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Legal professionals are becoming more innovative in running their businesses but more is needed
July 8th, 2015
Findings from the largest ever study of innovation in the legal sector, commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and the Legal Services Board (LSB), suggest that legal professionals, including solicitors and barristers, are becoming more innovative in the ...
Herbert Smith Freehills shuts Abu Dhabi office as firm consolidates Middle East presence
June 18th, 2015
Reduced to just one partner in Abu Dhabi, Herbert Smith Freehills is shutting the office and shifting its five-lawyer team to Dubai just six years after opening. Having launched the office in 2008 amid the sharp crash in the Middle East ...
Banks’ Civil Forex Settlements Near $2 Billion
June 18th, 2015
Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC recently signed agreements to settle case The total amount paid by banks to settle a civil lawsuit tied to allegations traders manipulated the currency market has now reached almost $2 billion following ...
New York and London are world’s toughest legal markets, says Cooley
June 15th, 2015
The ‘jaundiced eye’ through which UK lawyers view the US law practices in London is one of the main factors contributing to the difficulties facing US law firms there, according to Joe Conroy, Cooley’s chief executive officer. Speaking five ...
FIA Global Launches Interactive Reporting Tool on CCP Risk
June 10th, 2015
FIA Global, in cooperation with the law firms Linklaters and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, announced an interactive tool to compare and assess the rules of central counterparties (CCPs) within the CCP Risk Review. The CCP Risk Review is a ...
Baker & McKenzie strengthens its China funds and private equity capabilities
June 4th, 2015
Baker & McKenzie strengthens its China funds and private equity capabilities through the Joint Operation it formed with FenXun Partners The Joint Operation provides clients of both firms with an unprecedented platform to serve their international and PRC legal ...
The Legal Market in Mexico: The Quandary of the Top Domestic Players
May 27th, 2015
These are exciting times in Mexico. There are seismic legal and economic changes underway as a result of President Enrique Peña Nieto’s “Pact for Mexico.” Top local law firms in Mexico City are focused on the most-effective ways to ...
Top news of the day, May 22
May 22nd, 2015
1.The dollar edged lower versus a basket of majorcurrencies on Friday in the wake of unimpressive U.S. economic data, with investors awaiting speeches by major central bankers. The dollar index slipped 0.2 percent to 95.117, having backed off from ...
Banks Said to Go to Legal Big Five in S. African Forex Probe
May 22nd, 2015
Banks under investigation in South Africa over alleged currency manipulation have hired the largest law firms in the country to advise them on the probe. Bowman Gilfillan, ENSafrica and Webber Wentzel, three of the so-called Big Five legal firms, ...
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards: Winners 2015
May 18th, 2015
Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards have firmly established themselves as a highlight of the region’s legal calendar. The awards, which are now in their fourth year, celebrate legal excellence in the Middle East and are open to in-house legal ...
