The Lawyer
30 August 2004
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Balfour & Manson boosts private client with local merger
1-Sep-2004
Edinburgh firm Balfour & Manson has bolstered its private client practice by merging with G W Tait & Sons.
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China edges open gap for foreign lawyers in new reforms
1-Sep-2004
China has unveiled a second phase of reforms that will next year further ease the tough restrictions on the country’s legal market, although the reforms still fall short of granting foreign lawyers the right to practise local law.
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Denton Wilde Sapte partner makes return to the bar at Quadrant
1-Sep-2004
Quadrant Chambers is continuing its prolific hiring spree after recruiting a former corporate partner from Denton Wilde Sapte (DWS).
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Former Ashurst managing partner quits for Shearman
3-Sep-2004
Ashurst’s former managing partner Ian Nisse is leaving for Shearman & Sterling.
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Gadens incumbent steps down to usher in new era
1-Sep-2004
Australian-based Gadens’ long-standing managing partner has handed over the reigns to a commercial litigator.
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Grapevine
1-Sep-2004
I always used to think that over the summer holidays, most lawyers fled somewhere sunny and posh and forgot about work. This, as it turns out, is utter pants. At least it is this summer, with certain firms, mostly US-based, recruiting like mad - and it’s all been private equity lawyers.
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Hammonds head of equity capital markets quits for Hunton & Williams
3-Sep-2004
Hammonds’ head of equity capital markets, Martin Thomas, is leaving to join Hunton & Williams.
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Hammonds recruits new Hong Kong managing partner
1-Sep-2004
Hammonds appointed a former Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BL&G) partner as the head of its Hong Kong office.
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Linklaters hits double-top with NY Sidley hire
31-Aug-2004
Linklaters’ New York office has made its second lateral hire in just over a week, this time paving the way for a US structured finance and derivatives practice.
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Pillsbury Winthrop wins IP haul from Mintz Levin
1-Sep-2004
US firm Pillsbury Winthrop has scooped the co-chair of IP at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo and his eight-strong team for its Northern Virginia office.
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Shearman bolsters German tax group with hire
2-Sep-2004
Shearman & Sterling’s German office has recruited a former Linklaters partner to shore up its tax practice.
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Weil Gotshal scores big with Soundy scoop
31-Aug-2004
Weil Gotshal & Manges has lured former Travers Smith Braithwaite private equity rainmaker Mark Soundy back into the law.
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Winston & Strawn chairman stung in Hollinger report
1-Sep-2004
The chairman of Winston & Strawn has been criticised in 500-page report into the alleged fraud at Hollinger International Inc over his role as the chair of the company’s audit committee.
