Alex Newman

January 10, 2014 | International Edition

Former Cobbetts partners who moved to DWF in last year's pre-pack deal may be asked to partially fund distribution payments to creditors, Legal Week understands. KPMG - which is handling the administration of the collapsed law firm -

By Alex Newman

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January 09, 2014 | International Edition

King & Spalding has secured the third largest treaty arbitration award in history for a group of clients in a case against the Republic of Kazakhstan...

By Alex Newman

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January 08, 2014 | International Edition

Latham & Watkins has made another foray into the UK private equity market with the recruitment of Weil Gotshal & Manges partner Nick Benson.

By Alex Newman

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January 07, 2014 | International Edition

Germany's financial regulatory body has singled Deutsche Bank general counsel Richard Walker in a report urging the bank to make senior management changes in the wake of the Libor scandal.

By Alex Newman

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January 07, 2014 | International Edition

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has taken a major role on the first contract to export gas from offshore Israel to a company in Palestine. The US firm's London office is representing Palestine Power Generation Company (PPGC) in a $1.2bn (£730m) deal to buy 4.75bn cubic meters of natural gas from the Leviathan gas field over a 20 year period.

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January 07, 2014 | International Edition

Addleshaw Goddard has hired Eversheds' health and life sciences head Bill Gilliam, in a move to build its Leeds office and litigation team. The firm said Gilliam's hire was central to its plans to expand its large complex disputes work in the healthcare sector.

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January 06, 2014 | International Edition

Field Fisher Waterhouse has hired Mayer Brown corporate and M&A partner Mark Walker in its City office. Walker, who joined Field Fisher this week, has a practice focusing on corporate finance and venture capital investments. He advises clients on public and private company transactions, often with a cross-border element.

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January 06, 2014 | International Edition

Irwin Mitchell has continued the expansion of its commercial division with the recruitment of partners Phil Berwick and Nick Dawson, who join from Pinsent Masons and DWF respectively.

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January 03, 2014 | International Edition

The former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer QC has received a knighthood for services to law and criminal justice. He is one of a number of UK legal professionals recognised in the 2014 New Year Honours list.

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January 03, 2014 | International Edition

Steve Davis, the former chairman of collapsed law firm Dewey & Leboeuf, has resurfaced as acting CEO to the Investment and Development Office of the government of United Arab Emirate Ras al Khaimah.

By Alex Newman

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