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A&O ordered to rehire associate after unlawful dismissal ruling

Allen & Overy (A&O) has been ordered to rehire a Frankfurt-based associate laid off earlier this year after German labour courts ruled that her dismissal was unlawful. The magic circle firm has confirmed reports on legal blog RollonFriday that the German court this week (23 September) handed down a ruling ordering it to take back an associate it laid off as part of its global restructuring earlier this year.
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Norton Rose recuits Salans team for Paris competition practice

Norton Rose is relaunching its Paris competition practice with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Salans, including the firm's European competition law practice group head. The UK top 10 firm has recruited Melanie Thill-Tayara as managing partner of its Paris competition, regulatory and EU capability practice.
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Field Fisher recruits A&O IP duo for Brussels office

Field Fisher Waterhouse has strengthened its Brussels office with the hire of a two-lawyer intellectual property (IP) team from Allen & Overy (A&O). Stijn Debaene, who was a senior associate in A&O's Brussels office, joined Field Fisher as a partner earlier this month (9 September) and will head the IP practice locally. He is the office's first dedicated IP partner and will be joined by one associate next month.
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Gide adds trio to Vietnam office in international reshuffle

Gide Loyrette Nouel has moved to build up its Vietnam presence, adding three lawyers to its Ho Chi Minh City office this month. The French firm has relocated Jacques de Servigny to be the new partner-in-charge of the Vietnam practice, which also has an office in Hanoi.
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Fasken launches in Paris with local merger and Dewey team hire

Fasken Martineau has opened an office in Paris through a local merger and the addition of a four-lawyer team from Dewey & LeBoeuf. The 650-lawyer Canadian firm has merged with seven-lawyer Paris firm Gravel Leclerc & Partners, as well as adding a Dewey team led by senior counsel Jean-Claude Petilon, who joins as a partner.
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Bakers, Lovells and White & Case advise on GM's Opel stake sale

Baker & McKenzie, White & Case and Lovells are among the firms advising on a deal that will see a Canadian-Russian consortium acquire a 55% stake in GM's Opel auto unit, writes The American Lawyer. The deal, agreed after three months of negotiations, has been lauded by the German government, which is gearing up for elections at the end of this month and is keen to avoid mass layoffs at Opel, which has received billions in government aid in recent months.
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Six-strong CC team joins Howrey to launch Paris antitrust practice

Howrey is set to launch a Paris antitrust practice with the hire of a six-lawyer team from Clifford Chance (CC). The team is led by Paris CC competition partner Claude Lazarus and counsel Audrey Amsellem, who both join the US firm as partners. They will bring a team of four associates with them when they join on 1 November.
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CC names Amsterdam chief as new Moscow managing partner

Clifford Chance (CC) has appointed Amsterdam head Jan ter Haar as its new Moscow managing partner, after Michael Cuthbert announced his plans to retire from the firm at the end of the year. Ter Haar has headed up CC's Amsterdam office since 2004, before which he led the local capital markets practice. The firm cited his strength in banking as a factor for his appointment as Moscow head, as it is a key focus for the office.
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Chadbourne partner rejoins Dechert after just four months away

Konstantin Konstantinov, a corporate and finance partner who joined Dechert earlier this year as part of the firm's Moscow launch, has rejoined his former firm Chadbourne & Parke after just four months. Dechert originally announced on 8 May that five partners, including Konstantinov, would be joining from its US rival, only to see two of them - finance partner Jennifer Handz and Russian litigator Mikhail Rozenberg - decide to remain at Chadbourne.
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Garrigues launches specialist restructuring and insolvency group

Garrigues has launched a restructuring and insolvency group in a bid to target the needs of distressed businesses. The new group will be led by Madrid-based corporate restructuring partner Antonio Fernandez. The group will consist of a multidisciplinary team of lawyers from the Spanish firm's finance, labour and employment, corporate and commercial, real estate, tax and litigation departments.
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