Emma Sadowski

June 03, 2008 | Law.com

Denton Wilde Sapte has added to its network of offices in the Middle East after taking on the Kuwait office of U.S. law firm Bryan Cave. The new office, which will operate as the Law Offices of Dr. Ahmad Al-Samdan in association with Denton Wilde Sapte, numbers seven fee earners and will be headed by partner David Pfeiffer. Pfeiffer, a corporate and commercial specialist, previously headed the team at Bryan Cave and has practiced in the Middle East for more than a decade.

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June 16, 2008 | Law.com

Clifford Chance global arbitration chief John Beechey has been appointed chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration in Paris. Beechey, who has been a partner at Clifford Chance since 1983, will become chairman in January 2009, when he will officially retire from the firm's partnership. The appointment was made in Stockholm on Friday by the ICC World Council.

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May 30, 2008 | Law.com

Clifford Chance has become the first Magic Circle firm to post its financial results for the 2007-2008 financial year, with the firm seeing an 11 percent hike in revenue. Profits per equity partner increased by a similar amount, jumping by 13 percent. The firm said it saw particularly strong growth in Asia, the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe.

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April 02, 2008 | National Law Journal

Northern Rock has paid out more than $40 million to law firms and accountants over the course of its struggle for survival, it has emerged, with Freshfields and Allen & Overy both in line for bumper paydays. According to its latest annual report, published Monday, Northern Rock paid 21.2 million pounds ($41.9 million) in professional fees in the second half of 2007 before its controversial nationalization. Freshfields, Northern Rock's main legal adviser, is poised to collect the lion's share of legal fees.

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March 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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December 23, 2009 | Law.com

Mayer Brown has bolstered its South American practice after sealing an alliance with Brazilian firm Tauil & Chequer, which specializes in energy and infrastructure work and has offices in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian firm will now operate as Tauil & Chequer in association with Mayer Brown, which said it will maintain its Sao Paulo office but will turn to the 60-lawyer Brazilian firm for local counsel.

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October 14, 2009 | Law.com

Denton Wilde Sapte has launched its second redundancy round this year, with 29 support and secretarial positions at risk. The top 50 U.K. firm announced the layoff talks Tuesday. The bulk of the cuts are expected to affect the London office, with the rest in Milton Keynes, U.K. Twenty secretaries and nine support staff are included in the consultation. The latest redundancy consultation, expected to be concluded by mid-November, comes after a round of 76 job cuts earlier this year.

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September 18, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. has appointed a new general counsel and company secretary with the hire of former Resolution legal chief Randal Barker. Barker joins the resources group from buy-out house Resolution. Prior to that, Barker worked at General Electric, where he was European general counsel for two years, and Lovells, where he was a senior associate.

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July 11, 2008 | Law.com

Nomura and Barclays Capital have become the latest financial institutions to cut legal jobs, with the Japanese investment bank making cuts in its U.K. legal team. Nomura confirmed that the cuts represent a little more than 2 percent of its 90-strong team in the U.K., with the affected positions sitting in business groups the bank had already scaled back on. The losses at Nomura follow those at other banks with UBS, Bear Stearns and Barclays Capital among those to recently announce headcount reductions.

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May 21, 2008 | Law.com

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has launched an office in Singapore after hiring a three-partner team from Jones Day. Gibson Dunn corporate partner Jai Pathak has moved from the firm's Los Angeles office to lead the new branch, where he will be joined by three new partners. The new office -- supported by around half a dozen other staff -- will focus primarily on U.S., English and Indian law in areas including real estate, capital markets, private equity and finance.

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