Sofia Lind

February 05, 2010 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna has set up a temporary base in Brazil to advise its energy clients on projects work. Energy partners Ted Rhodes and Ivan Londres have been working there since last fall on behalf of clients in the firm's energy, projects and construction practice. Cameron highlighted Brazil as one of its targeted expansion areas in a new three-year strategy approved in December, but the firm said it would not set up a formal presence without clearing plans with its network of CMS alliance firms.

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June 10, 2011 | Law.com

SNR Denton's U.K. partners are pushing management to confirm their individual share of the firm's profits, following last month's move to merit-based pay. Some are asking whether they will be paid in dollars or pounds. Denton Wilde Sapte and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal merged in September 2010.

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February 14, 2011 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna is set to see at least four partners depart due to a restructuring that has also seen a small number of partners moved down the firm's equity ladder. Last month it emerged that Camerons' outsourcing plans will mean the layoff or relocation of many support staff.

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August 20, 2009 | Law.com

Dechert has strengthened its New York office with the hire of two partners from Clifford Chance. Finance partners Stuart Strauss and Richard Horowitz will join Dechert's financial services group in Manhattan. Strauss had been a partner with Clifford Chance since 2004 and Horowitz joined the firm in 2000, making partner there in 2005. The departures are the latest for Clifford Chance's U.S. practice, which lost 18 partners in New York between March and July.

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March 23, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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January 22, 2010 | Law.com

Simmons & Simmons, Withers and Linklaters are among a raft of firms advising clients in relation to a multibillion-pound fraud case in Saudi Arabia. The $9.2 billion fraud case has seen the Algosaibi family, which owns the AHAB conglomerate, sue Maan Al-Sanea, the billionaire businessman who founded the Saad group, for allegedly defrauding the company through falsified documents. The two companies are now reported to owe around $20 billion to banks.

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March 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

Debevoise & Plimpton has unveiled stellar financial results for 2007, with the New York law firm seeing both partner profits and fees climb by more than 20 percent over the last 12 months. Profits per equity partner at Debevoise rose by 26.5 percent from $1.81 million last year to a new high of $2.29 million. Global revenue, meanwhile, was up by 23.4 percent from $575 million in 2006 to $709.54 million. The results rank Debevoise as one of the strongest performers in the U.S. results season.

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September 17, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

SJ Berwin is expected to decide whether to push through with US merger plans in the next few weeks after taking time out to consider the potential merger with Proskauer Rose over the summer.

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June 12, 2008 | Law.com

Cliffe Dekker, the South African ally of DLA Piper, is to merge with local rival Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala, in a deal that is set to create the country's largest law firm. The combined firm will operate as Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr starting in September, boasting 127 partners in Johannesburg and Capetown. The firm will continue Cliffe Dekker's exclusive referral relationship with DLA Piper, which was formed in 2005.

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December 15, 2010 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna is holding performance reviews that are expected to lead to some partners' departures. Fewer than 20 partners are expected to be affected by the review, which comes as Camerons records an 18 percent drop in profits per equity partner for the 2009-10 financial year.

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