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New Gianni chief named as Legance is launched

Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners has named a new managing partner as 85 departing lawyers break off from the Italian leader to form a new independent firm practising as Legance. Rome-based M&A lawyer Tomaso Cenci has been confirmed as the new managing partner of Gianni Origoni, which still has around 250 lawyers.
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The firm that came in from the cold

Dimitry Afanasiev would like to get a few things straight. Russian president Vladimir Putin is not a dictator and not everyone with money in Russia is a crook. Fed up with what he sees as the West's - and in particular America's - media bias against Russia, the 38-year-old managing partner of Moscow's fast-rising Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners becomes animated.
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New breed of indies breaking the mould in continental Europe

The image of the continental independent law firm as a fading, conservative institution unable to keep pace with emerging foreign powers looks set to come up for revision, according to a comprehensive overview of the market.
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Succession issues plague Italian indies as marquee Bonelli team quits for Latham

A highly-regarded five-partner team last week quit Slaughter and May's Italian ally, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, to join Latham & Watkins, marking the latest team departure at a leading independent Italian law firm.
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DLA head of Paris plans to double size of office

DLA Piper's new Paris managing partner, Bruce Mee, plans to double the size of the office in the next two to three years.
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Republic of Ireland: Luck of the Irish

Ireland's commercial court played a pivotal role in October 2007 in the completion of the A5.7bn (£4.1bn) merger between German-listed banks DePfa Bank and Hypo Real Estate Holding in the most valuable corporate merger ever completed in Ireland.
4 minute read

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Irish leader McCann Fitzgerald names new chief

McCann Fitzgerald has appointed John Cronin as its new managing partner, the independent Irish law firm announced today (28 November). Cronin, a banking and finance specialist who led the firm's London office between 1991 and 2002, will take on the dual roles of managing partner and chairman on 1 May, 2008, and will serve a four-year term.
2 minute read

International Edition

Plans to cap Polish legal fees put on ice

Controversial plans to cap legal fees in Poland look set to be ditched following the controversial ruling party being ousted in last month's general election.
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International Edition

Baltic leader launches key Belarus office

Baltic heavyweight Sorainen is set to launch in Belarus, becoming the first foreign law firm to establish a presence in the country. The office, which is due to open in capital city Minsk in February, will consist of three local partners and three associates, led by Belarusian lawyer Maksim Salahub. Sorainen managing partner Aku Sorainen said he believes the pan-Baltic firm will be the first of many to enter the market.
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International Edition

Austrian independent opens Hungarian office

Austrian independent Wolf Theiss has opened an office in Hungary. The venture will work as an exclusive alliance with Zoltan Faludi, a corporate lawyer who previously led the corporate and energy practice of Koves Clifford Chance in Budapest. The office, which will also include some other local lawyers, will be called Fauldi Wolf Theiss Ugyvedi Iroda.
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