CC to elect new Asia chief as Baird falls ill
Clifford Chance is holding elections for a new Asia managing partner after Jim Baird stepped down due to ill health.
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Linklaters, DLA Piper strengthen Asia groups
08-Aug-2008Linklaters is to boost its banking and projects offering in Singapore with the transfer of infrastructure partner Richard Ginks from London.
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Field Fisher latest to launch real estate redundancy talks
08-Aug-2008Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has entered redundancy consultations with fee-earners and other staff in its London real estate department.
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Links scores NY coup with FTC hire
NYC's Curtis eyes Dubai launch
Kaye Scholer taps Brown Rudnick for finance hire
Paul Weiss; Davis Polk on Sony deal
SA's Bowman links with Kenya's Coulson Harney
Bingham raids Heller for DC regulatory push
DLA, Links, Lovells see trainee retention dive
Trainee retention rates at a number of leading firms have plummeted as worsening economic conditions hit the employment market.
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Ashurst to send Green to Hong Kong
04-Aug-2008Ashurst is to launch its first-ever office in China and has picked current senior partner Geoffrey Green to spearhead the initiative.
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Cadwalader partners next to face the chop
04-Aug-2008The carnage at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, which saw the loss of 96 associate jobs last week, is expected to lead to a number of partner departures.
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Ex-Fladgate partner gets wrist slapped
McGrigors buys out Reid Minty
DLA review sees five TMC lawyers redundant
ASB Law office closures spark 45 job cuts
McDermott loses two partners as 2Birds swoops
XXIV woos silk from Two Temple Gardens
Pinsents knocks DLA off AIM top spot
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe: Ralph and ready
SFO must swallow its medicine after falling short in NHS price-fixing case
Pitchford J’s ruling has called the government agency’s role into question.
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OFFSHORE
After a relatively quiet first half to the year, the offshore legal profession is on the move again.
Isle of Man firm Cains is opening in Singapore and Collas Day is moving into London. Harneys has merged with Cayman firm CS Gill & Co to give it a base on the island, while Maitland Group took its first step into the offshore profession with the hire of Walkers partner Sara Collins.
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Linklaters, DLA Piper strengthen Asia groups
Linklaters, DLA Piper strengthen Asia groups
NYC's Curtis eyes Dubai launch
Linklaters, DLA Piper strengthen Asia groups
Links scores NY coup with FTC hire
NYC's Curtis eyes Dubai launch
Carey oversees Guernsey
Join the discussion on the vac scheme intern who alleges sexual harassment by a Shearman & Sterling associate. One reader says:
"If he did touch her inappropriately as suggested she should have gone to the Police. If he did not touch her it is harsh of S&S to sack him only for his poor judgment. Retraining, guidance and support may have been more appropriate but I hear times are heard down there... saves on the redundancy I suppose."Read on
Readers are also keenly discussing the recent round of redundancies at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. One reader writes:
"Cadwalader is a firm made up of very arrogant and successful guys. The firm had a 10:1 leverage on securitisations which were just flooding in. They really caught the wave on that trend. But things changed and I don't think they expected the market to die instead of dry up more gradually."
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