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Herbert Smith quartet join Jones Day to launch Paris energy practice

Jones Day has recuited a four-lawyer team from Herbert Smith to set up an energy practice in the US firm's Paris office. Laurent Vandomme will head the practice alongside counsel Denis Bandet and Akshai Fofaria and associate Etienne Dinner.
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Dentons promotions see energy duo made up in international offices

Denton Wilde Sapte has become the latest firm to announce a reduced promotions round for 2010, with just two lawyers made up to partner, both of who are based outside of the UK. The total number of new partners is down by more than half on last year, when six were made up, and significantly less than the 2008 round, when 12 joined the partnership.
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Ashurst boosts Asia practices with London partner relocations

Ashurst is relocating London partners Stuart Rubin and Philip Thomson to Hong Kong and Singapore respectively as the firm moves to bulk up its presence in the Asia region. Ashurst counsel Rubin transferred from the UK top 20 law firm's London capital markets practice to Hong Kong in April. It is understood he will be made up to partner in the firm's 2010 promotions round, which will take effect on 1 May.
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Clydes continues energy growth with hire of Maclays partner in London

Clyde & Co has recruited a partner from Maclay Murray & Spens for its London energy practice, marking the team's tenth hire in the last year. David Leckie joined Clydes from Maclays' London office last week (12 April). At Maclays his practice focused on commercial dispute resolution, with a particular focus on energy and regulatory law.
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EDF set to appoint new legal chief as GC steps down from role

EDF Energy is seeking a new general counsel following the resignation of legal chief Jean MacDonald. MacDonald is set to leave the company this summer after two years at the helm, having taken up the GC role at EDF when the French company purchased British Energy in 2008.
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Morgan Lewis boosts energy team with senior nuclear hire

Morgan Lewis & Bockius has moved to beef up its London energy team with the hire of the former group legal director and company secretary of British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), Susan Quint. Quint, who left BNFL at the end of 2009, had been group legal director and company secretary since 2007, having previously held the role of general counsel.
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Blake Dawson opens up new base in Tokyo

Blake Dawson has opened an office in Tokyo, becoming the first Australian firm to be licensed to practice in Japan, reports The Am Law Daily. The new office, which will be led by relocated Melbourne partner Natsuko Ogawa, is intended to funnel business to Blake Dawson's energy and natural resources practices.
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CC relocates Hong Kong finance partner to Singapore MP position

Clifford Chance (CC) has appointed Geraint Hughes as managing partner of its Singapore office as incumbent Philip Rapp steps down after 11 years. Hughes, who became a partner in 1999 and has a general corporate and commercial practice focusing on oil and gas and projects work, will take over the role from 1 May. He is currently based in the firm's Hong Kong finance practice, and will relocate to Singapore as part of the new role. He will continue to manage CC's Asia energy group.
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Freshfields, Pinsents go nuclear with roles on slimmed-down NDA panel

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has unveiled its new-look legal panel, with the number of external firms the organisation uses cut back from nine to five. The nuclear clean-up group has signed up Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Pinsent Masons to its roster for the first time, while DLA Piper, Burges Salmon and Field Fisher Waterhouse have all been retained.
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Saudi Aramco names long-serving lawyer as new general counsel

Middle East energy giant Saudi Arabian Oil Co (Saudi Aramco) has handed its top legal role to long-serving lawyer David Kultgen, reports Corporate Counsel. The US-trained lawyer has been with Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest oil companies, for 37 years, having joined the company from law school in 1973.
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