Suzi Ring

January 21, 2011 | International Edition

Hogan Lovells is to bulk up its Frankfurt arm with the hire of a 10-lawyer capital markets team from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, with news of the hires coming as the co-head of the transatlantic firm's employment team departs for Allen & Overy (A&O) in Frankfurt with a three-lawyer team. Willkie partners Michael Schlitt and Susanne Schaefer are set to join Hogan Lovells' Frankfurt office on 1 February, taking an eight-lawyer team including one counsel, two senior associates and two associates with them to the international firm.

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January 20, 2011 | International Edition

Offshore law firms Appleby and Conyers Dill & Pearman have cut a number of jobs in Bermuda in response to reduced work levels in the region. Appleby has made 11 redundancies in Bermuda, including two lawyers, with business support units bearing the brunt of the cuts. The firm said it had taken the decision in response to reduced workflows over the last two years.

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January 19, 2011 | International Edition

German independent firm P+P Poellath + Partners has added to its partnership with two lateral hires from Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons. Wolfram Paetzold is set to join the firm's Munich real estate practice from Linklaters' real estate and construction practice in Frankfurt. Paetzold has been a partner at Linklaters since 2001, prior to which he was at the firm's merger partner Oppenhoff & Raedler.

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January 18, 2011 | International Edition

Holman Fenwick Willan has expanded its European corporate and regulatory teams with the addition of three new partners in London, Paris and Brussels. Hogan Lovells corporate partner Robert Follie, who headed legacy Lovells' French arm between 1996 and 2006, is set to join Holman Fenwick's Paris corporate practice on 1 February. He is bringing one associate with him from the Paris office of the transatlantic firm.

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January 18, 2011 | International Edition

Former Christie's general counsel Nick Deeming is joining offshore drilling company Transocean as senior vice president, GC and assistant corporate secretary. Deeming will take up the role on 7 February, succeeding Eric Brown, who will move to the company's Houston office to lead the company's litigation work relating to last year's BP oil spill.

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January 18, 2011 | International Edition

South African practice Webber Wentzel and Linklaters have topped the rankings by deal volume and value respectively in the Middle East and Africa after deals increased 6.3% last year. While both deal value and volume are up on 2009 figures, with 302 deals worth $49.4bn (£31bn) in 2010 compared to 284 deals worth $32.2bn (£20bn) the previous year, both fall far short of pre-recession figures, according to the latest Mergermarket statistics.

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January 18, 2011 | International Edition

Bird & Bird is reshaping its CEE management structure in preparation for the departure of the region's managing partner, Stephen Kines. Kines is set to step down from his role as CEE head in May 2011 before leaving the firm completely in August, with a view to possibly launching his own wider emerging markets practice.

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January 17, 2011 | International Edition

White & Case and Slaughter and May have advised on the $8.8bn (£5.5bn) merger of subsea engineering and construction companies Acergy and Subsea 7. White & Case acted for Acergy with a team led by City M&A partner Peter Finlay and New York M&A partner Gregory Pryor alongside Brussels competition partner Mark Powell and City partners Peita Menon (tax), Nicholas Greenacre and Stephen Ravenscroft (employment) and Gavin McLean (finance).

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January 14, 2011 | International Edition

Squire Sanders & Dempsey has hired a law firm strategist and business development consultant to take up the new role of chief strategy and development officer at the firm. Susan Saltonstall Duncan is set to join Squire Sanders on 1 April this year from her own business development and management consulting firm RainMaking Oasis, which she set up in 1987. She will be based in the firm's New York office, but will work across all offices helping to develop the firm's business development and strategy following its recent merger with UK firm Hammonds.

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January 13, 2011 | International Edition

Noerr has announced its annual partner promotions with seven made up to the firm's equity, including London co-head Thomas Heitzer. The partners joining the equity alongside Heitzer are Florian Becker (M&A) and Marco Winterer (real estate) in Munich, energy head Christof Federwisch and Oliver Trautmann (tax) in Frankfurt, Moscow head Bjoern Paulsen and Sascha Leske (tax) in Berlin. Noerr launched an office in London in October last year, marking the firm's 14th base around the world.

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