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Eversheds enjoys Swiss role as firm ties up alliance with Zurich's Schmid

Eversheds has launched in Switzerland after forming an association with local outfit Schmid in a move that adds further scale to the UK giant's expanding foreign network.
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Schoenherr hungry for Budapest practice

Austrian independent Schoenherr has launched a Budapest office in a tie-up with Szecsenyi Ugyvedi Iroda, the former associated lawyers of fellow Vienna firm Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati. The move gives the firm eight offices outside Austria and sees 21 lawyers join the firm. From 1 January, 2008, the new office began operating under the name Schoenherr Szecsenyi Ugyvedi Iroda.
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Shearman partner joins Skadden Arps Frankfurt

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from Shearman & Sterling. Kremer, who focuses on banking and acquisition finance work, will join Skadden's Frankfurt office in February. Prior to joining Shearman in 2000, Kremer spent six years with Clifford Chance in London and Frankfurt.
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DLA Piper promotes record 69 to partnership

DLA Piper has promoted a record number to its global partnership, with 69 lawyers taking up new roles, it was announced today (7 January). The promotions, which took effect from 1 January, saw 41 new partners made up across Europe and Asia plus a further 28 in the US.
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Skadden snares German Shearman partner

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has strengthened its German offering with the hire of banking partner Johannes Kremer, who joins from US rival Shearman & Sterling. Kremer - who focuses on banking and acquisition finance work - will join Skadden's Frankfurt office in February.
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Simmons loses six as Netherlands sector focus narrows

A narrowed focus on transactional practice groups has been blamed for mounting departures at Simmons & Simmons' Dutch offices, which have seen six lawyers leave the firm in recent months.
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Mayer Brown adds new co-director to tax team

Mayer Brown has named Laurent Borey as co-director of its international tax practice. Borey becomes one of six directors of the Anglo-American firm's tax practice, and the only representative from Europe. He joins James Barry and Joel Williamson in Chicago, Kenneth Klein in Washington DC, Jeffrey Cantrell in Charlotte, and Larry Langdon in Palo Alto. Borey currently heads Mayer Brown's 13-strong tax team in Paris.
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Eversheds Brussels outsources EU work as office focuses on local law

Eversheds is operating without any European Union (EU) lawyers in Brussels, it has emerged, as the firm moves to concentrate the office solely on Belgian law.
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International Edition

Benelux: Prized assets

The takeover of ABN Amro dominated the headlines and the deal tables this year, raising questions about the future of lead adviser roles for Dutch law firms; while in neighbouring Belgium, firms are grappling with partner weighting structures in a small market. James Illman reports
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Benelux: Road to redress

A key question on the topic of collective redress in Europe is: to what extent will the proposed rules have the support of all the stakeholders and of the parties that have to apply them, and therefore a fair chance of working? The answer turns on an essential procedural issue, namely the manner in which the rules are established and will be introduced in the member states.
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