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DLA Piper Takes 3-Lawyer Restructuring Team From Simmons & Simmons in Paris
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Leading Generic Drug Maker Slapped With €467 EU Antitrust Fine

Teva described the EU regulator's decision as "extreme, untested and factually unsupported."
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Greenberg Takes 7-Lawyer Project- and Structured-Finance Team From Dentons in Warsaw

New Greenberg Traurig shareholder Piotr Nerwiński has advised on some of the region's largest renewable energy plant financings.
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Bowmans Boosts South African M&A Team with Hogan Lovells Hires

Deepa Vallabh is the fourth partner-level hiring into Bowmans' M&A practice this year after the hiring of Eversheds Sutherland's Andrew Davidson and Baker McKenzie's Angela Simpson and Janine Howard.
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Asia Deal Digest: Clifford Chance, A&O Shearman, White & Case Lead On Fund Formation Deals, Host of Firms Assist on Hong Kong First De-SPAC.

Across Asia, fund formations, joint ventures and acquisitions are keeping both international and regional firms busy.
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HSF, Gowling WLG, Addleshaw Goddard Strengthen German Offices & Other Strategic Hires

Addleshaw Goddard and Herbert Smith Freehills are expanding in Germany despite economic challenges, while others are hiring in London, Brussels, the Netherlands, and France.
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White & Case Takes Two A&O Shearman M&A Partners in Australia

Aaron Kenavan and Jamie Palmer will join the firm in Sydney.
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The EU Top 30, 2024: Ranking the Largest Law Firms in the European Union by Headcount

The likes of CMS and Hogan Lovells rank highly in the inaugural rankings, but firms told Law.com International that while they see the EU's market as stable it is also challenging and not necessarily their current top source of global growth.
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German Legal Reforms To Level the Playing Field for Global Firms

German reforms aim to eliminate regulatory loopholes, address LLP eligibility and ownership structures, and make competition easier for international firms.
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Leigh Day Cleared of Wrongdoing in £55M Shell Settlement with Nigeria

London's High Court dismissed unauthorized disbursement claims against law firm Leigh Day related to a £55 million settlement over an oil spill in Nigeria.
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Judge Grants Quinn Emanuel Costs Deduction in 'Forged' Document Litigation

Earlier this month, the law firm was ordered by London's High Court to reveal the identity of the supplier of an allegedly forged document that claimed a Russian oligarch had underpaid a rival by roughly $300 million in a buyout deal.
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Taylor Wessing Germany Ups Associate and Salaried Partner Pay

The move brings Germany pay closer to UK levels, where in August the firm lifted newly-qualified lawyer salaries to £115,000.
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Ogier, Baker McKenzie Secure Win as U.K. Dismisses Cayman PE Fund's Appeal in $100M Kuwaiti Fraud Case

Kuwaiti investors plan to carry on their legal battle in the Cayman Islands Grand Court over allegations of fraud and corruption involving fund managers at Wellspring Capital Group and KGL Investment Company Asia.
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BonelliErede Hires Private Equity Duo From Chiomenti Amid Market Pick-Up

Private equity accounted for 60% of the value of all M&A deals recorded in the first half of 2024, according to an analysis by KPMG.
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Commentary

The Price of Time: Should Law Firms Sell Minutes or Value?

As the legal industry grapples with the rise of AI, the once-immutable billable hour faces unprecedented scrutiny.
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Airbnb Prevails in French Competition Litigation But French Hotel Union Vows to Appeal

French firm Bredin Prat is defending the U.S. short-term lodging rental platform against a hotel trade group's litigation seeking €1.5 million in damages for "unfair competition" and major changes in its operations.
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Intel Secures Hard-Won Victory in Decades-Long Legal Wrangle With EU Regulator

The judgment centered on a 2004 antitrust investigation launched two competition chiefs ago.
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Kennedys to Refresh Leadership as Senior Partner Stands Down

Exclusive: The departure of Nick Thomas will represent a major change as he has led the firm as senior partner since 1997, having been re-elected to the role unopposed in 2007, 2012, and 2017.
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Linklaters, Freshfields and Latham Lead Deal Making In Emerging Markets, LSEG Data Shows

The report, which reflects transactions in emerging markets across the first nine months of 2024, also shows China and India to account for 44% of the M&A in the region.
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Spain Loses Appeal as London Court Rejects Claim of Immunity in €101 Million Arbitral Award Enforcement

The ruling could have implications for other European Union member states facing investor disputes in U.K. courts.
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A Legion of Law Firms Advise on Sanofi's Potential Sale of Consumer Health Care Unit to US Private Equity Fund

The potential deal, valued at €16 billion, has met with controversy as critics raise concerns about a foreign buyer's impact on medication availability in France. The French government has stepped in to allay fears, agreeing to take a minority stake. 
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South African Lawyers Capitalise on 100 Days of Coalition-Driven Uncertainty

In its first 100 days, South Africa's coalition government has boosted investor confidence while law firms capitalize on emerging opportunities in energy and infrastructure investments.
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Greenberg Traurig Expands With Milan Team Amid 'Turmoil' in Italian Legal Market

The firm has a presence in London, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Berlin, and will likely soon announce the opening of a second location in Germany.
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UK's Top Partners Billing $1,300+ Per Hour Driven by US Rivals

"We know law firms have been using rates to increase that top line for a number of years and I suppose the question that arises is: 'How much longer is that possible?'"—PwC.
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Linklaters Leads on $2B Omani Energy IPO, the GCC's Largest This Year

The Gulf Cooperation Council is one of the world's most active regions for IPOs.
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Pinsent Masons Replaces DLA Piper as Heineken UK's Main Legal Adviser

The beverage giant has found its new 'principal' legal adviser in the UK, after working with DLA Piper for almost a decade.
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KWM Files Million Dollar Claim Against Former Global CEO in Hong Kong 

The sum of the claim against Rupert Li comprises three loans worth HK$1 million, HK$2 million and HK$5 million, all granted in 2019. 
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Features

Status Driven With Unpredictable Fees: What Private Equity Clients Really Think About Their Lawyers

A lack of certainty on pricing for doing "not very difficult" work is one of the most common complaints from leaders at private equity firms, who opened up to Law.com International about experiences with their legal advisers.
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It's Time Law Firms Were Upfront About Who Their Salaried Partners Are

Clients are paying more attention to who is doing the work they're getting billed for; yet the salaried partner tier endures, writes The Global Lawyer.
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K&L Gates Brussels Hires Senior Antitrust Partner From Gibson Dunn

Lena Sandberg's departure for K&L Gates leaves the U.S. firm with no female partners in Brussels.
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Austria's Wolf Theiss Launches in Brussels with Competition Law Team

Wolf Theiss, one of Austria's largest firms, is opening a Brussels office to better serve clients from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
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Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.

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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.

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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.

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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.

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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.

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