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Oil and troubled waters - analysing Strasbourg's €1.8bn award against Russia

Last week was a good week, to say the least, for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, recently released from a Russian jail. A complex story of punitive tax assessments on his former company, Yukos, has led to a judgment of €1.9bn (£1.5bn) in Strasbourg against Russia.
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RPC adds banking litigation capability in HK with partner relocation

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) is to relocate financial services litigator Jonathan Cary from London to Hong Kong to tap a growth in banking regulation work in the region.
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Ex-Linklaters US co-head to join NYPD as deputy commissioner

Linklaters' former US co-chief Larry Byrne is to join the New York Police Department later this year, where he will serve as a legal deputy to the city's police commissioner Bill Bratton.
2 minute read

International Edition

Sidley Austin defends client in High Court case against Standard Bank

Sidley Austin has successfully acted for the national railway company of Mongolia in a $55m (£33m) High Court battle against Standard Bank.
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International Edition

Dentons sues the Republic of Guinea for $10.2m in unpaid fees

Dentons has filed a claim against the Republic of Guinea and two of the country's ministries for $10.2m (£6.1m) the firm says it is owed in unpaid fees.
3 minute read

International Edition

Robert Tchenguiz settles long-running battle with SFO for £1.5m

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has settled civil damages claims brought by property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and his businesses for £1.5m, days after settling with brother Vincent Tchenguiz for £3m
4 minute read

International Edition

Three Crowns wins spot as sole arbitrator on BP niche panel

BP has appointed Three Crowns, the boutique firm launched earlier this year by six prominent arbitrators, as the sole provider of arbitration services on its niche legal panel of UK advisors.
2 minute read

International Edition

Barclays turns to SullCrom, WilmerHale and Boies Schiller for dark pool probe

Barclays has instructed US law firm trio Sullivan & Cromwell, Boies Schiller & Flexner and WilmerHale to defend it from a New York lawsuit alleging the bank misled investors about its high frequency trading operations.
3 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters to face legal action from former real estate client

Linklaters is being sued in the French courts by former client Europrop - a Berlin-headquartered real estate investment and development group - for an alleged breach of duty.
2 minute read

International Edition

EPI Europrop – A correction

In a story published yesterday (23 July), Legal Week incorrectly claimed that EPI Europrop - a company jointly owned by Rolls Royce - was taking legal action against Linklaters and Citibank.
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