Sofia Lind

February 18, 2010 | Law.com

German independent firm P+P P�llath + Partners has recruited former Hengeler Mueller partner Wolfgang Grobecker for its Munich office. Grobecker made headlines in January as a rare departure from German blue-chip firm Hengeler, when he announced that he was joining U.S. firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy to pursue a more international career. However, Grobecker lasted just one week at Milbank, and Hengeler later confirmed that Grobecker had been asked to leave because of alleged misconduct.

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March 01, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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July 15, 2008 | Law.com

Leading French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has lost high-profile employment partner Joel Grange along with a six-lawyer team to labor and employment law boutique Flichy Avocats. Grange, who has coordinated the employment law department at Gide, will become a name partner at the boutique, which will now rebrand as Flichy Grange Avocats. Marine Conche, Blandine Allix and Nabila El Aougri will also join as partners.

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May 10, 2011 | Law.com

U.K. courts face a growing challenge over enforcement of privacy orders after Twitter users deployed the social media site to thwart injunctions. Comments posted on the site claimed to identify celebrities and footballers allegedly using the controversial injunctions to prevent the media from revealing details of their private lives.

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September 21, 2009 | Law.com

Howrey is set to launch a Paris antitrust practice with the hire of a six-lawyer team from Clifford Chance. The team is led by Paris competition partner Claude Lazarus and counsel Audrey Amsellem, who both join the U.S. firm as partners as of Nov. 1. They will bring a team of four associates with them.

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September 30, 2009 | Law.com

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has won a mandate as deal counsel to BNP Paribas on its 4.3 billion euro ($6.3 billion) rights offering launched Tuesday. The Wall Street firm's Paris office fielded a team led by capital markets partners Pierre-Yves Chabert and John Brinitzer. The proceeds of the capital raising will be used to pay back a 5.1 billion euro ($7.4 billion) recapitalization the bank received from the French State during the financial crisis.

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August 24, 2009 | Law.com

Bird & Bird has sealed an alliance with a Chinese intellectual property boutique as the London firm aims to strengthen its litigation capacity in the country. The U.K. top 20 firm's tie-up with Beijing-based Xiang Kun Law Firm will not be exclusive, but Bird & Bird will refer the majority of its Beijing contentious work to the firm. The tie-up comes just eight months after Bird & Bird confirmed its first Asian alliance, with Singapore firm Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva.

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April 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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May 16, 2011 | Legaltech News

U.K. courts are facing a growing challenge over the enforcement of privacy orders after a number of Twitter users deployed the social media site to thwart injunctions. Comments on the site claimed to identify a number of celebrities allegedly using controversial "superinjunctions" in an attempt to prevent the press from revealing details of their private lives.

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May 09, 2008 | Law.com

The Bar Council of India is set to visit the U.K. later this month, as the longstanding talks about opening up the country's legal market to foreign law firms continue. The news comes as it emerges that a crucial court case, scheduled to take place at the end of last month, has been pushed back until the summer. The case, now due to be heard in July, was initially brought against Ashurst, White & Case and Chadbourne & Parke in 1995, when the firms set up liaison offices in India.

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