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SRA set to offer fast-track qualification rights to Asia lawyers

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has approved new regulations for the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) that could see the scheme expanded to a host of new jurisdictions including China and Japan. The proposed changes, which will come into effect in September if approved by the Legal Services Board, are intended to better regulate internationally-qualified lawyers seeking admission in England and Wales.
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Norton Rose adds partner quartet in Australia

Norton Rose has bulked up its Australia presence with the addition of four new partners. The partner hires, which are split between Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, come after the firm's merger with Australian firm Deacons went live at the start of this year.
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Norton Rose adds partner in Singapore with Links hire

Norton Rose has hired a new partner who will relocate to Singapore to head up the firm's local insurance practice. Anna Tipping is set to join Norton Rose as a partner from Linklaters' City base, where she was a counsel.
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Camerons recruits patent lawyer in Japan

CMS Cameron McKenna has shown its commitment to the life sciences sector in Japan despite not having a presence in the country with the appointment of a patent attorney as counsel. The firm has hired Takuho Sha from Takeda, one of Japan's largest pharmaceutical companies and a key client for CMS. Sha spent 13 years as patent counsel for Takeda in Japan and Europe.
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Stephenson Harwood acts on $500m Indonesian airline financing

Stephenson Harwood has acted for Indonesia's largest airline, PT Lion Mentari, on the financing of seven new generation Boeing 737-900ER airliners worth $500m (£317m). The team at Stephenson Harwood was led by Singapore partner and global head of aviation Paul Ng, who joined the firm last year from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was head of the Asia asset finance and aviation practice.
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The outsourcers are coming

The news that Microsoft is sending out legal work to a team of lawyers at legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider CPA Global in India is the latest indication that one of the most talked-about trends in recent years is no flash in the pan. That the announcement followed the defection earlier this month of former Rio Tinto managing attorney Leah Cooper to a business development role at CPA only adds further credence to the growing acceptance of legal outsourcing - particularly since Cooper herself was the driving force behind an agreement struck between CPA and Rio last June that saw a team of CPA lawyers take on work such as document review and legal research for the mining giant.
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A&O takes lead role for Vietnam Government on $1bn bond offering

Allen & Overy (A&O) has advised the Vietnamese Government on a $1bn (£648m) sovereign bond offering. The deal also handed a role to Wall Street's David Polk & Wardwell as lead international adviser to the underwriting banks.
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Ashurst shuts India liaison office as court rules against foreign firms

Ashurst has closed its liaison office in Delhi after the Bombay High Court ruled against the practice of law by foreign firms in India. The office closure comes after a December ruling in the long-running Lawyers Collective case, during which Ashurst's license has been annually renewed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) without question.
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Chiomenti confirms pre-merger association with Hong Kong firm

Italian firm Chiomenti has formed an exclusive association with Hong Kong firm CdB and JC & Co, with the firm also moving to bulk up its own office in the region. The association, which has already come into effect, is expected to eventually lead to a merger - though there is no timescale for this.
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Microsoft outsources legal work to India with CPA Global deal

Microsoft has entered into an agreement with legal outsourcing provider CPA Global to offshore legal work to lawyers in India. The technology giant began a pilot scheme with CPA in October and formally rolled it out at the end of 2009. A team of between three and five qualified lawyers at CPA are handling multi-jurisdictional legal support work, including legal research, for Microsoft. The lawyers are based in CPA's offices in Gurgaon, near Delhi.
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