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November 25, 2010 | International Edition

Greenberg Traurig Maher has hired DLA Piper's Stuart Jordan as the first partner in its City engineering and construction team in the latest of a series of senior UK hires. Jordan joined the firm earlier this month from DLA Piper's construction and engineering group, where he was a partner. His practice covers construction procurement, infrastructure, energy and other industrial construction contracts.

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November 24, 2010 | International Edition

Clifford Chance (CC) is set to launch in Turkey next year, with the magic circle firm planning to relocate a partner from London to open the base. City finance partner Simon Williams is due to move to Turkey to lead the Istanbul office, which will formally launch in spring 2011. Two associates will also relocate to Turkey, with the office operating in co-operation with local firm Yegin Legal Consultancy (YLC) to meet local Bar rules. The base will focus on infrastructure, energy, finance and capital markets work, with CC lawyers working alongside those from YLC.

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November 24, 2010 | International Edition

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has added to its partnership with a promotion in its City financial services regulatory team. Chris Brennan has been made up to partner as of 1 November after four years at the firm. Prior to joining in 2006 he worked for the enforcement division of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and as general counsel for multi-asset brokerage group Newedge.

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November 23, 2010 | International Edition

Dorsey & Whitney has hired Eversheds' Shanghai managing director Peter Corne to lead its office in the region. Corne, who is set to join Dorsey early in 2011, will take over as Shanghai office head from Jay Yan, who will continue to serve as a partner in the office. Corne joined Eversheds to head up its Shanghai outfit in 2006, having previously worked for both Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons in Shanghai. He has advised multinational clients including Coca-Cola on work such as M&A and corporate restructurings, and also has experience in the renewable energy sector.

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November 23, 2010 | International Edition

Mayer Brown has announced its annual partner promotions with 32 lawyers made up across the firm, including six in the City. The London promotions include Angus Duncan and Ian Roberts in insurance and reinsurance, Richard Goldstein in pensions, Rani Mina and Kristy Zander in litigation and dispute resolution and Sangeeta Puran in intellectual property (IP). The remaining promotions comprise eight in Chicago, five in New York, one in Charlotte, six in Hong Kong, three in Paris, two in Frankfurt and one in Cologne.

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November 23, 2010 | International Edition

Linklaters' Swedish spin-off Kastell has hired Bird & Bird litigation partner Henrik Bielenstein. The hire gifts Kastell, which was launched earlier this month by former Linklaters competition partners Kent Karlsson and Erik Soederlind, with a litigation capacity.

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November 19, 2010 | International Edition

DLA Piper has grown its intellectual property and technology (IPT) practice in Germany with the hire of a four-strong team from Taylor Wessing. Partners Jan Pohle and Benjamin Grzimek are set to join the firm's Cologne office along with associates Christian Kau and Markus Lang. Their start dates at DLA are yet to be confirmed. Pohle specialises in IT and telecommunications, while Grzimek focuses on contentious and non-contentious patent law.

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November 19, 2010 | International Edition

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has confirmed that three partners from its corporate and commercial group have been asked to leave the firm alongside a handful of associates who have taken voluntary redundancy. As first reported by RollonFriday today (19 November), Barlows has made changes to its corporate group in order to align the firm more closely with its core sectors, including insurance and energy. Five or six associates are expected to leave the firm, with one further partner from the corporate group understood to have been offered a consultancy role.

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November 19, 2010 | International Edition

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is set to launch in Sao Paulo next year as the US leader moves to reinforce its highly-rated Latin American practice. The firm is planning to relocate New York capital markets partner Juan Giraldez and Rome corporate finance partner Francisco Cestero to head up the Brazilian branch. The office will comprise 10 US-qualified lawyers initially covering international finance, cross-border M&A, regulatory issues and litigation. The launch, which is subject to regulatory approval, is set for 2011.

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November 18, 2010 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has posted a 30% increase in revenue at the half-year mark, with growth in the firm's Moscow arm cited as a key contributor to the results. The firm has seen turnover rise to £103m for the first six months of 2010-11, up from the figure of £79m took in during the same period last year.

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