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Trio of O'Melveny partners set to compete for leadership of firm

Three O'Melveny & Myers partners are set to compete to succeed Arthur Culvahouse at the helm of the firm ahead of the end of his four-year term as chairman next year, reports The Am Law Daily. The US firm's policy committee has whittled down the field of partners being considered to succeed Culvahouse in the firm's top leadership post, and expects to have the ultimate choice put to a partnership vote by summer's end.
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Freshfields investigates support function over supplier arrangements

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is currently investigating one of its business support functions in relation to discrepancies over supplier arrangements. The support group in question is understood to be part of the firm's IT function, with around six employees asked to leave work while the investigation is ongoing.
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Davis Polk signs up Mayer Brown partner duo for Brazil launch

Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two partners from Mayer Brown, as the New York firm gears up to launch in Brazil. Banking and finance partners James Vickers and Stephen Hood are set to join Davis Polk in the coming months to help launch the firm's Sao Paulo office, with the departures leaving Mayer Brown with just one partner in Brazil, securities lawyer Ricardo Gonzalez.
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Linklaters relocates partners to Abu Dhabi as new office opens

Linklaters has launched an office in Abu Dhabi, with New York finance partner Paul Kruger among a number of partners relocating to the new base. The office launch, first reported by Legal Week last month, marks Linklaters' 27th office worldwide.
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Sullivan names new London managing partner in City shake-up

Sullivan & Cromwell has overhauled its City management with former Europe M&A head Richard Morrissey appointed as London managing partner, replacing current incumbents Rob Schlein and Vanessa Blackmore. Morrissey's appointment comes as corporate partner Craig Jones has been handed the first-time role of London office administrative partner, with Tim Emmerson taking over as Europe M&A head from Morrissey. All of the new appointments are effective from today (1 July), with no fixed terms. Schlein and Blackmore will continue with client work in the real estate and capital markets practices respectively, with Schlein splitting his time between New York and London.
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Dickinson Dees to launch in Leeds with transfer of entire York office

Dickinson Dees is set to open a new office in Leeds and transfer its entire York operation to the new base. The firm will open the new office at the end of the year, at which point its York base will close, with the entire operation moving to Leeds.
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Mayer Brown expands in Asia with Singapore office launch

Mayer Brown is launching in Singapore with the relocation of Hong Kong projects partner Kevin Owen to head up the new office. The new base will be Mayer Brown's eighth presence in Asia following its 2008 tie-up with Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM). Mayer Brown JSM already operates offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Min City, Hanoi and Bangkok. The Singpore base will focus initially on asset finance, project finance, energy and international arbitration.
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Magic circle duo set to open in Washington DC

Allen & Overy (A&O) is to open its second office in the US, with the firm launching in Washington DC next month through a team hire from O'Melveny & Myers. The launch comes as magic circle rival Linklaters plans its own entrance to the US capital within the next year, at which point all of the magic circle bar Slaughter and May would have a presence in Washington.
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Charles Russell appoints finance director as firm's first COO

Charles Russell has appointed its first-ever chief operating officer (COO), with the firm's finance director Andy Staite set to take up the role next month. Staite, who has headed Charles Russell's finance department since 1998 when he joined from US insurance services company Crawford & Company, will take up his new position on 1 July. The law firm has yet to appoint a replacement finance director.
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