Pui Guan Man

January 16, 2014 | International Edition

CMS has named Dorothee Ruckteschler as its new head of international arbitration, replacing Torsten Lorcher. Ruckteschler, a partner at CMS Hasche Sigle, founded the dispute resolution practice at her firm and has led the team for over 10 years.

By Pui-Guan Man

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January 16, 2014 | International Edition

It would be hard to imagine the incoming global managing partner of Clifford Chance (CC) facing a more different landscape than his predecessor did eight years ago. Matthew Layton, who takes up the reins at the Canary Wharf behemoth in May, will lead a firm that has several challenges to overcome if it is to usher in a period of growth and change. But the scene the firm's current corporate chief surveys is nothing like that which confronted the outgoing doyen of CC, David Childs, a year after his election in 2006. The pivotal challenge for CC now seems to be maintaining its position as a leading firm in the transatlantic race. Although the firm has indicated that the year ahead will show improved profit and revenue results, the question remains as to whether profitability will grow enough to catch up with its magic circle rivals and fend off the threat of the City's increasingly bullish US contingent – and if it can do so without losing a culture widely regarded as less cut-throat than at some of its competitors.

By Pui-Guan Man

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January 16, 2014 | International Edition

World Cup organising body the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee has replaced Andrew Longmate as its acting general counsel in a shake-up of its in-house legal team.

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January 15, 2014 | International Edition

CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a revenue dip of 6.6% for the 2012-13 financial year, alongside a 12.5% drop in profit. The firm's limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts, filed with Companies House, show that turnover fell from £227.6m in 2011-12 to £212.6m.

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2 minute read

January 15, 2014 | International Edition

Bird & Bird has sealed the hire of former Air Arabia group general counsel Anna Anatolitou in a boost for its burgeoning Middle East operations.

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January 13, 2014 | International Edition

CMS von Erlach Henrici, the Swiss arm of the CMS network, has merged with Genevan firm ZPG avocats, giving the group its first office in the jurisdiction.

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January 10, 2014 | International Edition

The number of universities and colleges from which Clifford Chance (CC) draws graduate recruits has grown nearly 30% following the introduction of a groundbreaking "CV-blind" interview process last year.

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January 09, 2014 | International Edition

Osborne Clarke (OC) has shaken up its management line-up, naming corporate partner Conrad Davies as real estate and infrastructure head.

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2 minute read

January 08, 2014 | International Edition

A further six partners have left Dundas & Wilson ahead of the Scottish firm's proposed merger with CMS Cameron McKenna.

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2 minute read

January 07, 2014 | International Edition

Watson Farley & Williams has hired former Gowlings European infrastructure chief David Shasha as a senior consultant. Shasha joined the London office at Gowlings as a partner in 2010 from Simmons & Simmons, where he headed the energy and infrastructure sector group for four years.

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