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Mishcons restructures tax practice and seals KWM hire

Mishcon de Reya has restructured its tax practice to bring together exeprtise from across the firm. Mishcon's new tax practice will bring together its previously separate real estate tax and corporate tax groups, alongside its well-established private tax & wealth planning practice.
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Speechly opens in Paris with 11-strong team

Speechly Bircham has launched in Paris after hiring a four-partner team. The Paris base is the firm's fourth new overseas office to open in just over two years.
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HSF loses second partner in Singapore since September

Former Freehills Singapore head John Dick has become the second partner to leave the firm's regional base since September. Dick, who specialises in South East Asian corporate energy and resources work, and who helped establish Freehills' Singapore office in 2000, is set to exit from the firm early December to establish a Singapore base for another international firm.
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HSF Paris boosts Africa practice with Gide hire

Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Leïla Hubeaut as a corporate partner from Gide Loyrette Nouel to boost its Africa practice after the firm called off plans to open on the continent earlier this year.
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HK's Deacons hires Bakers lawyer to lead tax practice

Hong Kong law firm Deacons has hired Baker & McKenzie lawyer Travis Benjamin to lead its tax practice. Benjamin, who brings the total number of partners at the firm to 54, will head the tax group across the firm's four offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai.
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Hogan Lovells takes competition partner Jones from Norton Rose Fulbright

Hogan Lovells has sealed the hire of antitrust partner Mark Jones from Norton Rose Fulbright, continuing its expansion drive of recent months. Jones, who will join Hogan Lovells antitrust, competition and economic regulation practice in London in the New Year, has been a partner at Norton Rose for ten years. He works in particular in the in the energy, infrastructure, insurance and retail sectors.
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Dentons delays merger vote as former chief exec joins MoFo in London

Dentons has delayed voting its proposed merger with US outfit McKenna Long & Aldridge, blaming a lag in the due diligence process. The news comes as Dentons' former chief executive Howard Morris has resurfaced at Morrison & Foerster's London office
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Freshfields' new chief extols business as usual – but without the American accent

When David Aitman joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer from legacy firm Denton Hall in 2001, one of his conditions was that he would not be required to take up a management role. Ten months later, Aitman was head of the magic circle firm's London antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) group. Fast forward a little more than a decade and as Freshfields' new managing partner, he finds himself in one of the most senior management positions in the City.
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Mayer Brown signs up seventh partner in seven weeks with A&O hire

Mayer Brown has made its seventh lateral hire in London in as many weeks, with the appointment of Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Stefan Martin.
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International Edition

CBS Corporation turns to Dell for new general counsel

American media company CBS has turned to computer giant Dell for its new general counsel. Larry Tu who is currently the GC for Dell in Austin, Texas, will start his new role in January 2014, based in Los Angeles. Prior to Dell, where he has worked for nine years, Tu was general counsel of NBC Universal where he oversaw NBC's acquisition of Telemundo, Bravo and Universal. He succeeds CBS' current legal head Louis Briskman, who this week announced his retirement after more than 30 years with the company.
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