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Leading global firms will take candidates’ backgrounds into account when recruiting

22/05/2015(0)
New contextual recruitment tool will ‘set a new benchmark for social mobility’ in the City International law firms Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells have become the first to ... Read More
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Third of lawyers say no to partnership in favour of work-life balance

21/05/2015(0)
Perception of the legal profession’s glass ceiling not seen as a main impediment to law firm leadership roles Work-life balance and stress are the primary reasons lawyers are not ... Read More
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Dentons launches NextLaw Labs and creates legal business accelerator

19/05/2015(0)
Dentons, the global law firm, today announced that it is launching NextLaw Labs, a global collaborative innovation platform focused on developing, deploying, and investing in new technologies and processes to ... Read More
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New York Weighs Jurisdictional Rule for Foreign Firms

18/05/2015(0)
Some lawyers say bill is at odds with recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling New York lawmakers are weighing a bill to make foreign companies submit to the jurisdiction of ... Read More
UBS

UBS Guilty Plea for Libor Seen Opening Door to Political Battle

14/05/2015(0)
UBS Group AG faces the prospect of making a guilty plea that would require it, along with four other giant global banks, to seek U.S. regulators’ permission to keep ... Read More
data protection

ICO probes 173 law firms over data protection breaches

16/04/2015(0)
Dozens of law firms were investigated by the information commissioner for potential data breaches in 2014, new figures have revealed. A freedom of information request by Egress Software Technologies ... Read More
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EU lawyers: EU cannot maintain protection against Chinese imports

03/04/2015(0)
EU lawyers say EU cannot ignore rules on China‘s new WTO status EU yet to decide, could favour China to win favour with Beijing European fears of being forced to lower tariff ... Read More
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EU Lays Groundwork for Antitrust Charges Against Google

02/04/2015(0)
Regulator seeks permission to publish complaints against Internet giant in long-running probe Europe’s competition regulator is preparing to move against Google Inc. in the next few weeks, a person familiar with the ... Read More
Allen & Overy

Shipping success for Allen & Overy

30/03/2015(0)
A&O has been recognised for advising on the world’s first export credit agency backed shipping bond. The firm has won IFLR Americas Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the ... Read More
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Hogan Lovells Advises Optimal Payments Plc on €1.1 Billion Transformational Skrill Acquisition

24/03/2015(0)
Hogan Lovells has advised Optimal Payments Plc on the €1.1 billion acquisition of Sentinel Topco Limited and its subsidiaries (Skrill Group) from Sentinel Group Holdings S.A, which is ultimately ... Read More
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