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The top-rated Indian TV show about corporate lawyers - really

"Ah, Friday night . Time to kick back and relax. Hey, The Firm is on. Corporate lawyers talking about corporate law. Great show. Tonight, Jeff Smith of Cravath Swaine & Moore is talking about SEC rules on climate change disclosure? Excellent." That imaginary train of thought doesn't come from The Twilight Zone . It's from India, where The Firm: Corporate Law in India , airing on TV18, is all the rage.
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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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Leading Indian firm tops Asia M&A league as deals recover

India's AZB & Partners has topped the volume rankings for Asia-Pacific M&A for the first quarter of 2010, knocking Australian leader Freehills down to second place against the same period last year. Mergermarket's Asia-Pacific rankings for Q1 show the Clifford Chance (CC) alliance firm advised on 15 deals over the period, ranking it ahead of Freehills, which advised on 14.
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Freshfields, Sullivan take the wheel on Daimler-Nissan-Renault tie-up

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised on a joint venture between Daimler, Nissan and Renault that will see the automakers team up to develop a new wave of energy-efficient cars. The agreement will see the German, Japanese and French car manufacturers take stakes in each other to share technologies and build smaller, electric-powered vehicles.
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Microsoft signs up to new outsourcing deal with Integreon

Microsoft has signed a new deal with Integreon that will see the legal process outsourcing (LPO) company carry out further legal support services for the software giant. The new agreement, which confirms Integreon as Microsoft's exclusive provider of offshore managed document review, will see the a team of lawyers in India provide contract review and offshore document review for Microsoft.
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Former Ince partner joins Norway firm in Singapore

Norwegian leader Wikborg Rein has landed a new partner for its Singapore practice, taking on Chris Grieveson from Ince & Co. Grieveson is to head up the dispute resolution practice in Wikborg's Singapore office from 1 April, having left Ince's partnership in November.
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Ashurst targets Indian graduates in effort to broaden trainee intake

Ashurst will for the first time take on trainees direct from India from September 2011. The top 10 law firm has been actively targeting both Indian and Chinese universities for prospective trainees over the last year, with the first wave of new recruits set to hit the firm next year.
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Freshfields and Hogan lead on $1.8bn Volvo China sale

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured a lead role on China's Zhejiang Geely Holding's $1.8bn (£1.2bn) acquisition of Volvo from Ford Motor Company. The deal, which marks the first time a Chinese company has taken over a leading foreign carmaker, will give the loss-making Volvo brand an opportunity to turn its fortunes around.
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Former DLA Piper partner sentenced in Singapore after forgery trial

A former partner at DLA Piper in Singapore has been sentenced to two months in jail for lying about his annual compensation, reports The Am Law Daily. Rudy Lim, who was based at DLA's Singapore arm for several years, handling project development and finance work, joined US firm Duane Morris in late 2006 in anticipation of the firm opening a Singapore office.
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