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Paul Hastings adds five new partners in Paris with Hogan Lovells and Proskauer hires

Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has grown its Paris arm with the hire of five partners from Hogan Lovells and Proskauer Rose. The team includes Hogan Lovells Paris corporate head Pascal de Moidrey and Proskauer's local corporate chief Guillaume Kellner, both of who are joining Paul Hastings' corporate practice in the French capital. Hogan Lovells corporate partner Alexis Terray and counsel Edith Boucaya are also set to join the corporate team as partners, while Proskauer litigation partner Nicolas Faguer will join the US firm's Paris litigation practice.
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Law firm bankruptcies - rescues gone wrong?

The email from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe chairman Ralph Baxter to newly-tapped Coudert Brothers chair Clyde Rankin on 12 February 2005 was short, friendly and direct: "Skip, congratulations on your election. I look forward to seeing you this week. Let's talk on Monday." The message, it turned out, wasn't just an electronic high-five from one firm leader to another. It was also the start of what evolved into talks between Baxter and Rankin about a possible merger of their firms. The email's inclusion in a lawsuit filed in December against Orrick by the administrator overseeing the bankrupt Coudert estate underscores where those talks led.
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Singapore makes room for global legal players

In Asia's current success story, if Hong Kong is a stepping stone for China, then Singapore is destined to be the springboard for India and Southeast Asia. With career and professional growth in mind, Singapore has taken steps to liberalise industries across the board, and the legal services industry is no exception. It is gradually becoming the benchmark for legal practice in Asia, and ambitious lawyers from around the world are taking advantage of this. The country's commitment to becoming a top international legal services hub and creating career opportunities for international legal services talent is notable. In July, the Singapore Institute of Legal Education (SILE) proposed an easing of the entry requirements for foreign lawyers to practise corporate law in Singapore. It is recommending that foreign lawyers who pass a Foreign Practitioner Exam (FPE) and have at least three years' experience be allowed to practise corporate law in Singapore in areas such as finance, banking and intellectual property, irrespective of their law degree.
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CC Tokyo partner takes up Deloitte China general counsel role

Clifford Chance (CC) Tokyo partner James Jamison is joining Deloitte in China as national general counsel. Jamison is due to join Deloitte next month (7 March) to replace Peter Griffiths, who will step down this summer. He has been a litigation partner at CC since 2001, moving to Tokyo in 2008. He has also served as head of arbitration for the Asia-Pacific region since 2007.
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Human rights court reforms called into question by London's litigators

City litigators have questioned Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's calls to reform the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the wake of its ruling that serving prisoners should be given the right to vote. In an interview with political commentator Andrew Marr over the weekend (20 February), Clarke said that there was a "good case for reforming the court", adding that he would look to address the ECHR's relationship with national courts when the UK takes over as chair of the Council of Europe this November.
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International Edition

Simmons disputes partner joins Bakers in HK

Baker & McKenzie has added to its Hong Kong dispute resolution practice with the hire of Simmons & Simmons partner James Kwan. Kwan, who is set to join Bakers on 1 March, joined the Simmons partnership in Hong Kong in 2008 from Allen & Overy's Dubai office, where he was a dispute resolution consultant. His practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation, with a particular emphasis on infrastructure, engineering and energy disputes.
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International Edition

DLA launches office in Miami and seals alliance with Venezuelan firm

DLA Piper has bolstered its Latin America practice with an office launch in Miami and an alliance with a Venezuelan law firm, reports The Am Law Daily. The firm has recruited Squire Sanders & Dempsey partners Pedro Martinez-Fraga and Ryan Reetz to launch the Miami base, both of who predominantly advise Latin American clients on international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. The Venezuelan firm, InterJuris Abogados, which is based in Caracas, will now be rebranded as DLA InterJuris Abogados.
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'Unelected judges dictating our laws', etc

Much has been made during the prisoner voting debate of the fact that our laws should not be made by, as The Sun puts it, "unelected dictators". Similarly, the Daily Mail says "the time has come for Britain to tell unelected Strasbourg judges that they have overstepped their authority", and the Daily Express poses a dilemma between "democratically elected Commons or an unelected and alien tribunal in Strasbourg".
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International Edition

All rolled together - two affected parties on life in court at the new Rolls Building

Two affected parties give their views on the move of the chancery division, commercial court and TCC to the Rolls Building
8 minute read

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A watching brief - the challenges facing the Bar Standards Board

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has come a long way since its inception in 2006 when the Bar Council split off its regulatory arm from its representative function. But with the profession entering its most challenging period yet, as Government spending cuts take their toll and the Legal Services Act (LSA) comes into effect, the BSB is facing its most crucial test to date. After the watchdog celebrated its fifth birthday last month, the question being asked is how the BSB will cope with the changes ahead to regulate the profession successfully. As the regulator for barristers in England and Wales, the BSB takes responsibility for setting the education and training standards of barristers throughout their careers as well as monitoring their quality and conduct. With the LSA bringing about fundamental changes to the profession, not least to its culture, by allowing barristers to form partnerships and join forces with solicitors, it is clear that the regulator must evolve once more.
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