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Former Dewey boss Davis resurfaces as CEO of Emirate investment office

Steve Davis, the former chairman of collapsed law firm Dewey & Leboeuf, has resurfaced as acting CEO to the Investment and Development Office of the government of United Arab Emirate Ras al Khaimah.
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Orrick sets sights on Africa for 2014

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is planning to open in Africa next year in a bid to tap Chinese outbound investment into the country and bolster its existing African practice, run out of Paris. The US firm, which currently has 15 international offices located across Europe and Asia but no presence in Africa, hopes to open in first half of 2014, though it is yet to decide on a location for the new base.
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Greenberg advises on $325m Bob Diamond-backed Africa fund

Greenberg Traurig Maher has taken the lead role on the fund raising and initial public offering (IPO) of Atlas Mara, a cash shell founded by former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond.
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Dentons continues Middle East push with hire of V&E's Abu Dhabi head

Dentons has hired Vinson & Elkins' (V&E) Abu Dhabi managing partner Jonathan Nash, in an expansion of its energy practice. Nash, an international project finance and development lawyer, joined V&E from Chadbourne & Parke's London office in 2010. He becomes Dentons' third senior lateral hire in the region in a little over a month, following the recruitment of DLA Piper construction partner Ian Dalley in Abu Dhabi and banking and Norton Rose Fulbright finance partner Alex Roussos in Dubai.
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Eversheds expands in Africa with South Africa and Tunisia ventures

Eversheds has opened four offices across Africa through tie-ups with South African firm Mahons Attorneys and Tunisia's El Heni. The agreement with Mahons has handed Eversheds presences in Johannesburg, where Mahons has two offices, as well as Cape Town and Mauritius. The ten-partner firm will rebrand as Eversheds in the New Year.
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International Edition

Flying the flag for a continent – charting the revival of the South African legal market

Neil Hodge reports on the revival of the South African legal market and the positive impact it is having on the rest of Africa...
8 minute read

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A continent on the rise – why top law firms are eager to tap into the African market

Andrew Jones of Linklaters is doing it. Kem Ihenacho of Clifford Chance (CC) is doing it. Philip Stopford and Stuart Matty of White & Case, Dentons' Paul Bugingo, Covington & Burling's Witney Schneidman – turns out they're all at it too. Regularly. What is it they're up to? The answer is short: travelling to Africa. They are among an expanding cadre of senior lawyers and advisers from leading global law firms who have been told to seek out opportunities and develop their practices on the vast continent.
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International Edition

African Legal Awards 2013: who won what – and why...

Two hundred lawyers gathered at the African Legal Awards in October to celebrate the achievements of the continent's leading business lawyers. The ceremony was hosted by Legal Week in association with the Corporate Lawyers Association of South Africa (CLASA) and featured leading South African investigative journalist Derek Watts in the role of master of ceremonies.
27 minute read

International Edition

Nabarro set to open third overseas base with Dubai launch

Nabarro is set to launch in the Middle East with an office opening in Dubai slated next year. The firm has been granted a licence to open in the jurisdiction, paving the way for the launch of its third base outside the UK. Nabarro already has offices in Singapore and Brussels. The firm has been granted a licence to open in the jurisdiction, which will mark the firm's third presence outside the UK alongside Singapore and Brussels.
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International Edition

Hogan Lovells merges with South Africa's Routledge Modise

Hogan Lovells is to merge with South African law firm Routledge Modise, with the combination set to go live on 1 December. Routledge Modise became a formal ally of Eversheds in April 2008 http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/1159962/eversheds-enters-africa-jo-burg-tie but split with the Johannesburg-based practice in October last year http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/2218732/eversheds-to-split-with-south-africa-arm-over-client-conflicts due to issues over client conflicts.
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