Suzi Ring

December 20, 2011 | International Edition

The appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court has been announced today (20 December), with Lord Reed and Lord Justice Carnwath CVO set to take up their seats next year. Reed and Carnwath have been appointed following the death of Lord Rodger in June this year and in light of the forthcoming retirement of Lord Brown in April 2012.

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December 19, 2011 | International Edition

Italian outfits Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, NCTM and Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners have all rolled out a number of internal and strategic changes in recent weeks in a bid to address the ongoing volatility of the global economy. Bonelli has outlined plans to increase the profile of its international best friends network by conducting more joint pitches in an effort to boost the number of panel places the firms win. The network includes Slaughter and May, Bredin Prat in France and Uria Menendez in Spain.

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December 19, 2011 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bulked up its Singapore arm with the hire of Watson Farley & Williams local corporate head Ken Cheung. Cheung is set to join the firm in the New Year after 11 years at Watson Farley, seven of which were spent as a partner.

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December 19, 2011 | International Edition

Herbert Smith and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both advised on a multi-billion dollar financing facility for Russian oil giant Rosneft. A Herbert Smith team led by Moscow finance partner Edward Baring has advised Barclays Bank as agent with 12 other leading banks including Bank of America, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse.

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December 16, 2011 | International Edition

Middle East real estate investment and development company Qatari Diar is set to appoint its first-ever legal panel, with 46 firms worldwide invited to pitch. The company has requested proposals from the selected firms to be submitted by 17 January 2012, with those that make the shortlist then invited to pitch in Doha in February and March next year.

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December 15, 2011 | International Edition

The tie-up between Australia's Mallesons Stephen Jaques and China's King & Wood will operate under a three-partnership Swiss verein structure it has emerged, as final details of the combined firm are disclosed. The combination will see three separate partnerships created in Australia, China and Hong Kong as a result of Chinese regulatory constraints that meaning the firms cannot combine financially in a full merger.

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December 14, 2011 | International Edition

Former News International legal manager Tom Crone advised the company about phone-hacking on "one occasion" prior to the 2006 arrest of News of the World (NoW) former royal editor Clive Goodman, it has emerged.

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December 13, 2011 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired a new head of corporate for its Paris office from highly-rated French outfit Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier. Corporate partner Herve Pisani is set to join the firm after more than 10 years as a partner at Darrois. Pisani will take over as head of the group in Paris from Fabrice Cohen, who will return to full-time fee-earning.

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December 13, 2011 | International Edition

Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have lined up to advise on the £450m sale of Financial Times publisher Pearson's 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Herbert Smith is advising longstanding client Pearson on the sale, which gives the LSE full ownership of the FTSE indices.

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December 12, 2011 | International Edition

LG commerce and technology partner Richard Marke has left the firm to join Bates Wells & Braithwaite, with news of his departure coming as it emerged that the firm has asked private client partner Caroline Garnham to leave the partnership due to a conflict of interest. Marke joined UK commercial firm Bates Wells last month as a partner in the firm's corporate and commercial practice.

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