Pui Guan Man

November 01, 2012 | International Edition

Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on the Italian Government's €18bn (£14.4bn) bond sale, reportedly the largest-ever single debt offering in Europe.

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November 01, 2012 | International Edition

Former Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after defrauding the firm of £1.3m in false travel expenses. Grierson was yesterday (1 November) struck off the solicitors' roll by the SDT and was ordered to pay £14,000.

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November 01, 2012 | International Edition

Ropes & Gray has made up two of its London lawyers to partner as part of a nine-strong promotion round. The US firm's New York office received the bulk of the promotions, gaining three new partners, with the firm also making up two in Boston and one apiece in San Francisco and Washington DC

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October 30, 2012 | International Edition

Norton Rose is set to to see the departure of respected financial disputes partner Charles Evans to US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy's London office. Evans - who is top-rated for contentious financial services by Chambers - joined Norton Rose's London practice in 1997 and made partner in 2000. He represents corporates, financial institutions and individuals under investigation and in enforcement proceedings.

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October 30, 2012 | International Edition

Garrigues has posted a 5% dip in revenues for 2011-12 financial year, with managing partner Fernando Vives set to take up a new term at the helm of the Spanish firm. The results, announced at a partner meeting in Madrid yesterday (29 October), show the firm's turnover dropped from €355.2m (£286m) to €337.6m (£271.8m) for the financial year to 31 August 2012.

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October 29, 2012 | International Edition

Locke Lord has boosted its London insurance and reinsurance team with a hire from Mayer Brown's City arm. Ian McKenna, who has been a partner at Mayer Brown since 2003 when he joined from Holman Fenwick & Willan, will take the partner count in the team to three, including Damian Cleary and Gavin Coull.

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October 29, 2012 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have picked up leading roles alongside two US firms on the planned joint venture between Penguin and Random House, which will create a consumer publishing giant with combined revenues of around £2.5bn. UK media group Pearson and German rival Bertelsmann confirmed today (29 October) that they have agreed to combine their respective publishing outfits, with Random House owner Bertelsmann set to own 53% of the new Penguin Random House joint venture and Penguin parent Pearson the remaining 47% stake.

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October 28, 2012 | International Edition

Field Fisher Waterhouse has sealed the hire of respected EU and competition partner Philippe Ruttley from Clyde & Co. Ruttley, who joined Clydes as a partner in 2001 from Mayer Brown legacy firm Rowe & Maw, has joined Field Fisher's four-partner competition and EU regulatory practice in London along with Clydes senior associate Solange Leandro.

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October 26, 2012 | International Edition

Herbert Smith Freehills is expanding into Africa with the launch of a new office in Guinea. The launch of the base, which will open in early 2013, comes after Herbert Smith and Australia's Freehills completed their merger on 1 October this year.

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October 25, 2012 | International Edition

Saudi lawyers have hailed news that women are set to be permitted to argue cases in court, in an overhaul of the country's justice system which could be in place as early as next month.

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