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New Frontiers: Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Launches in Cairo and Abu Dhabi
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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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Inside DLA Piper's Agreement with Bahrain on Anti-Terror Advocacy in D.C.

DLA Piper's agreement reveals the standard rate for the partner overseeing the agreement is $1,650 per hour, while an associate and counsel are charging more than $1,000 an hour.
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Wickard AI Partners With Law School to Bring Legal AI Training to Ethiopia

The startup is leading a two-day training program with Addis Ababa University Law School as the legal industry booms in the country.
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Latham, White & Case Lead on Nigeria's Longstanding $1.3B Oil Deal

Latham & Watkins and White & Case are at the forefront of Seplat's $1.3 billion acquisition of Exxon Mobil's Nigerian onshore assets, finally approved after nearly three years of delays, marking a significant milestone in the country's energy sector.
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Features

Is Saudi Arabia's Khoshaim & Associates' Abu Dhabi Debut a Harbinger of Change?

Sources indicate that a reversal in traffic, that has to date overwhelmingly moved in the other direction, could be on the horizon.
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The Africa Top 30, 2024: A Headcount Ranking of the Largest Law Firms on the Continent

ENS remains dominant, while two international firms have dropped out of the top 30 entirely.
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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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White & Case, Clifford Chance, Ibrahim & Partners Advise on LuLu Retail's Abu Dhabi IPO

With LuLu's announced offering, law firms consolidate their involvement in dynamic, billion-dollar IPO activities in the Middle East.
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Middle East Legal Awards, 2025: Nominations Now Open

The region's premier legal awards celebrate outstanding achievement and will include awards for success in each of the GCC countries.
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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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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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Hogan Lovells, Orrick Lead Two-Year Negotiations on Ghana's $13B Debt Restructuring

Ghana has finally reached a settlement with private creditors over $13 billion in Eurobond repayments.
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Diamond-Rich Africa Risks Disputes Over Push to Own 24% of Mining Companies

Botswana, the world's second-largest diamond producer, will require companies to sell a 24% stake to locals under a revised law awaiting presidential…
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Dentons and Eversheds Advise on Billion-Dollar Gulf Infrastructure Projects

The Middle East projects aim to drive economic growth in infrastructure and energy in the Gulf, offering law firms opportunities to tap into the growing demand.
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Dentons Combines with Four Firms in Latest Africa-Wide Expansion

Dentons is teaming up with four local firms to launch new offices across four African countries, increasing its numbers in Africa to 280 lawyers spanning 17 countries.
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Q&A

'Lawyers Are Pigeonholed, Wrongly So': Prosus GC Says It's High Time for In-House Lawyers' Business Savvy to Be Seen, and Valued

Paul Peake also discusses some of his pet peeves about working with outside counsel. No. 1 on his list: "Law firm coffee is terrible."
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Commentary

'Who By Fire?': Reflecting On Law Firms in a Tumultuous Year

In a year punctuated by law firm mergers, office closures, and wars, law firms might want to take time to reflect on what has transpired and what they might see in the coming year, writes The Global Lawyer. Even in an industry that acts like it knows where it's going, there are no certainties.
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Fasken, CMS, ENS & CDH Boost South Africa & Kenya Teams in Q4

ENS, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), and CMS are expanding their teams in Kenya and South Africa, bringing on several partners specialising in disputes, finance, tax, and corporate law.
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Event

Kenya to Host Inaugural African Legal Technology & Innovation Awards in 2025

It is the first awards of its kind, to take place in Kenya.
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Analysis

Will Private Credit Produce Another Kirkland?

"If [law firms] don't have the right volume, the right connections, the right associates and the right knowledge management tools, they will burn out. The big players won't," said Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld's Ranesh Ramanathan.
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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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