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April 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Go Big Or Go Home

When Agricultural Bank of China decided to go public, it turned to a lawyer with plenty of experience--Davis Polk & Wardwell's Show-Mao Chen.
4 minute read
February 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Cadwalader Shakes Things Up Again, as Cravath Proves Mortal

An in-depth look at the circumstances that led James Woolery, who left Cravath, Swaine & Moore two years ago to become cohead of JPMorgan Chase's North American M&A group, to join Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft as deputy chairman. Woolery's move has implications not just for his new firm, where he will attempt to reboot a languishing M&A practice, but also for the one he left behind.
18 minute read
September 09, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Social Networks and Brand Owners: A Case of Tweet Revenge?

Companies are being careful about how their marks mingle on Facebook and Twitter.
4 minute read
October 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Russia: Life in the Deep Freeze

The problems for Russia's economy began even before the fall of Lehman Brothers Inc.
3 minute read
October 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The Global Issue Oil in the Blood

To be lord of the oil patch is a prize worth fighting for. As the Magic Circle makes inroads, Texas energy firms like Vinson & Elkins and Baker Botts tout their historical ties to the oil industry and defend their turf.
10 minute read
June 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Oyez, O Muse

ith martha stewart's sentencing set for the near future, and years of appeals certain to come, we have yet to see the final chapter of her painful odyssey through the federal courts. But whatever the fates have in store, her trial surely had all the elements of an epic: a bold heroine with a tragic flaw, facing a powerful and implacable foe. Rather than accept an ignoble plea bargain, she risked personal destruction by defending her integrity and insisting on a trial. Just as honorably, the prosecutors acce
8 minute read
September 20, 2012 | The American Lawyer

For Cleary Associates, a Crash Course in Business

With its introduction of a "mini MBA" program, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton joins the ranks of large law firms taking steps to familiarize first-year associates with business and finance concepts that are crucial to their clients.
6 minute read
December 10, 2012 | Law.com

Two Years After Fatal Plane Crash, Aussie Miner Inks African Deal with Shearman Partner's Help

Shearman & Sterling and top Australian firm Gilbert + Tobin are advising Australian mining company Sundance Resources on its agreement with the government of Cameroon to push forward with an estimated $4.7 billion iron ore project. The agreement comes a little more than two years after most of Sundance's board of directors, including prominent mining lawyer John Carr-Gregg, died in a plane crash while traveling to the remote site.
8 minute read
November 11, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Insider Trading Update: Nixon Peabody, Davies Ward

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