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Vereins: A Means for Law Firms to Dodge Responsibility?
By Krishnan Nair | February 25, 2024
Swiss verein law firms, made up of multiple distinct legal entities, like to portray themselves as one unified firm—but when they're against the wall, do they shape-shift to their advantage?
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Spanish Law Firm Pérez-Llorca on Why a Swedish Gen AI Assistant Was the Right Fit
By Isha Marathe | February 23, 2024
Perez-Llorca became the first Spanish law firm to adopt Leya, a Swedish generative AI assistant, earlier this month. For the firm, the tool struck the right balance between being able to operate in Spanish-language and being compliant with the GDPR.
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DLA Piper Elects Managing Partner—Incumbent to Step Down After 10 Years
By Jack Womack | February 23, 2024
The elected managing partner for the firm's non-US business won't take up the role until January 2025.
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UK Government Throws Weight Behind Extensive Anti-SLAPPs Legislation
By Jack Womack | February 23, 2024
The government said the decision was 'in response to a rising tide of this pernicious form of litigation', including high-profile cases involving Russian oligarchs and allies of Vladimir Putin.
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Haiwen Takes Another Partner From Linklaters' China Affiliate
By Jessica Seah | February 23, 2024
Haiwen also recently hired Zhao Sheng's former managing partner Eric Liu.
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Addleshaw Goddard, HSF Called In For £275m BT Tower Deal
By Habiba Cullen-Jafar | February 23, 2024
The iconic Fitzrovia tower is set to be turned into a hotel.
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International Edition | Analysis
'One Firm' or Separate Entities? Vereins' Growth Bumps Into Conflicts, Liability Concerns
By Justin Henry | Kasvi Sehgal | February 23, 2024
A ruling from an appellate court in the U.S. has put Baker McKenzie's structure under scrutiny, two years after Dentons was saddled with a $32 million malpractice verdict that also implicated the firm's verein status.
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Japan's Big Four Firm Mori Hamada Launches Fifth New Outfit in 12 Months
By Jessica Seah | February 23, 2024
The firm has recently also set up in New York, Jakarta, Manila and Sapporo.
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International Edition | Commentary
When Will Law Firms Learn? The Top-Down Approach Never Pays, and Always Bites Back
By Jessica Seah | February 22, 2024
Latham & Watkins' decision to block automatic access for its Hong Kong staff to files and documents outside of Greater China was not necessarily wrong. But the way it implemented the change was tone-deaf. The firm's sin was its failure to communicate, writes Jessica Seah in the Asia Legal Briefing.
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Amid Partnership Expansion, Paul Hastings Sees Double-Digit Boost in Profits and RPL
By Patrick Smith | February 22, 2024
Paul Hastings' equity tier grew by 2% while its nonequity tier surged by 14%.
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