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Gide Loyrette finds new IT partner in Ipsos GC

Gide Loyrette Nouel has appointed Thierry Dor as an IT partner in its Paris office. Dor joins from research group, Ipsos, where he spent two years as general counsel. Dor's arrival marks the beginning of his second spell in Gide's intellectual property, technology and electronic communications department, as he began his career as an associate there in 1990. His arrival at the law firm takes the total number of partners in the department to six.
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Sarrau forms Philippe & Partners alliance

French independent Sarrau Thomas Couderc has announced a tie-up with Belgian law firm Philippe & Partners. Under the terms of the agreement, Angelique Vibert, a lawyer in the corporate department at Sarrau Thomas Couderc, will join the Belgian office at Philippe & Partners, while Sarrau Thomas Couderc takes on Philippe & Partners lawyer Cecile Musialski
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Finnish firm makes five hires for Sweden launch

Finnish leader Hannes Snellman is launching in Stockholm, bringing in five high-profile Swedish partners from three different firms - Linklaters, Vinge and Setterwalls. Linklaters' Stockholm head of litigation and arbitration Martin Wallin, who announced that he was leaving to join Swedish independent Setterwalls only last month, is among the partners, along with three M&A and capital markets partners from Setterwalls - Soren Lindstrom, Richard Akerman and Jan Jensen.
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Lovells and L'Estrange check in for £132m Belfast Airport sale

Lovells and Belfast law firm L'Estrange & Brett have landed lead roles advising on Ferrovial's £132.5m sale of George Best Belfast City Airport to ABN Amro Global Infrastructure Fund. Lovells won the lead role for ABN with London projects chief Gavin McQuater, assisted by project finance partner Philip Robb, heading the team for ABN.
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A&O set for Munich launch with double Shearman hire

Allen & Overy (A&O) is to launch in Munich next month with the hire of Shearman & Sterling's Munich head Gottfried Breuninger and M&A partner Astrid Krueger. The departures will leave the US firm with only two partners in its Munich office and will heighten market speculation about Shearman's German arm, which saw its Mannheim office split away earlier this year (1 May) to set up independently as Schilling Zutt & Anschuetz.The Munich hires also mark A&O's third raid on Shearman's German practice this year as it brought in Shearman's global co-head of M&A, Hans Rolf Koerfer, and M&A partner Birgit Reese for its Duesseldorf office in January and March respectively.
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Judge: Nixon Peabody did not 'steal' Taylor Wessing partners

Taylor Wessing has lost its battle to stop Nixon Peabody hiring 12 partners after a trial judge ruled the US firm violated no law despite agreeing to a two-year moratorium on recruiting from Taylor Wessing in the wake of failed merger talks, reports The American Lawyer. The ruling by Judge Kenneth Fisher calls into question the kind of non-compete agreements that make merger talks between firms possible, says Dreier name partner Marc Dreier, who represented Taylor Wessing in litigation stemming from those failed talks.Nixon management praised the ruling.
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MTV emerging markets legal head steps down

MTV is looking for a new legal chief for its emerging markets division following the departure of the group's business and legal affairs head Robert Cummins. Cummins had been with the entertainment giant for almost two years after joining from technology company Sapient in October 2006.Roger James, MTV's head of legal for international and the UK, has now kicked off the search for a replacement to head the 12-strong team, which has lawyers based in the UK, Poland, Hungary and South Africa.
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Orrick completes tie-up with German indie

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has sealed its German merger, with partners of the US top 50 firm and German corporate independent Hoelters & Elsing voting in favour of a union earlier this month (6 September). The tie-up, which follows months of discussions between the two firms, means that Orrick will operate in Germany as Orrick Hoelters & Elsing.Hoelters managing partner Arno Frings will now take on a position as partner-in-charge of Germany and has also landed a seat on Orrick's European supervisory committee, which will enable him to participate in Orrick's firmwide executive committee meetings.
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Freshfields leads on €2.79bn Deutsche Bank deal

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the top role on the latest German banking mega-deal, advising Deutsche Post on the sale of a 29.75% stake in Postbank to Deutsche Bank for €2.79bn (£2.22bn). The magic circle firm's German arm advised on the deal, which closed today (12 September).
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Linklaters loses litigation head in Sweden

Linklaters has lost another partner from its Stockholm office, with head of litigation Martin Wallin set to join local firm Setterwalls. Wallin's departure marks the second high-profile departure announced at Linklaters in Stockholm this year, with former office head Joergen Durban due to leave this November. Durban has not yet decided on his next move.
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