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Reed Smith Fee-Earners Can Now Record 'Sustainability Projects' As Billable Hours As Part of 2-Year Environmental Plan

Reed Smith has launched a sustainability plan which includes carbon emission targets as more firms ramp up their ESG efforts.
2 minute read

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Paul Hastings Lands 3 Energy Partners From Shearman, Including the Latin America Practice Group Head

Robert Freedman and Gregory Tan were previously the co-heads of Shearman's project development and finance practice, while Alexandro Padres was the head of the Latin America practice group there.
4 minute read

International Edition

'A Wave of Complex Litigation': Top Law Firms Prepare as Germany's Energy Market Primes for Post-Russia Shock

Lawyers from Freshfields, Hengeler Muller, Noerr and Fieldfisher discuss measures being implemented in the event Moscow cuts off Germany's gas supply, including enabling energy companies to unilaterally increase prices.
6 minute read

International Edition

Slaughter and May Targets Dramatic Absolute Emissions Reduction by 2040

The firm had previously committed to halve its carbon emissions by 2030, as have Linklaters and Allen & Overy.
2 minute read

International Edition

Partners Forecast Spike In East Africa Energy Litigation and Arbitration

Disputes will arise from new energy transition laws that affect existing investments and agreements, among other things, partners speaking in a Three Crowns-hosted webinar said.
5 minute read

International Edition

Shearman & Sterling Veteran Jumps to DLA Piper

The London hire follows DLA's addition of a BCLP partner in March.
2 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters, White & Case on Line Up For £4.2B National Grid Sale

The 60% stake is being sold to Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.
2 minute read

International Edition

The Poaching of Energy and Resources Partners Continues in Perth With KWM Hire

King & Wood Mallesons has taken two more partners from Ashurst after it poached two last year.
2 minute read

International Edition

Sticking to Strategic Plan, Revenue at Baker Botts Ticked Upward in 2021

The firm's London office did well in 2021, according to managing partner John Martin, who added that the firm is hiring in that market. But Baker Botts closed its office in Hong Kong in 2021, abandoning its presence in Asia once and for all. It shuttered its Bejing office the previous year.
7 minute read

International Edition

UAE and Russia: The Issues Facing Lawyers Occupying that Awkward (Neutral) Middle Ground

In that awkward middle ground between the West and Russia, lawyers in the UAE are contending with all sorts of issues around a potential influx of Russian money, a spike in oil prices, as well as weighing up their professional responsibilities as lawyers with 'morality'.
7 minute read

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