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16 January 2012 Hong Kong – DLA Piper today announced the appointment of international trade lawyer, William Marshall, as Of Counsel in the Hong Kong office. William joins DLA Piper from US-based multinational apparel retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch, where he was the sole in-house counsel in Asia. Whilst at Abercrombie & Fitch, William was responsible

January 15, 2012 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that The American Lawyer has once again named Gibson Dunn the winner of its biennial “Litigation Department of the Year” competition. The magazine also named Gibson Dunn as the winner in the Labor and Employment category and named Theodore B. Olson as one

Steve Jobs held a unique ability to communicate and his legacy for lawyers is one based on a da Vinci method that he expounded to create some of the most compelling public presentations anyone has achieved. The death of the Apple Inc co-founder has prompted many to reflect on the impact of the technology he

TORONTO (January 11, 2012) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, announced that it has topped the Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters league table charts for all of 2011. “We believe Blakes is the strongest choice for a Canadian legal adviser with local, national and international expertise,” said Brock

FORMER PARTNER AT INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 28 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR FAILING TO PAY TAXES ON OVER $10 MILLION OF INCOME Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JOHN J. O’BRIEN, a former partner at Sullivan & Cromwell (“S&C”), an international

10 January 2012 – Slaughter and May advised Banco Santander on an agreement to transfer 4.41% of Santander Brazil to a major international financial institution who will deliver such shares upon exchange to holders of exchangeable bonds issued by Banco Santander in October 2010.

Nancy Reiner, Managing Director for the Boston office of legal search firm Major Lindsey & Africa writes in the Boston Globe about her views on the year ahead for the law business. Up or down? So far as Masswachusetts is concerned, things are looking good. Massachusetts added 50,000 jobs during 2011 and unemployment fell to

January 7 2012 Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JAMES DeANGELIS was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon to 57 months in prison for his participation in a fraudulent investment scheme through which he and others defrauded more than 15 victims out of more