http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp en-us 05/16/2012 Copyright 2008 incisivemedia. All rights reserved. http://www.law.com/service/terms_conditions.shtml http://www.law.com/img/law/international/international_rss.gif http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/index.jsp A growing number of European tech companies are hiring Silicon Valley lawyers to take their companies public in the U.S., where the markets are more receptive to tech offerings, lawyers say. It's not quite a flood of IPO work from across the pond, but they're working on a steady stream of deals. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553566003 2012-05-15 00:00:00 Duane Morris is launching a dedicated London private equity practice with the hire of Kirkland & Ellis partner Pierfrancesco Carbone, who has been tasked with developing Duane Morris' funds offering throughout Europe. The firm's global corporate chair says that additional private equity partners will be recruited "in short order." http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553541259 2012-05-15 00:00:00 Partners at Herbert Smith and Australia's Freehills are set to vote on their proposed tie-up next month, with integration planned for Oct. 1. Initially the firms will be financially independent, although the intention is to merge eventually. The proposed deal has prompted Weil Gotshal to reconsider its referral relationship with Freehills. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553149649 2012-05-11 00:00:00 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired corporate finance lawyers based in London and Moscow from embattled firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Moscow partner duo Leo Batalov and Dmitry Gubarev join Orrick's Moscow office alongside a team of associates. A number of London corporate finance associates are moving to Orrick's City base. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553164959 2012-05-11 00:00:00 Quinn Emanuel is set to hire Stephen Jagusch and Anthony Sinclair from Allen & Overy to be the firm's first dedicated arbitration partners in London. The hires come on the heels of Quinn's launch of a Hamburg office with a team from Allen & Overy. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202553006713 2012-05-10 00:00:00 With its profits and revenues surging, Quinn Emanuel has added a partner from Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., to head its local international arbitration practice, while announcing the opening of an office in Hamburg -- its second in Germany -- with an 11-lawyer team from Allen & Overy specializing in antitrust and IP litigation. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202551028802 2012-05-03 00:00:00 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has recruited New York partner Henry Liu from DLA Piper to be the head of its financial institutions infrastructure team for Greater China in Asia. Liu will primarily work in Pillsbury's New York office but will also spend significant time in the firm's Shanghai office. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202551042920 2012-05-03 00:00:00 A U.S. jury has convicted a former Costa Rican insurance executive in a $485 million fraud scheme in which he lied to clients and investors about his company's financial stability. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202550933986 2012-05-02 00:00:00 Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm has started discussing options for an orderly wind-down of its limited liability partnership. The move, which would also affect Dewey's Paris office, as it is part of the firm's U.K. LLP, was discussed at a meeting Monday attended by 13 of the office's remaining partners. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202550928575 2012-05-02 00:00:00 Thirteen natives of Somalia and Yemen are on trial in federal court, accused of smuggling millions of dollars worth of khat, which is popular in their homelands but illegal in the United States. http://www.law.com/jsp/law/international/LawArticleIntl.jsp?id=1202549451041 2012-04-19 00:00:00