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Chadbourne & Parke bulks up its Poland office
New York's Chadbourne & Parke has hired four attorneys in its Warsaw, Poland, office. Michal Kurzynski, Jacek Kosinski, Adriana Bronikowska and Krzysztof Lyszyk come from the Warsaw office of Wierzbowski Eversheds.Has the Clock Stopped on Movement to End Hourly Fees?
Sometimes a debate within an industry can move at blinding speed. In such circumstances, what is usually required are the right factors that push a particular matter up the agenda. The legal industry last year looked as if it might be reaching such a moment with the long-running debate on hourly fees, which general counsel have criticized for years for rewarding inefficiency. But now, not only does it seem hard to detect any sea-change, for some GCs the feeling is that the situation is getting worse.London Firms Eye Malaysian Market as It Edges Towards Liberalization
In a move to promote Malaysia as a hub for Islamic finance work, the Malaysian Bar Council is proposing to liberalize its rules and allow foreign law firms into the country through joint ventures. Eversheds is currently the only U.K. law firm with a presence in the country, but City firms including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Lovells, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are keeping a close eye on the process and have not ruled out entering the country through a joint venture in the longer term.Hogan Lovells Announces Potential Layoffs for London Tax Team
Hogan Lovells has lauched a redundancy consultation in its London tax practice, with four associate positions at risk. This marks the first redundancy consultation for the merged Hogan Lovells since the two firms united earlier this year.BLP Signs Up Linklaters Team for Double Office Launch in Germany
Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to launch in Berlin and Frankfurt by the end of the year with the hire of a team from Linklaters, marking BLP's first venture into Germany. The offices will focus on high-end real estate work. All four members of the team will join as partners.Rio Tinto Legal Chief Quits for New Role at Outsourcing Partner CPA
Rio Tinto managing attorney Leah Cooper is leaving the mining giant to join legal outsourcing provider CPA Global. Cooper, who was the driving force behind the deal struck last year by Rio to outsource low-level legal tasks to a team of CPA lawyers in India, will become a member of the company's legal outsourcing board, focusing on strategy and development. The new role, which is based in London, will not involve the practice of law and will commence at the beginning of March.Ecosystem of Legal Services Is Evolving
For a handful of the most successful traditional law firms, a changing environment brings an opportunity to adapt, differentiate and garner the premium price-insensitive bet-the-company work that will drive growth in profits per equity partner. For most others, it will mean a new era of competition, both with other traditional firms and with a new category of firms that enter the market in response to the needs of corporate buyers.Trending Stories
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