Sofia Lind

January 25, 2011 | Law.com

Clifford Chance reduced staff costs by �41 million during the 2009-2010 year -- a savings of 7.6 percent -- after cutting its total headcount of lawyers by 12 percent during the extensive firmwide restructuring it carried out in the previous financial year, according to government filings.

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April 16, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

Salans has hired a senior in-house lawyer as a partner in Russia, with Xavier Poulet-Mathis joining the firm's real estate practice in Moscow. Poulet-Mathis moves after a spell as head of legal affairs at Bouyguesstroi, the Russian subsidiary of French construction giant Bouygues Batiment International. Poulet-Mathis had led the legal affairs division at Bouyguesstroi since 2004. The hire brings the number of partners in Salans' Russian real estate team to five.

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July 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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August 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A number of UK top 20 law firms have announced their associate salary levels for the year ahead, with several opting not to increase their rates.

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October 25, 2010 | Law.com

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has launched the final consultation in its fundamental overhaul of the way it regulates solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. The regulator issued a paper Thursday that includes a draft Code of Conduct that would take effect in 2011.

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February 24, 2010 | Law.com

Allen & Overy has advised the Vietnamese government on a $1 billion sovereign bond offering, with Davis Polk & Wardwell working as lead international adviser to the underwriting banks. The A&O team was led by U.S.-qualified corporate and finance partner David Johnson, who is based in the Magic Circle firm's Hong Kong office. Davis Polk fielded a team led by Tokyo-based corporate partner Eugene Gregor on the deal, which closed at the end of January.

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May 30, 2008 | Law.com

French independent Lefevre Pelletier & associes is to open in Shanghai in September. The firm, which is still waiting to receive its license, expects to have around 10 lawyers in the office, including local head Paul-Emmanuel Benachi. The launch will add to Lefevre's existing offices in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, and comes just months after the expansive French firm entered North Africa at the end of last year with offices in Algeria and Morocco.

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March 02, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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January 09, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Clifford Chance has launched a redundancy program in its London headquarters, with the Magic Circle firm potentially set to cut about 70 to 80 lawyers.

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August 01, 2011 | Law.com

Norton Rose is set to open an office in Casablanca, making it the third top 10 U.K. firm to announce a Moroccan launch in the last two weeks. The firm's Africa group head, Alain Malek, will head up the office, which will focus on financial institutions, energy and infrastructure, as well as allow the firm to further develop its 10-year-old Francophone African practice.

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