MOSCOW, July 8, 2013: Morgan Lewis announced today that a group of eight lawyers from the international law firm of Gide Loyrette Nouell will join its Business and Finance Practice, resident in Moscow. The group is led by partners Grigory Marinichev—the former head of the Banking and Finance and Restructuring Practices at Gide—and Konstantin Kochetkov, […]
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The Lawyer Awards ceremony took place in London on Tuesday, 25 June 2013 – a celebration of excellence in the legal profession attended by more than 1,400 lawyers. Taylor Wessing was recognised for innovation in the delivery of legal services to clients, ranging from the smallest start-up to the largest multinational, and for its strategically
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The ongoing search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann has created friction between British and Portugese authorities following the announcement from British police that they want to actively investigate the case of Madeleine’s disappearance in May 2007. The British police say they have identified 38 suspects in EUrope, but Portugese Attorney General Joana Marques Vidal
Part-time law work may pay well for some,but for members of New York’s State Legislature it can earn people like Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (pictured) up to $450,000 a year. According to financial dislosure filings released this week under the state’s new ethics law, part time work with law firms has been a major earner
Raj Shah, a partner in DLA Piper’s Litigation practice, has been named to The National Law Journal’s “Chicago’s 40 Under 40” list. The honor recognizes top young talent in Chicago that will play a leading role in the legal community for many years to come. Shah is profiled in a July 1 special report. The
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Nudging 80, Robert A G Monks is a corporate lawyer, venture capitalist and corporate director. He is also still working hard at trying to change corporate America. From the New York Times. At age 79, many people who can afford to do so are done working. Not Robert A. G. Monks. He is still hard
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Fiona Shackleton is Britain’s most famous divorce lawyer. She represented Sir Paul McCartney when he divorced Heather Mills, a case that saw Mills’ achieve some further infamy when she poured water over Shackleton’s head. Now, Fiona Shackleton, who as a Conservative Party peer is properly entitled “Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia”, is being sued by a
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The Weil Gotshal layoffs have spooked an already fragile legal industry recovery, with some commentators saying there are almost certainly more to come from corporate law firms. Already there have been office closings, such as Baker & McKenzie’s closure of their San Diego office and the closure also of that city’s office for Goodwin Procter.
In a complaint that reads at times like a legal thriller with allegations of gross unethical conduct, a former associate of law firm Brayton Purcell has been filed by a former associate of the firm, Christopher Andreas. The 45 page complaint was filed in the California Superior Court and makes the allegations against the firm’s
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Lawfuel.com – Bankruptcy Law Firm News – The independent authority on legal services, bestattorneysonline.com, has released their list of the thirty best bankruptcy and debt law firms in the United States for the month of July 2013. Each month the top legal services which focus on bankruptcy and debt law are put through a meticulous
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