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Clyde & Co Dubai head joins insurance company

International General Insurance Holdings has appointed Clyde & Co's Dubai office head, Jonathan Silver, as one of two new members of its board. The underwriting and reinsurance company, which is registered in the Dubai International Financial Centre, has total assets in excess of $240m (£122m). Silver joins the board of 11 directors alongside Hani Tarazi, former managing partner of the United Arab Emirates branch of Deloitte & Touche.
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Tyco to groom 10 hopefuls as senior European lawyers

International conglomerate Tyco is taking on trainees for the first time in an effort to foster legal talent in its junior ranks. The manufacturing giant is bolstering its ranks of lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with the hire of 10 'legal specialists' who will work as paralegals while being groomed for positions as regional in-house lawyers at the company.
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International Edition

Corporate Counsel: Red tape looms large on general counsels' need-to-know wishlist

Corporate governance and mounting red tape are firmly at the top of clients' agenda when it comes to getting help from outside advisers, according to new research.
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International Edition

Sidley taps USTR for senior trade hire

Sidley Austin has bolstered its international trade and dispute resolution practice with the hire of high-profile US Trade Representative (USTR) general counsel James Mendenhall. Mendenhall, who has been at the USTR since 2001, joined the firm's Washington DC office as a partner earlier this month after two years as general counsel at the government body.
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International Edition

Eversheds corporate heavyweight quits for client

High-profile Eversheds corporate partner Guy Green is to leave the national giant's Birmingham arm to join financial services group Exista as its first-ever global general counsel. Green, who will be based in the Icelandic company's London office, is a former head of Eversheds' private equity practice in Birmingham. He joined the firm in 1999 from Black Country practice George Green & Co.
2 minute read

International Edition

GE drops e-bidding for US adviser overhaul

General Electric (GE) has completed an overhaul of its US panel of advisers, ditching 44 firms and adding 12 new names to the roster. The international conglomerate, which has one of the largest in-house legal departments in the world, has axed 15 litigation firms and 13 US regional firms - including Armstrong Teasdale and Fox Rothschild - from its from its roster, which handles all of GE's legal work in the US.
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International Edition

Insurance company to set up fees database

The claims handler for insurance market Lloyd's of London, Xchanging Claims Services (XCS), has sent out letters to advisers in the City asking for details of terms and fees. XCS, which agrees claims on behalf of Lloyd's syndicates, sent letters to a number of London firms in recent weeks.
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International Edition

3M general counsel to retire in 2007

Post-it note manufacturer 3M's general counsel Richard Ziegler has announced that he is to retire at the end of the year. Former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partner Ziegler has been at the company since 2003 and will step down from the role at the end of March. He will continue in a counsel role until his successor is found.
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International Edition

Government rejects call for all in-house lawyers to pay PC fee

The Government has rebuffed an attempt to force all in-house lawyers to pay for a practising certificate (PC). In a debate in the House of Lords earlier this month, Conservative shadow Lord Chancellor Lord Kingsland proposed an amendment to the Legal Services Bill, which was backed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), in a bid to "put the obligation of in-house solicitors beyond doubt".
2 minute read

International Edition

ExxonMobil assistant GC joins Fulbright New York

Texas leader Fulbright & Jaworski has hired senior ExxonMobil lawyer John Tully as of counsel in its New York office. Tully spent 25 years with the company, where he worked his way up to become assistant general counsel and was in charge of worldwide litigation. Other recent Fulbright hires include that of Ashurst energy partner Jeremy Sheldon, who joined the firm's London office earlier this month.
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