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Legal Week Litigation Forum - an introduction from Lord Falconer

Former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer presents an introduction to the Legal Week Litigation Forum 2009, set to take place at One Whitehall Place on 17 September.
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A&O insolvency litigation partner joins Nauta in Brussels

NautaDutilh has recruited an Allen & Overy (A&O) partner in Brussels, with restructuring and insolvency litigation partner Sophie Jacmain set to join the Benelux firm. Jacmain left A&O's Brussels office earlier this month, where she headed a restructuring group within the litigation department. She was promoted to partner at A&O in 2008. She joins Nauta as an associate partner, a rank the firm introduced last year as an alternative to salaried partner.
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Skadden IP litigation partner trio jump ship to Paul Hastings

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has brought in a high-profile patent litigation team from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in the US. The firm has recruited a trio of partners from Skadden including Jeff Randall, who leads the US firm's patent litigation teams in Palo Alto, Washington DC and Boston.
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K&L Gates signs up Watson Farley litigation chief in Singapore

K&L Gates has boosted its Singapore office with the hire of Watson Farley & Williams Singapore litigation and arbitration head Raja Bose. Bose will take up a management position at the expansive US firm, heading the international arbitration practice across Asia as well as launching the practice in Singapore.
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New SJB group targets private equity disputes

SJ Berwin has pulled together lawyers from its litigation and corporate practices to create a new private equity and partnership dispute resolution practice. The new group - formed last month (15 July) - is headed by litigation partner Hilton Mervis and corporate partner Michael Halford.
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BLP makes high-profile litigation hires from Teacher Stern

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made its second round of London litigation hires in just over a month with the appointment of a heavyweight partner duo from Teacher Stern. The top 20 firm is set to bring in high-profile disputes partner Graham Shear and partner Joby Davies from Teacher Stern in mid-September.
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Mayer Brown partner seconded to Merrill Lynch

Mayer Brown London finance litigation partner Ed Sautter has gone on secondment to longstanding client Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Sautter, who sits within Mayer Brown's City financial institutions group, is currently the only Mayer Brown partner on secondment to a bank and will remain with the client for almost five months until November 2009.
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Barlows takes lead as Moore Stephens escapes negligence claim

The $173.6m (£89m) negligence claim brought by the creditors of failed UK company Stone & Rolls against accountancy firm Moore Stephens was struck out by the House of Lords yesterday (30 July). The failure of the case - one of the largest and most high-profile claims funded by a third party in the UK - will be seen as a blow for backers IM Litigation Funding.
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Northern Rock shareholders fail in bid to secure improved compensation

The Northern Rock shareholders have lost their appeal to secure improved compensation following the nationalisation of the lender, with the claimants now prepared to take their case all the way to Europe. A judgment handed down yesterday (28 July) in the Court of Appeal supported a February decision, which scuppered the attempts of more than 150,000 private shareholders to increase their compensation level. The judgment followed a three-day hearing in June before the Master of the Rolls Sir Anthony Clarke, Lord Justice Laws and Lord Justice Waller.
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Clydes boosts disputes practice with Halliwells partner hire

Clyde & Co has continued its hiring spree with the addition of commercial disputes partner Marko Kraljevic. Kraljevic joins the insurance specialist from Halliwells, where he was a partner in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on international arbitration in international trade, shipping, trade contract disputes and international investment within the shipping, petroleum and coal industries.
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