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China goldrush will force firms to train own

The raft of foreign firms piling into mainland China has drained the country of available commercial lawyers, which adds up to a headache for law firm management, according to new research.
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Holman Fenwick secures $1.3bn mining sell-off role with Indonesian energy giant

Holman Fenwick & Willan has acted on a $1.3bn (£648m) energy deal for Indonesian-listed Bumi Resources, which has sold a stake in two mining companies to India's largest privately-owned utility company, Tata Power.
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India: Wake up call

Any business lawyer will vouch for the popularity of non-compete and non-solicit agreements as a way, inter alia, to try to limit employees and former employees from working for a competitor or from divulging trade secrets or other proprietary data. In several jurisdictions such as England and Wales, the law has evolved to uphold such agreements, subject mainly to the reasonableness of the limitations imposed by them.
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Slaughters' Aussie friend enters Singapore

Slaughter and May's Australian ally, Allens Arthur Robinson, is set to launch in the Singapore market after brokering a joint venture with local firm TSMP Law Corporation (TSMP). The venture, which was announced today (23 April), goes live on 1 June and will practise under the banner Allens Arthur Robinson TSMP. The new office, which will have around 50 lawyers, is the latest addition to the firm's extensive South East Asia network and will focus primarily on corporate work.
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Shearman secures Shanghai launch

Shearman & Sterling is set to open a new office in Shanghai after being granted a license by local authorities, the US firm announced today (10 April). The office - which will be Shearman's third serving the China market, alongside operations in Beijing and Hong Kong - will be headed by corporate partner Andrew Ruff and is expected to open later in the spring.
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International Edition

DLA Piper adds Latham partner to Singapore arm

DLA Piper has strengthened its Singapore practice with the hire of Latham & Watkins project finance senior associate John MacKay as a partner. MacKay, who has been based in Singapore since 1997, focuses on energy and infrastructure sectors in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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Bakers builds in Japan with seven-partner haul

Baker & McKenzie has boosted its Japanese operation with a seven-partner team hire from domestic firm Asahi Koma Law Offices and a linked operation. The US-based firm has hired name partner Fumio Koma with a team of lawyers from Asahi Koma and its foreign-law practice, which for regulatory reasons operated in a joint venture with Asahi.
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Oz firm Slater & Gordon will be first to float

Australian investor and workers' rights law firm Slater & Gordon looks set to become the first law firm in the world to float on a public market, taking advantage of Australia's recent legislative changes to raise money and open itself to non-lawyer investors. The offer period is set to open on 11 April, closing on 27 April, with the firm - which published an offer prospectus on its website last month and is tipped for a May listing - planning to raise around A$35m (£14.2m).
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Weil Gotshal turns back on Brussels as firm focuses on Beijing and HK launch

Weil Gotshal & Manges has made a highly symbolic decision to pull the plug on its Brussels office, as the firm focuses its fire on Asian expansion with plans to open in Beijing and Hong Kong. The New York firm is to close its Belgian operation in the summer and will handle European competition issues out of its other offices in the region.
2 minute read

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Middle East and India: Highway to a new world

According to a taxi driver in Dubai, the only old thing left in the emirate is the sea. It is a common observation, but an outsider could not hope for a more telling insight into the degree of commercial activity in the region. Not surprisingly, that expansion has been mirrored in the legal sector where foreign law firms that have opened up offices in the past three years now significantly outnumber the old hands.
13 minute read

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