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Former Hogan City chief opts for post-merger move to US firm

Former Hogan & Hartson City chief Gary Pegg is set to leave the newly-merged Hogan Lovells to join King & Spalding as co-managing partner. Pegg, the co-chair of Hogan Lovells' global energy and natural resources practice, will share his new role with existing managing partner John Keffer. He joins the US firm alongside a team of four Hogan Lovells energy lawyers comprising partner Hywel Jones, counsel Nina Howell and associates Leon Sosnowski and Susanna Marshall.
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Italy: The run for the sun

The production of energy from photovoltaic sources in Italy has been incentivised through the so-called "Energy Bill" scheme. This scheme provides for the application of tariffs for legally established amounts at an uneven level, and depends on the quantity of energy produced by the benefiting entity. The fixed tariff system was reformed by the Ministerial Decree of February 19, 2007, which has removed numerous limitations and hindrances to the application of the incentives provided for by previously passed regulations.
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'To preserve and collect' - BP oil spill a discovery nightmare for lawyers

The legal strategies for BP and other companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon disaster have yet to be revealed. But one thing is certain. Their in-house legal departments are in the midst of an expensive and Herculean task - discovery. "All of these organisations are well aware of the need to preserve and collect key information," said Jim Wagner, CEO of DiscoverReady, a discovery management service. "But few organisations have ever confronted the scale of discovery that they are likely to have to undertake."
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Barlows adds partner in Hong Kong with Reed Smith hire

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert has expanded its Hong Kong practice with the hire of partner Andrew Horton from Reed Smith's local partnership. Horton started work in the firm's marine, energy and trade (MET) practice on 2 June. He is joined in the group by senior associate Gary Yin, who comes to Barlows from DLA Piper in Hong Kong.
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BP lines up Arnold & Porter and Kirkland to defend oil leak claims

Kirkland & Ellis and Arnold & Porter are set to defend BP against the 26,000 claims the petrochemical giant says have been filed so far as a result of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. BP confirmed the appointment of the two US law firms as defence counsel, with Kirkland's team including partners Andrew Langan, Richard Godfrey and Matthew Regan. BP's defence team also reportedly includes Houston practice Andrews Kurth.
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A&O boosts energy team with Herbert Smith partner duo

Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its corporate energy team in the City with the recruitment of two partners from Herbert Smith. The transfer of the pair - Paul Griffin and John Geraghty - marks a rare partner-level appointment in the London market for A&O.
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Hammonds brings in environment team from Eversheds

Hammonds has expanded its environmental practice, recruiting a team from national rival Eversheds. Eversheds partner David Gordon joined the firm last week (17 May) as a partner in the Birmingham office, taking on the newly-created role of national head of environment.
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Links, Herbert Smith plug in for roles on £3.3bn National Grid rights issue

Linklaters and Herbert Smith have taken lead roles on National Grid's £3.3bn rights issue as the energy giant gears up for a major programme of investment. The proceeds of the rights issue will allow National Grid to replace ageing assets, strengthen its infrastructure and upgrade UK networks to allow access to renewable sources of energy.
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Linklaters and Dewey take cross-border roles on $1.34bn zinc mining deal

Linklaters and Dewey & LeBoeuf have taken lead roles on a $1.34bn (£907m) cross-border mining deal which is set to see Indian mining group Vedanta Resources become the world's largest zinc producer. The deal sees Vedanta purchase three zinc mines from rival conglomerate Anglo American, including the Skorpion mine in Namibia, Lisheen in Ireland and a 74% stake in Black Mountain in South Africa.
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No lack of resources - ENRC's legal chief in profile

While most companies have spent the recession battening down the hatches, the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) has been in expansion mode. Last month the FTSE 100 natural resources company, whose main assets are located in Kazakhstan, underlined its intentions to go global by purchasing a 12% stake in Northern Platinum, a South African platinum company. The move follows ENRC's acquisition last year of Camec, a copper and cobalt producer in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for £584m and prior purchase of 50% stakes in Brazil's BML iron ore project and the Xinjiang Tuoli Taihang Ferro-Alloy ferrochrome operations in China.
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