Law firms in China continued to grow during 2014, fueled mainly by M&A and regulatory work and the US firms surveyed by China Daily say they expect the trend to continue this year. “The volume, deal size and sophistication of US acquisition matters from our China-based clients have steadily increased in the past several years.
A law firm founded in Yorkshire by a husband and wife team and entrepreneurs in 2009 already employs 70 people and has forecast an income increase of £1.1million this year, after acquiring new offices and hiring 23 new staff in 2014. Newtowns Solicitors of York has long term growth plans and a successful expansion of its
LawFuel.com – January 8, 2015 – Reed Smith LLP today announced the election of 24 new partners, effective January 1. Fourteen of the new partners practice in Reed Smith’s U.S. offices; seven in the firm’s London office; and one new partner is in each of the firm’s offices in Abu Dhabi, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Blank Rome – -Ninth Circuit Holds that Putative TCPA Class Action Is Not Subject to Arbitration Clause in Shrinkwrap Contract Action Item: Companies utilizing “shrinkwrap” or form contracts within product packaging or in “Welcome Kits” should take steps to conspicuously disclose the terms of such agreements. The disclosures to consumers must be explicit and
LawFuel.com –Law Firm News & Commentaries – Skadden represented The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, the state-owned Egyptian petroleum company, on a $1.3 billion pre-export financing, which closed December 29, 2014. The financing was raised though a syndicated bank facility. This was the first time the company had been able to raise long-term debt in the international
Obsession Phrases – The dating & relationship program for women which reveals how to use “Secret Phrases” To Win Over Any Man. Watch How its done here The lurid tale of a convicted sex offender, Prince Edward and one of the most famous lawyers in the US is enough to intrigue anyone. But the Prince
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LawFuel.com – Detroit – January 7, 2015 – Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Gina M. Torielli to its Taxation Group as senior counsel in the firm’s Ann Arbor office. Torielli, who was an associate with Dykema from 1991-96, rejoins the firm after serving as a consultant on municipal finance
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LawFuel – com Ropes & Gray Counsels Dunkin’ Brands on $2.4 Billion Whole-Company Securitization Ropes & Gray is advising Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. on the planned refinancing of its senior secured credit facility with a new $2.4 billion securitized financing facility. The new facility is expected to be comprised of $2.3 billion of senior fixed-rate term
Stéphane Charbonnier, the Charlie Hebdo publishing director and cartoonist, was on an al Qaeda “wanted” list and lived under police protection after defending his newspaper against his Prophet Muhammad cartoons that outraged the Muslim world and ultimately lead to the murder of the cartoonist, known as “Charb”. Richard Malka, Charlie Hebdo’s lawyer, said the magazine’s
Mona Dotcom is the target of US attempts to access her husband Kim Dotcom’s assets with court papers filed in December that seek to define the extent of her marital property under a matrimonial property order that she is yet to seek in New Zealand. Kim Dotcom’s millions have been frozen after his January 2012
