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Bonelli hire marks Links' latest Italian move

Linklaters has strengthened its burgeoning Italian arm with the hire of corporate finance partner Luca Picone from local independent Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, it was announced today (14 September). Picone, who will join the Milan office of the magic circle law firm, focuses on M&A, joint ventures and restructuring.
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McDermott opens Italy IP practice

McDermott Will & Emery's Italian arm has launched an intellectual property (IP) department with the hire of name partner Francesco Mattina from local boutique Gemma Mannino Mattina.
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Bird & Bird recruits Links Brussels IP chief

Bird & Bird has strengthened its Brussels office with the hire of Linklaters' local intellectual property (IP) head Jean-Christophe Troussel. Troussel, who joined the firm as a partner on 3 September, has more than 17 years' experience working on litigation in patent, trademark, domain name and unfair competition disputes, as well as IP-related issues on M&A transactions.
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Ashurst boosts Germany with A&O finance hire

Ashurst has expanded its German operation with the hire of Allen & Overy capital markets associate Christoph Enderstein, who will take up an of counsel position. Enderstein joins the Frankfurt office's structured finance group after nearly six years with the magic circle law firm. His arrival follows Ashurst's recent recruitment of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Frankfurt tax partner Matthias Kuhn.
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Buoyant Scandinavian market gifts Hogan $900m M&A deal

Hogan & Hartson has bagged a trophy role on one of the largest private equity deals to hit the Scandinavian market, with the US-based law firm acting on the $900m (£448m) buy-out of Nordic oil and gas company Aibel.
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CC feeds Paris with White & Case's Farmine

Clifford Chance (CC) has bulked up its Paris employment practice with the hire of White & Case partner Francois Farmine. Farmine specialises in reorganisations and restructurings for French and international clients, as well as collective and individual labour disputes.
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IP leader Fish & Richardson hits Munich

US intellectual property (IP) specialist Fish & Richardson is to open a new office in Munich next month - its first major step outside the US. The Boston-based firm has hired patent litigation partners Frank Peterreins and Alexander Harguth from local IP boutique Bardehle Pagenberg to lead the new office, which will open on 1 October.
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Spanish leader in surprise Second Life launch

Independent firm Cuatrecasas has marked a new phase in its expansion beyond its Spanish heartlands after launching a new office in Second Life, the virtual world boasting more than a million users globally. Cuatrecasas becomes the first Spanish law firm to launch an office in the virtual world, joining mid-tier City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse in boasting a Second Life presence.
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Latham restocks in Moscow with LeBoeuf raid

Latham & Watkins has moved swiftly to rebuild its Moscow practice with the hire of respected LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae capital markets partner Mark Banovich, Legal Week can reveal. Banovich, who had been with LeBoeuf since 1995, becomes Latham's sole Moscow-based partner, following the departure of previous Moscow managing partner Anya Goldin.
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Reed Smith continues Paris growth with Bird & Bird hires

Reed Smith has snared rated life sciences co-head Paule Drouault-Gardrat and a two-lawyer team from the Paris arm of Bird & Bird.
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