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Law firm’s bank account linked to stolen Malaysian $1bn
July 27th, 2016
Shearman & Sterling has unwittingly become caught up in the biggest ever asset seizure by the US Department of Justice’s anti-corruption unit. According to civil filings to the United States District Court in Los Angeles, the law firm held ...
Cashier jailed after stealing office money from international law firm
July 25th, 2016
A cashier at a leading international law firm has been banned from the profession and served a jail sentence after stealing over £700,000. Juliette Holland, 46, was found to have misappropriated at least £727,597 of office money between March ...
International Law Firm announced record number of senior promotions
July 22nd, 2016
Record number of senior promotions – up almost 40% on last year Continuing commitment to gender diversity – almost 60% of all senior appointments are women MinterEllison announced its 1 July 2016 senior appointments – 13 new partners, 21 ...
Global law firm Reed Smith launched a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore
July 19th, 2016
Global law firm, Reed Smith, today announces a substantial, further investment in Singapore with the launch of a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with Singapore law practice, Resource Law LLC. The Reed Smith Resource Law Alliance significantly expands Reed Smith’s ...
Two of Israel’s largest law firms are in merge talks to become the Israel’s largest law firm
July 18th, 2016
Naschitz Brandes in talks to merge with Shibolet If the merger materializes, the new firm will be Israel’s largest law firm with over 300 lawyers. Two of Israel’s largest law firms are in advanced talks to merge, sources inform ...
Global law firm is expanding its EU presence with the opening of a third office in Germany
July 18th, 2016
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is expanding its European presence with the opening of a Munich office, the firm’s third office in Germany (along with Berlin and Frankfurt) and 46th worldwide, with the hire of investment management partner Dr. Hilger von ...
Immigration lawyers comment about how Brexit affecting them
July 14th, 2016
Nearly three weeks on from the unexpected referendum result, the world is still fascinated by what a vote to leave the EU means for the big wide world of commercial law. The details of what a post-Brexit City of ...
Research shows that poor online presence of Law Firms causes for miss out business
July 14th, 2016
New research indicates that the vast majority of solicitors (94 per cent) have wrong or inconsistent information online, including basic details such as a phone number or email address. Digital marketing provider Yell conducted research into how the 11,000 ...
Global law firm Clyde & Co launches in Germany
July 13th, 2016
Global law firm Clyde & Co announced that it is expanding its European office network by opening an office in Düsseldorf through the hire of two leading insurance partners, Dr Henning Schaloske and Dr Tanja Schramm and insurance counsel, Dr ...
Lawyers claim that Brexit vote is not legally binding;primary legislation will be needed
July 11th, 2016
Hundreds of barristers have advised Prime Minister David Cameron to tread carefully before taking steps to withdraw the UK from the European Union. More than 1,000 have signed a letter to Mr Cameron which says the referendum result is ...
