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Bear freshener
Russian lawyers scent a rosier future as transparency and stability top the political agenda
Dewey faces Euro crisis as Moscow team defects to Morgan Lewis
Dewey & LeBoeuf is bracing itself for further European losses as it emerges that City finance partner Bruce Johnston has decided against Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in favour of joining Morgan Lewis & Bockius alongside the struggling US firm’s entire Moscow team.
Dewey Moscow latest office to mull defection
Lawyers at Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Moscow office are weighing their options after offers from US, UK and even Chinese firms.
Akin, Skadden and White & Case advise on £5,3bn MegaFon deal
Akin Gump, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and White & Case have all landed roles on the $8.5bn (£5.3bn) shareholder restructuring of Russia’s second largest mobile phone operator OAO MegaFon.
Dechert makes fresh assault on Chadbourne with hire of 11-lawyer Almaty team
The cold war between Dechert and Chadbourne & Parke has broken out again with almost an entire office switching sides.
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Cleary and Linklaters lead on $7bn Russian eurobond deal
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Winston & Strawn turns to Norton Rose for Moscow hire
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Salans adds Moscow competition head from Baker & McKenzie
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Well-documented: court cloud system gets fans on Berezovsky
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BLP hires Allen & Overy partner for London energy practice
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Akin Gump appoints CMS Russia real estate head
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Freshfields and Salans advise on Barclays' Russian sell-off
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Squire Sanders moves partner to Moscow
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DLA and Hogan Lovells advise on SABMiller's tie-up with Turkey's Efes
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Quinn Emanuel raids Dechert for Moscow launch
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White & Case bulks up Moscow with two hires and one relocation
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Court out
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Sale of the century
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Eversheds nets Romanian firm with Russia on radar
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Yukos v Russia: Be careful with the big stick
Special Report
Bear freshener
Russian lawyers scent a rosier future as transparency and stability top the political agenda
Well-documented: court cloud system gets fans on Berezovsky
With 15,000 pre-trial documents totalling 200,000 pages, the battle of the Russian oligarchs was the ideal testing ground for the latest case-management technology
New Russian front
The merger between Magisters and Russia’s Egorov Puginsky is a sign of the growing interest being shown in Ukraine by its powerful neighbour, says Dale McEwan
Own goal
Football’s coming to Ukraine, but the country’s lack of preparation means some lawyers aren’t benefitting.
Fertile land
Ukraine has huge potential for law firms, with tax and agriculture promising significant work streams. But as Dale McEwan finds, if it wants to attract foreign investment its legal system is going to have to clean up its act
