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Bingham seals second Japanese tie-up of 2007

Bingham McCutchen's Japanese joint venture (JV), Bingham McCutchen Murase Sakai & Mimura, has announced plans to merge with 22-lawyer local practice New Tokyo International Law Office - its second local tie-up of the year. The arrangement, which is scheduled to go live on 1 October, will increase the number of lawyers in Bingham's Tokyo operation to around 45 lawyers.
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DLA Piper makes China corporate capture

DLA Piper has strengthened its Beijing corporate team with the hire of Heller Ehrman partner Steven Liu, the transatlantic firm announced today (21 June). Liu - who spent the best part of a decade with tech leader Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati prior to joining Heller - focuses on venture capital and technology work.
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Summer surge gifts top City firms big-ticket IPOs

A busy seven days for initial public offerings (IPOs) has gifted corporate mandates to a raft of City law firms as the number of companies coming to market surges before the summer break. White & Case, Norton Rose and Baker & McKenzie were among the main recipients of the listings, which had a combined value of more than £3bn.
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Hengeler chief eyes China as top indy rises to the global challenge

Hengeler Mueller has put raising its international profile at the top of its agenda with the elite German firm currently considering plans to increase its work in key emerging markets such as China and Russia.
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Herbert Smith and Links lead on China developers' dual financing

Herbert Smith and Linklaters' have advised on two fundraisings for Chinese property developer Greentown China Holdings worth around HK$4.62bn (£299m).
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Profile: The governor

India's new Chief Justice has overcome cultural hurdles to take his post at a momentous historical period for the country's courts. Dominic Carman talks to India's top judge about market liberalisation, his favourite UK judges and judicial reform
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History made as Aussie PI firm secures stock flotation

Australian firm Slater & Gordon has become the first law firm in the world to float on a public market after it made its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday (21 May).
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Bird & Bird sets up local trademark firm in China

Bird & Bird is launching a trademark agency in China after being granted a license by the local government. The agency will operate under the banner 'Bird & Bird IP (Beijing) Co Ltd' and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the firm. Local regulations do not permit foreign firms to trade or give paid advice but the UK firm has surmounted this obstacle by setting up a local company.
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Skadden, Stikeman set for $33bn mining mega-deal

New York deal-machine Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Canadian leader Stikeman Elliott have bagged plum roles advising mining giant Alcoa on its $33bn (£16.5bn) hostile bid for rival Alcan. New York corporate partners David Fox, Margaret Wolff and Neil Stronski are spearheading the Skadden team acting for Alcoa, while Stikeman chairman Pierre Raymond is leading for the Canadian outfit alongside Montreal corporate partners Marc Barbeau and Erik Richer La Fleche.
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LawSoc lobbies for Asian FTAs to include legal sector

A senior Law Society delegation is to meet European Union (EU) negotiators this week to lobby for legal services to be included in a raft of new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with some of Asia's key emerging legal markets. The team, headed by Law Society president Fiona Woolf, is to travel to Brussels today (27 April) before the EU begins discussions with India as well as South Korea and a number of other South East Asian nations at the end of May.
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