Sofia Lind

March 06, 2008 | Law.com

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has hired a four-lawyer projects team from Ashurst in a boost for the U.S. firm's Paris office. Pascal Cuche and Marc Lordonnois join Paul Hastings as partners alongside associates Karine Debaecker and Mounir Letayf. All four were previously associates at the top 10 U.K. firm. The team specializes in public law and infrastructure project transactions, focusing in particular on public-private partnerships.

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May 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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April 27, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

SJ Berwin has become the latest firm to introduce merit-based pay for its associates, with the new model set to come into effect at the firm from 1 May.

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August 17, 2009 | Law.com

Allen & Overy could rack up further costs from this year's $76 million global restructuring, after it emerged that the firm is involved in at least one lawsuit in Germany. The Magic Circle firm confirmed that at least one former associate in Germany still has a case pending against it, an unfair dismissal dispute relating to redundancies made in the Frankfurt office as part of A&O's worldwide restructuring.

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April 22, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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January 31, 2011 | Law.com

Taylor Wessing cut staff costs by 17 percent during the last financial year after reducing staff headcount at the firm by 12 percent. The Anglo-German firm's U.K. limited liability partnership accounts for 2009-2010 showed a drop in total staff costs from �37.4 million to �31 million.

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October 30, 2009 | Law.com

Simmons & Simmons plans to pull out of Russia a little more than two years after launching its Moscow office. The top 15 U.K. firm will start shutting down the branch office after putting the closure to a partnership vote this week. Four Russian lawyers and four business support staff will be laid off, with the office head, capital markets partner Tony Smith, set to relocate to London in December. Simmons said the decision to close the office was based on the turmoil in the global financial markets.

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June 26, 2008 | Law.com

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe looks set to enter the German market with the firm just weeks away from sealing a merger with Duesseldorf independent Hoelters & Elsing. Hoelters visited the firm in London for a one-day meet-and-greet session last week, during which partners presented their respective practice areas. The two firms are now waiting for final documentation to be signed before they go ahead with the union.

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January 05, 2010 | Law.com

White & Case has launched an insolvency group in Berlin with the hire of an eight-lawyer team from a German firm. The group, which also includes 42 non-lawyers, joins the U.S. firm from insolvency boutique Schroder Rechtsanwalte. The departures represent about half of Schroder's lawyers, comprising three partners and five associates. The 42 non-lawyers include insolvency specialist case managers and legal clerks.

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May 19, 2008 | Law.com

Dorsey & Whitney plans to open an office in Sydney this year, with London-based capital markets partner John Chrisman set to transfer to Australia to head up the new branch. The office will be staffed by a handful of U.S. capital markets lawyers and will provide an additional base for serving clients in Asian markets, including India and the Greater China region. Chrisman, an American whose practice covers a range of cross-border securities and M&A work, heads up Dorsey's India and Australia practices.

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