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Covington's Goold hunts shipwreck treasure

US firm Covington & Burling has bagged a lead role advising the Spanish Government on a claim arising from the discovery last month of a shipwreck carrying treasure thought to be worth $500m (£252m) - thought to be the largest discovery of its kind. The claim, filed against US marine explorers Odyssey Marine Exploration in the US Federal Admiralty Court last week (30 May), challenges the explorers' rights to recover or possess any Spanish property from the sunken ship, which dates from the 17th century.
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Lovells ups Italian corporate with E&Y team hire

Lovells has strengthened its Italian practice after bagging a seven-lawyer corporate team from the local arm of Ernst & Young (E&Y), including M&A partner Paolo Tanoni. The City giant announced earlier this week (30 May) that Tanoni, formerly head of Ernst & Young's global M&A group, is to join Lovells as a partner early this month.
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Hengeler chief eyes China as top indy rises to the global challenge

Hengeler Mueller has put raising its international profile at the top of its agenda with the elite German firm currently considering plans to increase its work in key emerging markets such as China and Russia.
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Taylor Wessing beefs up Brussels with de Witte

Taylor Wessing has boosted its Brussels corporate and litigation capability with the hire of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Martine de Witte. De Witte, who was an equity partner for 15 years at Akin Gump, joins Taylor Wessing's European corporate litigation team. She specialises in corporate transactional and general commercial work and litigation. De Witte is the fifth partner to join the firm's Brussels office since its launch in October 2005.
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Linklaters scores $18bn IPO trio as Russia taps the market

Linklaters underlines heavyweight Russian credentials with IPO mandate hat-trick
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Legal Developments: Echoes of the past

The reliability of the legal title to real estate in Poland is tainted with vestiges of the Communist era
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Dutch leader hands chair Blom second term

Benelux leader NautaDutilh has handed chairman Marc Blom a second term at the helm and elected corporate partner Jan Loorbach to its executive board, the firm announced today (25 May). Blom will continue as chairman for a second three-year term and is joined on the firm's main decision-making board by Rotterdam-based Loorbach and managing director Peter van der Meij. Van der Meij joined the board in 2005 and is also handed a further three-year term.
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Taylor Wessing raids local firm to rebuild Berlin

Taylor Wessing has hired a team of four-lawyer team from Graf von Westphalen Bappert & Modest, as the firm bids to rebuild its Berlin office. The team consists of property partner Patrick Brock, corporate specialist Roman Baerwaldt, tax lawyer Thomas Wisniewski and M&A specialist Burkhard Frisch. The quartet all join Taylor Wessing as as partners.
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Citi to move part of London legal team to Belfast arm

Citi is to hive off a chunk of its London legal function to Belfast as the banking giant moves to implement its sweeping restructuring programme.
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Norton Rose links with Garrigues in latest Spanish referral tie-up

Norton Rose is to focus its Spanish referrals on national giant Garrigues, it has emerged, as the two firms concede they have been building their informal links.
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