Sofia Lind

May 16, 2008 | Law.com

Hong Kong is set to introduce cross-border competition laws, with the government kicking off a three-month consultation process on May 6. The consultation, the second on the subject, is set to end on Aug. 5, with the government then planning to introduce a bill during the 2008-09 legislative session. The legislation is only likely to regulate anti-competitive agreements and abuse of market position and may not include merger control, but it will still make a big difference to the jurisdiction.

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August 10, 2010 | Law.com

SJ Berwin managing partner Ralph Cohen has announced his intention to step down from his role as the firm reaches the advanced stages of merger talks with Proskauer Rose. He will remain with the firm as a partner in the EU and competition department, although the exact details of his move, including his last day as managing partner, are yet to be decided.

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March 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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February 24, 2010 | Law.com

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is set to launch its second office in Europe with the hire of a German partner from Allen & Overy. The U.S. litigation firm has chosen to set up its first continental European office in Mannheim, Germany, with the hire of local A&O patent litigation partner Marcus Grosch, who will join Quinn Emanuel along with a team of associates. A&O launched in Mannheim in 2007 with the hire of Grosch from intellectual property boutique Schilling & Grosch.

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April 03, 2008 | National Law Journal

Loyens & Loeff has launched an Islamic finance practice -- in a move thought to make it the first Benelux firm to target the sector with a dedicated team. The launch follows the hire of Islamic finance specialist Marjorie Sinke, who joined Loyens as of counsel in February to head up the new team. Sinke, based in Amsterdam, joins Loyens after running her own Islamic finance consultancy. She will lead a team of about a dozen lawyers across Loyens' network of offices, which includes an outpost in Dubai.

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July 28, 2011 | Legaltech News

The U.K. Legal Services Board has approved controversial plans to force law firms and barristers' chambers to publish internal diversity and social mobility statistics on their websites. The data required on websites will include the socioeconomic background, age, race, and gender of the workforce, as well as information about disabilities.

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August 10, 2009 | Law.com

Linklaters has confirmed that it is facing legal action from at least one former employee relating to layoffs conducted earlier this year. The law firm restructured heavily through a global program dubbed Linklaters New World, under which the firm laid off some 400 people, about half lawyers and half business support staff.

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January 11, 2011 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna has launched an international capital markets group to span 13 offices with the hire of Simmons & Simmons U.S. securities partner Daniel Winterfeldt, who will join the firm in February. Winterfeldt is the first U.S.-qualified securities lawyer at Camerons.

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February 14, 2008 | National Law Journal

Weil Gotshal reports it has broken the $2 million barrier for partner profits in 2007, while rival Milbank Tweed becomes the latest U.S. firm to post double-digit increases in both turnover and profitability. Profits per equity partner at Weil improved by 11 percent to reach $2.11 million, up from last year's figure of $1.9 million. Milbank, meanwhile, reports it more than doubled its 2006 growth rate to record an 18.8 percent surge in global fee income, from $540.8 million to $642.5 million.

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May 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched individual redundancy consultations with 155 London business support staff ahead of the launch of its Belfast business and legal support centre later this year.

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