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GMS&P Debuts in Cairo, Aiming to Disrupt Egypt's Legal Landscape

Gomaa said the firm has already secured a 'best friends' alliance with a mid-size U.K. firm that does not have any offices abroad.
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Video: Editors Analyze The Global 200

Topics included a debate about which law firms would make it into a 'global elite'.
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Iraq Telecom Wins $3B in Arbitral Awards against former Kurdish Partner

Iraq Telecom won two arbitrations against Korek Telecom in rulings that involved loan and shareholder disputes linked to bribery and fraud.
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The Global 200 Rankings Explained: Sign Up for the Webinar

The one-hour session at 9am Eastern Time (2pm BST) Thursday 19 September will see the panelists discuss the trends of the last financial year and the implications for the future.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Appoints Martin Kavanagh as Africa Chair

The leadership structure brings together the Johannesburg, London and Paris offices that are key to the Africa Group.
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Inside Freshfields: Managing Partner Sami Tannous On His Plans for MENA

Freshfields operates offices in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, where most of its transactional and disputes teams are located.
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The 2024 Global 200: The Year Law Firms Had to Get Smart (And Ruthless)

Despite a 10-year low for worldwide M&A activity profit per equity partner at the top firms grew by 12.4%, as they pruned their equity ranks and closed offices.
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The 2024 Global 100 Ranked by Profits Per Equity Partner

The 100 largest law firms in the world saw profit increase following a decline the previous year.
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How Hogan Lovells' South African Dream Crashed—Twice

Hogan Lovells is closing its office in Johannesburg saying it wants to focus on strategic markets but there's much more behind the African exit.
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Latest Law Firm Office Closures Are Just the Beginning

Moves by A&O Shearman and Hogan Lovells show Big Law's strategy has changed, with the relative importance of smaller markets diminishing, explains the Global Lawyer
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A&O Shearman's Entire South African Team in Advanced Talks to Join Bowmans

More than 30 of its Johannesburg lawyers—including seven partners and managing partner Gerhard Rudolph—are expected to receive their pink slips by the end of the year, a move already slammed by critics as 'distasteful' and 'disgraceful'.
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The African Legal Awards 2024: Who Won What and Why?

A rundown of some of the biggest winners at this year's African Legal Awards, and how they did it.
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Hogan Lovells to Close Offices in Sydney, Johannesburg and Warsaw

The office closings affect about 65 attorneys, including 11 partners, and 58 support staff.
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'Shocking, Distasteful…' A&O Shearman Lawyers Slam Johannesburg Office Closure

Lawyers were gearing up to celebrate their 10th anniversary in South Africa and had just signed a lease for new office space.
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The African Legal Awards: In Pictures

Law.com International's 11th year African Legal Awards 2024 featured leading names from across the continent.
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Bowmans Taps Eversheds' Corporate Head for New South Africa Office

Davidson spent more than six years at Eversheds specializing in private equity, venture capital, banking and finance transactions.
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Hiring in the Middle East is Both Easy and Hard

While regional tax incentives remain a draw for international candidates, policies requiring a specific percentage of Saudi nationals are intensifying law firms' battle to hire the best local candidates.
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Former Chief Justice of South Africa Honoured at African Legal Awards While Local Firms Come Out Top

Local firm Bowmans came out as the biggest winners of the night, securing seven gongs across a number of different categories.
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A&O Shearman to Cut Equity Partnership, Close in South Africa and End Consulting Division in Post-Merger Drive

The seismic changes, announced internally on Friday, affect the firm's 800-strong partnership and come just as the firm was set to celebrate a decade in Johannesburg.
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Ashurst Hires Addleshaw Goddard Disputes Head in the Middle East

Meanwhile, Charles Russell Speechlys has hired from PwC in Doha.
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Challenge for Lawyers as Regulators and Financing Delay Oil & Gas Deals in Africa

Delays to deal closings are hurting the financial expectations of legal advisers and it has become increasingly unlikely for a law firm to be able to agree fixed legal fees, say local lawyers.
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Quinn Emanuel Petitions US Appeals Court For Rehearing in $474M Dubai-Djibouti Dispute

Djibouti argued that Quinn Emanuel lacks proper authorization to represent Dubai's Doraleh Container Terminal SA in the long-running case.
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'Lifeline' for Fraud?: Chinese Lender Accused in Lawsuit by Quinn Emanuel Lawyers of Facilitating Fintech Scheme

The $140 million lawsuit accuses Chinese Construction Bank Corp. and related entities of issuing the "lion's share" of phony letters of credit that facilitated Vesttoo's alleged multibillion-dollar fraud.
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Africa Deal Roundup: Hunton Andrews Kurth, A&O Shearman & HSF Advise on Nigerian Oil Deals

Eni sold its Nigerian onshore oil and gas assets to Oando, a deal involving several law firms and a broader trend of energy companies divesting from Nigerian upstream operations.
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Google Taps King & Spalding to Sue Kremlin-Owned Broadcaster

The claims are part of a legal battle between Google and Russian state-affiliated media entities which stretches back to 2020.
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Could Casablanca Finance City Be the Key to Law Firms' African Ambitions?

Morocco's CFC aims to attract law firms and their high-rolling clients who want to leverage Casablanca's location as an investment gateway into Africa.
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Africa Roundup: A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie & ENS Moves

African law firms added partners into their dispute resolution, finance, projects and competition practices in July and August.
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SullCrom, Hughes Hubbard, Mayer Brown and Slaughter and May Advise on ADQ's $1B Sotheby's Stake

ADQ is to acquire the stake through newly issued shares with an investment that will be used to reduce debt and support Sotheby's growth.
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Latham, Baker McKenzie and Meysan Drive Finance Deals in the Middle East

The sukuk and bond issues in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kuwait come amid a significant rise in foreign currency issuances.
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Amnesty International Criticises Clifford Chance Saudi Arabia Report

The human rights group says the law firm's report "wholly omits" significant risks related to Saudi hosting the 2034 FIFA World Cup
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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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