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RPC recruits Clydes partner for disputes team

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has recruited Clyde & Co's head of dispute resolution and co-head of international arbitration, Jonathan Wood, for its commercial disputes practice. Wood, who joined Clydes in 1983, making partner in 1986, joined RPC as a consultant on 28 June and will work alongside eight partners in commercial disputes.
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A lifetime of litigation - the fall of Yukos

Seven years have passed since Russia began the campaign against Yukos Oil Company that led to the re-nationalisation of a business controlling more than 3% of world oil production, comparable in scale to Chevron. The dispossessed owners call it the biggest political expropriation in history. The fall of Yukos has generated history's biggest arbitrations - and by far the largest human rights claim ever - with stakes as high as $100bn (£66bn). The director of the majority shareholder group, Timothy Osborne, vowed a "lifetime of litigation" against those responsible, and he is well on his way.
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Stewarts Law seals merger deal with Bakers spin-off firm

Specialist litigation firm Stewarts Law has sealed a merger deal with Baker & McKenzie spin-off Masseys. The tie-up is set to go live next month (2 August) and will see Masseys' four-partner, seven-lawyer firm integrate financially with Stewarts.
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Latham launches Asia litigation practice with Jones Day hire

Latham & Watkins has launched an Asia litigation practice with a lateral hire from Jones Day's Hong Kong office, reports the Am Law Daily. Hong Kong-qualified lawyer Simon Powell, who joined Latham's Hong Kong office last week, is regarded as one of the region's top insolvency and litigation specialists. He also advises financial institutions and companies in the region on securities and competition regulation, as well as commercial litigation.
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Cuatrecasas launches new office with Malaga merger deal

Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira has opened a new office in Malaga through a merger with local boutique Romero & Robles. Founding partners Francisco Romero and Jorge Robles will head up the new base for Cuatrecasas, with Romero taking the managing partner role. Robles previously worked at Cuatrecasas between 1999 and 2006 before setting up the boutique along with Romero after a short stint at law firm RL in Malaga in 2007.
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Dechert litigation partner takes senior legal role at Microsoft

David Howard, the co-chair of the white-collar and securities litigation group at Dechert, is leaving the firm to become corporate vice president and deputy general counsel in charge of litigation at Microsoft, reports The Am Law Daily. Howard will move to Microsoft in early August, and will report directly to the company's general counsel, Brad Smith, a former partner at US firm Covington & Burling.
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Morgan Stanley recruits Cravath litigation partner for top legal job

Morgan Stanley has recruited long-serving Cravath Swaine & Moore partner Francis Barron as its new chief legal officer, reports The Am Law Daily. Barron, who has spent 32 years at Cravath, is the third partner to leave the US firm for an in-house role in the last three months.
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International Edition

Quinn Emanuel recruits Camerons litigation partner for City base

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has added to its London litigation practice with the hire of CMS Cameron McKenna finance litigator Robert Hickmott. Hickmott, an equity partner in Camerons' banking and insolvency litigation group, has acted on numerous landmark insolvency-related disputes including Lehman, TXU, Railtrack and Enron. He joins Quinn's litigation-only practice in the City as a partner.
2 minute read

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First English language case heard in commercial German court

The first ever case to be held in English in the German courts has been heard after a recent ruling permitted the use of the English language in commercial cases in a bid to win more international business. The German regional court in Bonn heard Belgian company BDC International's claim of lost profits against German electrical engineering group Moeller, which concluded on 31 May, in English.
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Virgin Money appoints RBS litigation chief Pearson as first-ever GC

Virgin Money has appointed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) head of litigation Stephen Pearson as its first ever general counsel. Pearson, who has now left his role at RBS, will join Virgin's financial services arm on 3 August. He will report directly to chief executive Jayne-Anne Gadhia.
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