Sofia Lind

January 19, 2010 | International Edition

Bingham McCutchen is set to launch a London antitrust practice with the hire of a McDermott Will & Emery partner in the City. Davina Garrod, who heads up McDermott's London hedge fund practice, will join Bingham in the next two months as the first European-based partner in the firm's antitrust and trade regulation practice group.

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January 18, 2010 | International Edition

Salans has made up nine lawyers to partner in the firm's annual promotions round, including one in London. City-based arbitration lawyer George Burn has joined the firm's partnership in the latest round of promotions, which were geared towards lawyers with insolvency and restructuring experience.

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January 14, 2010 | International Edition

Linklaters has appointed emerging markets head Stuart Salt as its new Asia managing partner. Salt will replace Zili Shao in the role as of 1 February. Shao was appointed Asia managing partner in May 2009 but announced in November that he is set to leave the firm at the end of January to become chairman and CEO of JP Morgan's China business.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

Simmons & Simmons has won back its position on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) major projects panel four years after being dropped from the roster. The top 15 City law firm is one of seven firms to be appointed by the MoD for a four-year term starting last week (10 January). Field Fisher Waterhouse is also a new addition to the panel while Wragge & Co, Pinsent Masons, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mills & Reeve and Shepherd and Wedderburn have been reappointed.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

White & Case has launched an international arbitration practice in Singapore with the relocation of a City partner and a local lateral hire. International arbitration partner Aloke Ray has relocated to Singapore from London and will head up the new practice in Asia.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

Lovells is to strengthen its Paris office with the hire of high-profile banking partner Michel Quere from Dewey & LeBoeuf. Quere is one of three partners currently charged with co-managing Dewey & LeBoeuf's Paris office, which he joined in April 2008 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

China is seeing a fresh influx of law firm investment with CMS Cameron McKenna, Latham & Watkins and Shearman & Sterling all strengthening their presence in the market. Camerons is set to target Shanghai and Beijing this year, with the firm planning to launch a combined office in China with its French and German CMS alliance firms.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) and White & Case's Saudi bases have taken lead roles on a $2.66bn (£1.66bn) fundraising by petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). The deal, which has a local currency value of SAR10bn, closed last month (29 December) and marked the largest notes programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2009.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

Ashurst is to strengthen its Singapore corporate practice with the hire of a former partner from Allen & Overy's (A&O) London office. City-based corporate partner Keith McGuire joined Ashurst's Singapore office on 11 January. The move marks a return to the country for McGuire, who headed A&O's Singapore corporate practice between 1998 and 2005, moving to its City base in January 2006.

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January 13, 2010 | International Edition

Salans has elected a new chairman, with City partner Stephen Finch stepping down from the position earlier this month (1 January) after five years. The firm has selected New York corporate and commercial partner Francois Chateau as his replacement, following December elections for the law firm's global board.

By Sofia Lind

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