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Legal fees for Alibaba IPO top $15.8m, beating Facebook
September 8th, 2014
Law firms advising on the $21bn mega IPO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba are to split $15.8m in legal fees, as the Hangzhou-based company prepares to list on the New York Stock Exchange later this month. Legal Week first ...
PwC takes on Aussie legal market
August 18th, 2014
Former King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue, who set up a Sydney boutique earlier this year, have joined accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to launch an Australian legal services arm. PwC Australia chief executive Luke ...
Aussie legal market sees slight rise in confidence but pay rises limited
August 1st, 2014
A slight rise in business confidence and commercial activity in Australia looks set to thaw out pay freezes and potentially help stem the flow of partner exits that were the mark of the 2013/14 financial year. A study from ...
Cypriot firm launches legal action against EU over ‘bail-in’
July 23rd, 2014
Cypriot firm Dr K Chrysostomides & Co has filed a lawsuit against the EU on behalf of 51 claimants seeking compensation for losses suffered when Cyprus agreed to a ‘bail-in’ on two Cypriot banks. The case, filed before the ...
LinkedIn hires former Yahoo legal chief as its new general counsel
July 22nd, 2014
LinkedIn has hired former Yahoo general counsel Michael Callahan to head the global professional networking site’s legal function. Callahan will take on the mantle of vice president, general counsel and secretary on 28 July, reporting into the company’s CEO ...
Oil Company Ordered To Halt Illegal Operation Near Fla. Panther Preserve
July 15th, 2014
Environmentalists are claiming victory over the Dan A. Hughes Co., which has been drilling for oil in an area of southwestern Florida next to a protected panther habitat near the Everglades. The company was using a banned technique to ...
China charges GSK-linked investigators for illegally obtaining private information
July 14th, 2014
Prosecutors in China have filed charges against British investigator Peter Humphrey and his American wife, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday, after the couple were detained last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc. ...
U.A.E. Bank Rules, EU Bank Legal Fees, Tibor: Compliance
July 8th, 2014
The United Arab Emirates may amend rules governing bank lending against shares after reviewing June’s stock price swings in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the market regulator said yesterday. Representatives of the Securities and Commodities Authority, the central bank and ...
S&P to face legal challenge from councils
June 24th, 2014
Ratings agency Standard Poor’s has failed to avoid a legal battle with 91 councils, church groups and charities over investments that went bad during the global financial crisis. The Federal Court has denied the agency’s leave to appeal a ...
SRA research looks into legal firms’ training systems
June 5th, 2014
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) Education and Training Committee will be considering initial headline findings of research commissioned into learning and development approaches used by firms to ensure the competence of their paralegal and qualified staff, at its meeting ...
