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Offshore law firm opens Hong Kong office
November 9th, 2016
Carey Olsen, one of the largest offshore law firms With 49 partners and 200 lawyers has issued an announcement to inform for its Hong Kong office opening. According the announcement: The Hong Kong practice has a dispute resolution and ...
Multinational law firm turns to Artificial intelligence to meet clients’ needs
November 1st, 2016
When international clients contact King & Wood Mallesons to ask whether a deal requires Foreign Investment Review Board approval, its lawyers turn first to a computer to generate a response, rather than relying simply on human brainpower. Artificial intelligence ...
Armenia passes a new package of laws regulating the local financial markets
October 31st, 2016
The Armenian parliament has passed a package of laws regulating the local financial markets and amendments to the law on the securities market, following close cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The EBRD welcomed the ...
Multinational law firm has elected a new European senior partner
October 19th, 2016
It was announced today that King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has elected Frankfurt partner Michael Cziesla as its new EUME Senior Partner. Michael takes up the position with immediate effect and for a term of three years. Michael is a leading ...
Multinational law firm agrees partnership with Chinese law firm
October 18th, 2016
Leading global law firm Hogan Lovells and Fujian Fidelity Law Firm (“Fidelity“) have entered into a formal association in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone (“Shanghai FTZ“). This move reflects the firm’s growth strategy in Asia and the importance ...
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang combine to create 6th largest law firm in the UK and 6th largest globally
October 11th, 2016
The Partners of CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to combine their firms and create a new City powerhouse that will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by lawyer headcount (1) ...
CISE goes international by opening up membership
October 10th, 2016
The membership rules previously restricted sponsors to being entities established in the Channel Islands. Now they have been updated to allow sponsors to be based in any jurisdiction deemed acceptable to the Exchange. The change is effective from 10 ...
Three international Legal firms are to merge
September 30th, 2016
CMS, Nabarro and Olswang confirm ‘combination’ talks Three London-headquartered international firms with a combined turnover of nearly £1bn are to merge, according to press reports last night. An announcement involving CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang is imminent, The Lawyer reports. ...
Lawyers must rebuild trust – Christine Lagarde
September 22nd, 2016
Lawyers have a key role to play in rebuilding public trust in institutions, the head of one of the globe’s most important bodies told thousands of lawyers gathered for the IBA’s annual conference. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the ...
Mike Lynch’s Invoke Aims to Replace M&A Lawyers With Robots
September 15th, 2016
Former Autonomy CEO backs startup using AI for due diligence Move comes a week after HP sold former Autonomy assets Could the armies of lawyers needed to close billion-dollar deals soon be a thing of the past? That’s what Invoke ...
