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By Rose Walker | June 13, 2017
Herbert Smith Freehills' co-head of energy, Anna Howell, is set to join Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in London, as the Am Law 100 firm continues to expand its operations in Europe.
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By Brian Baxter | June 12, 2017
Kirkland & Ellis added another key bankruptcy case to its restructuring portfolio this week as San Francisco-based children's clothing retailer The Gymboree Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection Sunday in Richmond, Virginia. Gymboree, the latest retailer to go bust this year, has also retained Munger, Tolles & Olson and Kutak Rock.
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By Brian Baxter | June 12, 2017
Police from an organized crime unit conducting a drug investigation recently raided the global legal giant's back office operations center in Northern Ireland.
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By Brian Baxter | June 10, 2017
A little more than a month after touting its hire of a four-partner project finance team from Chadbourne & Parke to open new offices in Dubai and Johannesburg, Covington & Burling has completed its acquisition of a team of associates and of counsel from the firm has Chadbourne prepares to combine with Norton Rose Fulbright.
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By americanlawyer | The American Lawyer | June 9, 2017
Partners may not have wanted a Labour Government, according to our survey published yesterday, but they feared the prospect of a hung parliament even more, with more than 60% of respondents believing activity levels would fall over the next 12 months in the event of no party winning an outright majority.
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By Meghan Tribe and Brian Baxter | June 8, 2017
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a firm familiar with high-profile bankruptcy engagements, took on a Chapter 7 case this week for The Pearl Theatre Co., a longtime off Broadway acting troupe in New York City. But Weil also scored a more lucrative assignment for an oil services company.
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By Rose Walker | June 7, 2017
Norton Rose Fulbright has confirmed it is in late-stage merger talks with Australian firm Henry Davis York. The firms were first rumored to be holding discussions in November.
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By Rebecca Cohen | June 6, 2017
Kirtee Kapoor, head of the India practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell and a partner at the firm in Menlo Park, California, died Monday morning after being struck by a train at a crossing in nearby Atherton.
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By Rose Walker, Legal Week | June 6, 2017
Sue Kench, the new global managing partner at King & Wood Mallesons, discusses why her firm's immediate future is focused on the Asia Pacific region—not the U.S.
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By Anna Zhang | June 5, 2017
M&A specialist Siew Kam Boon joins former O'Melveny & Myers colleague in the office.
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