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Three-lawyer Linklaters team quits to launch for rival

Three associates have left Linklaters' Portuguese arm after the firm discovered their plans to set up the office of an incoming international rival. The three associates - banking lawyer Antonio Payan Martins, tax specialist Patrick De Werbe and capital markets lawyer Francisco Almeida - left the firm on Tuesday evening (8 May) after details of a business plan called 'Project Iberia' were found on a laptop, revealing how the lawyers were going to launch a Portugal office for an unnamed international firm.
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Ashurst bags first deal for DIC on E850m German buy-out

Ashurst has closed its first-ever deal for Dubai International Capital (DIC), advising the highly-coveted investment house on a A850m (£579m) deal in Germany.
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Gomez-Acebo partner lands top Spanish bar role

Joaquin Garcia-Romanillos Valverde, a partner at Spanish independent Gomez-Acebo & Pombo, has been appointed as Secretary General to the General Council of the Spanish Bars (CGAE), it was announced today (9 May). The dispute resolution partner, who has been a CGAE councilor, was appointed as Secretary General to the CGAE this week, replacing Jose Luis Segimon Escobedo in the role. Escobedo had held the position for just under 10 years.
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CC raids City rivals in Germany and Spain

Clifford Chance (CC) has beefed up its European practice with hires from magic circle rivals Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O), the City giant announced today (8 May). Freshfields competition partner Ulrich Reese joins CC's Duesseldorf office with a two-lawyer team, while A&O litigation counsel Antonio Vazquez-Guillen joins CC's Madrid arm as a partner.
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Hasche Sigle taps Links for patents boost

CMS Hasche Sigle, the German ally of CMS Cameron McKenna, has beefed up its patent law practice with the hire of a partner from Linklaters, it was announced yesterday (7 May). Markus Deck, whose practice focuses on areas including forensic and advisory patents work, technology transfer and trade mark litigation, will join Hasche Sigle's Duesseldorf arm in June. Clients he has previously advised include Otis, Black & Decker, Tupperware and Wyeth.
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Milan finance partner latest to leave Freshfields

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partner Franco Campomori is set to become the latest partner to leave the firm following a wave of recent departures. Milan-based Campomori is understood to be joining US firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, with the West Coast giant's executive committee expected to announce the hire in the coming days.
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Austrian leader Schoenherr in real estate push

Austrian leader Schoenherr is attempting to poach a large chunk of local rival Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati's property team, led by two of the firm's equity partners. Schoenherr is currently in talks with around 30 lawyers, although it is currently unclear how many will make the switch.
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Norton Rose snaps up Orrick Paris tax chief

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's respected Paris tax head, Stephane Salou, is joining Norton Rose in a coup for the top 15 UK firm. Salou, who spent a period at the helm of Orrick's Paris office and is highly rated in the French market, will join the City firm's local office on 9 May.
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Cleary and Bredin Prat lead on landmark EC court battle

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Slaughter and May best friend Bredin Prat have won lead roles advising Schneider Electric on its groundbreaking E1.6bn (£1.1bn) damages claim against the European Commission (EC). Cleary and Bredin Prat are advising the electrical equipment maker in its battle with the EC, which took place in the European Court of First Instance - the European Union's second-highest court - last month (25 April).
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Eversheds targets booming CEE with Baltic trio sign-up

Eversheds has boosted its Central and Eastern European (CEE) coverage after brokering a deal to add three new firms across the Baltic states to its international network. The firms - Saladzius & Partners in Lithuania, Ots & Co in Estonia and Baltmane & Bitans in Latvia - previously comprised a venture dubbed the Baltic Legal Network. They all joined the Eversheds network on Tuesday (1 May).
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