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  • The 'counsel' position: good for lawyer, firm or client?
    | Thursday, 11 February 2010
    Are international firms increasingly using the title 'counsel' to provide an extra career path for their lawyers or an extra weapon in their business development agendas? ALB finds that the truthful answer varies from firm to firm and lawyer to lawyer...
  • Al Tamimi managing partner steps down
    | Monday, 25 January 2010
    Al Tamimi & Co has confirmed that the firm’s managing partner since 2005, Hoda Barakat, has stepped down from the role by retiring from the partnership.
  • G+T boosts partnership before Melbourne office opening
    | Monday, 25 January 2010
    Gilbert + Tobin managing partner Danny Gilbert sent round an e-mail Friday announcing the appointment of five partners as the firm ramps up operations in anticipation of opening a new office in Melbourne
  • 文森•艾尔斯扩大上海团队
    | Thursday, 14 January 2010
    文森•艾尔斯律师事务所上海办公室近日新添一位资深合伙人以及三位新律师, 并计划将上海律师团队规模由目前的11人增加到20至25人。
  • Firms help Sinopec on Saudi JV
    | Monday, 7 December 2009
    Global has recently represented crude oil giant Sinopec in its 50/50 joint venture with SABIC. King & Wood and Jun He were also instructed on the deal
  • FEATURE: Private equity: growth accelerator
    | Thursday, 3 December 2009
    While the rest of the world takes a year-long hiatus from making private equity transactions, China’s domestic PE industry, now led by domestic players, remains active and is fast evolving. A strong private equity market will not only drive economic growth but also foster a more sophisticated domestic PE legal fraternity.
  • Cleary Gottlieb puts wind into CIC’s sails
    | Wednesday, 18 November 2009
    In the latest demonstration of China’s determination to become a major player in the global wind power market, CIC has proposed to acquire a 15% equity interest in AES Corporation.
  • Obama takes brakes off Chinese investment
    | Wednesday, 11 November 2009
    Companies continue to search for distressed motor vehicle assets overseas, and the latest acquisition is that of Delphi Ride Dynamics and Brakes’ assets by Shougang Corporation, which was represented by Vinson & Elkins.
  • CIC turns to Vinson & Elkins for Kazakhstan encounter
    | Wednesday, 21 October 2009
    In its US$939m investment into Kazakhstan-based oil & gas corporation JSC KazMunaiGas, CIC appointed Vinson & Elkins and GRATA law firm as its international and Kazakhstan legal counsel respectively.
  • Australian firms acting in clash of the titans
    | Thursday, 3 September 2009
    Two Australian firms are playing a key role in Huntsman Chemical’s US$415m (A$497m) takeover attempt of Tronox – one of the most significant transactions in the global titanium dioxide market
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