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Fried Frank adds two partners to City litigation team with double Bryan Cave hire

Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has boosted its presence in London with the hire of two new partners from fellow US firm Bryan Cave. Litigation partner Nick Cherryman joined the US firm last Wednesday (26 April), while James Kitching is set to follow him after serving his notice period at Bryan Cave.
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Linklaters names former World Bank lawyer as new Paris office head

Linklaters has appointed Paul Lignieres as the new managing partner of its Paris office as litigator Arnaud de La Cotardiere steps down after 18 months at the helm. Lignieres, whose four-year term began on 27 May, will carry out the brief alongside his existing role as co-head of Linklaters' global infrastructure and construction group and head of its Paris public law group.
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Litigation

Hogan Lovells looks at the rise in disputes work following the recession, while Skadden reports on the global influence of America's tough stance on white-collar crime...
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Hogan Lovells elects litigator to firmwide board

Hogan Lovells has elected Washington-based litigation co-head Craig Hoover to its firmwide board. He replaces Gernod Meinel, who left Hogan prior to the Lovells merger along with 18 other Berlin-based partners to set up new independent firm Raue, which officially launched on 1 May.
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From Helmand to Holborn

Soldier-turned-law student Patrick Hennessey on how his experiences in Afghanistan helped him land a pupillage...Pupillage interviews are nerve-wracking at the best of times. They are never improved by the experience of desperately trying to remember what cases you mentioned in your application while your rivals chat about the dozens of mini-pupillages and endless hours of pro-bono work they've already done. In a number of such interviews last summer I would spot the eyebrows raise, ever so slightly, when I had to concede that I hadn't done any mini-pupillages, any clerking or even any mooting. All those little extras are bread and butter to an undergraduate law student planning to come to the Bar, but are out of the experience of most of those coming from another career, attempting to cram the conversion course into an already full working week and wondering what the hell they have let themselves in for.
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Litigation: A new order

In spring 2008, legacy Lovells published a survey called The Shrinking World, which revealed some of the thoughts and concerns of in-house counsel across Europe about the litigation threats they foresaw. The results were striking. Thirty-eight percent of those polled expected an increase in disputes over the coming three years, and it was clear that concern over the threat of multijurisdictional disputes was growing. Most believed that customers and suppliers would continue to constitute the main source of disputes, although disputes with regulators were cited among the biggest risks facing multinationals. And how right they were, even if at that time nearly 60% rated the risk of litigation relating to banking and financial instruments as 'low' and only 6% cited issues of bankruptcy and distressed clients as a source of concern.
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NY-based Howes replaces Blanch as McDermott arbitration head

McDermott Will & Emery has appointed New York partner Ted Howes as head of the firm's international arbitration group, replacing recently-departed head Juliet Blanch. Howes has worked in international arbitration for the past 20 years, arbitrating cases both in the United States and abroad, including France, England, Switzerland and Hong Kong. He currently heads the firm's Chinese litigation and dispute resolution practice.
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Harbour puts together £60m litigation fund

Harbour Litigation Funding has raised a fund of £60m to invest in UK commercial litigation cases. The fund - which has been raised from investors including family offices, private wealth managers and high-net worth individuals - will go towards a minimum of 25 cases with a claim value of at least £3m.
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Linklaters hands top-level management role to Paris chief

Linklaters has appointed Paris managing partner Arnaud de La Cotardiere as the new head of the firm's commercial practice. He will start a four-year term with immediate effect, replacing John Turnbull, who was recently appointed Americas head.
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Leigh Day bills £105m for work on Trafigura toxic waste class action

Specialist claimant firm Leigh Day & Co has billed £105m in fees for its work on the class action brought against oil company Trafigura, in one of the highest-ever costs claims for a single litigation case. The bill, which was served in December, was disclosed at the Royal Costs of Justice on Monday (10 May) in front of senior cost judge Chief Master Hurst and Mr Justice MacDuff.
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