according to a new report commissioned by business school ESCP Europe and recruiter Hydrogen. Some 9% of legal professionals surveyed ranked the North Asian financial...
20 May 2013 | 05:28 | 1 comment
A&O, Al Tamimi, Emirates among winners at Middle East legal awards
Al Tamimi & Company and The Emirates Group were among the big winners at the Corporate Counsel Middle East (CCME) Awards last night (16 May). The awards saw Emirates secure the Large Team Legal Department of the Year...
17 May 2013 | 11:08
A&O, CC among firms pushing for renewal of Singapore law licences
Six international law firms awarded licences in Singapore's first Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) round will need to secure a renewal next year if they wish to continue practising local law. Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance (CC), Herbert Smith...
17 May 2013 | 00:00
CC and Linklaters lead as BP and Shell face price fixing investigation
Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have scooped key mandates for Shell and BP, as the oil majors face investigation by the European Commission over allegations of oil and biofuel price fixing. The Commission made a series of unannounced office ins...
16 May 2013 | 12:19
Osborne Clarke launches redundancy consultation and exits partners
Osborne Clarke (OC) has launched a redundancy consultation with 13 fee-earners and confirmed that a small number of partners have also been asked to exit the firm. The redundancy consultation, which was announced internally today (15 May) and the part...
15 May 2013 | 14:31 | 
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Herbert Smith, Allen & Overy lead on Severn Trent approach
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up headline roles on the potential multi-billion takeover of UK water supplier Severn Trent by a consortium of investors. The approach, which could lead to a bid worth a reported £5...
15 May 2013 | 12:40 |
Raft of US firms score roles on AsiaInfo-Linkage take private
A raft of US law firms have acted on the take private of AsiaInfo-Linkage, the latest Chinese company to de-list from a US bourse through a management buyout. The Chinese telecom software provider this week said it had accepted an offer to be acquired...
15 May 2013 | 11:42 |
Quinn adds to Asia presence with planned Hong Kong launch
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is set to open in Hong Kong with the hire of Kim & Chang senior disputes lawyer John Rhie. Rhie, who specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, is an English-qualified solicitor-advocat...
15 May 2013 | 11:26 |
DWF to make small number of redundancies in Scotland
DWF is to make a small number of fee-earners and secretaries redundant across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices following a review of its Scottish business. Twelve staff are included in the consultation, with the firm anticipating that eight of these ...
14 May 2013 | 13:25 |
BLP to cut 100 UK lawyer and secretarial jobs, support services also under review
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced a redundancy programme putting around 100 UK lawyer and secretarial jobs at risk, with further cuts anticipated across its business services divisions. The redundancy consultation, announced today (14 May...
14 May 2013 | 11:13 |
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Green Investment Bank names Pinsents partner as GC
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has hired Pinsent Masons energy finance partner Euan McVicar as its first formal general counsel. Edinburgh-based McVicar, who will join the Government-backed bank in late summer, specialises in the financing and dev...
14 May 2013 | 10:54 |
Garrigues pulls plug on LatAm alliance and targets local expansion
Garrigues has exited from its alliance network in Latin America as the Spanish independent targets solo expansion in the region. The Affinitas alliance - which launched in February 2004 - tied Garrigues with Argentine firm Bruchou Fernandez Madero & L...
13 May 2013 | 13:21 |
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