http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/magazine/graphics/logo-rss.png http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/firms/linklaters-brolly-scheme-strikes-gold-as-coleen-rooney-spreads-firms-name/3004735.article http://www.thelawyer.com/firms/linklaters-brolly-scheme-strikes-gold-as-coleen-rooney-spreads-firms-name/3004735.article Linklaters’ policy of handing out branded umbrellas to students on campus to spread the firm’s name appears to have paid off after Coleen Rooney was pictured on the pitch after a Manchester United home match carrying a giant brolly with the magic circle outfit’s logo on it. Mon, 13 May 2013 14:19 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/media-entertainment-and-sport/freshfields-red-knight-hails-uniteds-heir-to-busby/3004664.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/media-entertainment-and-sport/freshfields-red-knight-hails-uniteds-heir-to-busby/3004664.article Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London chief and high-profile Red Knight Mark Rawlinson has praised outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as a “spiritual heir to Matt Busby” who “hates losing but uses adversity as a fuel”. Fri, 10 May 2013 00:02 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/regions/asia-pacific/us-duo-lead-on-586m-sale-of-stake-in-chinas-twitter-like-weibo/3004313.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/regions/asia-pacific/us-duo-lead-on-586m-sale-of-stake-in-chinas-twitter-like-weibo/3004313.article Shearman & Sterling and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have played key roles on Chinese internet giant Sina Corporation’s sale of a stake in the country’s Twitter-like site Weibo. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:56 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/field-fisher-and-4-new-square-silk-set-for-horse-doping-hearing/3004232.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/practice-areas/litigation/field-fisher-and-4-new-square-silk-set-for-horse-doping-hearing/3004232.article Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) and 4 New Square have taken headline roles in relation to allegations of racehorse doping by Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:36 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/regions/asia-pacific/pinsents-launches-tmt-practice-in-singapore-with-local-hire/3003988.article http://www.thelawyer.com/news-and-analysis/regions/asia-pacific/pinsents-launches-tmt-practice-in-singapore-with-local-hire/3003988.article Pinsent Masons is to launch a technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice in Singapore with the addition of Brian Tan, the founding partner of local IT boutique Keystone Law Corporation. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:36 GMT