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October 05, 2007 |

U.K. Firms May Be Caught in Middle of Credit Crunch Clashes Between Banks

Top London law firms are preparing themselves for an unprecedented surge in litigation between banking giants as a result of the credit crunch, in what looks set to be the biggest client dilemma to hit the UK's commercial legal industry in years. A potential rise in major disputes could jeopardize the numerous banking relationships held by the UK's biggest firms. Firm Herbert Smith has already created cross-departmental consultation groups and discussed the issue with several of its banking clients.
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September 24, 2009 |

Ex-McDermott, Ex-Dorsey Lawyers Face U.K. Insider Trading Trial

Two U.K. lawyers formerly with McDermott Will & Emery and Dorsey & Whitney will stand trial on insider trading charges. Ex-Dorsey corporate partner Andrew Rimmington and ex-McDermott corporate partner Michael McFall, along with a former Neutec Pharma financial director, were charged in June with insider trading related to Novartis' $589 million acquisition of NeuTec in June 2006. On Tuesday, a Westminster Magistrates Court judge ordered the men to appear on Oct. 28 to enter pleas and discuss case management.
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February 23, 2006 |

British Court Says Three British Bankers Can Be Extradited to U.S. to Face Enron Charges

Three British bankers may be extradited to the U.S. to face Enron-related fraud charges, a British court has ruled in the first test case of controversial laws to speed up the transfer of suspected terrorists. Some business groups worry about the precedent that Tuesday's ruling sets for trans-Atlantic business. Legal experts also cried foul because the treaty is not reciprocal. The U.S. has signed it, but the Senate hasn't ratified it while groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union lobby against it.
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May 24, 2012 |

Continental Breakfast: U.K. Merger Mania Continues As Consolidation Gathers Pace

DAC Beachcroft, Field Fisher, LG, and Norton Rose the latest U.K. firms struck by the urge to merge.
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July 01, 2009 |

Arbitration Scorecard: Contracts

A listing of contract arbitrations active in 2007-2008 in which at least $500 million was in controversy. Expanded for the Web.
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November 08, 2007 |

Fulbright Snares Another New Energy Partner in London Push

Fulbright & Jaworksi has continued its investment in London with the hire of a partner from Watson Farley & Williams. Susan Farmer joins Fulbright's London energy and project finance team, where she will work alongside partners Christopher Clement-Davies and Jeremy Sheldon. She's the second project finance partner Fulbright has hired in London over the last few months, with the Texas-based law firm having recruited Andrew Hart from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in August.
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First State Insurance Company v. Banco De Seguros Del Estado
Publication Date: 2001-06-29
Practice Area: adr | banking
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. George A. O'Toole, Jr., U.S. District Judge]This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Cour

Britain Charges Dorsey, Ex-McDermott Lawyers with Insider Trading
Publication Date: 2009-05-20
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Legal Week, our sibling publication in London, is reporting that current corporate Dorsey & Whitney partner Andrew Rimmington and former McDermott Will & Emery partner Michael McFall are facing insider trading charges brought by Britain's Financial Services Authority. According to Legal Week, the investigation relates to Novartis's 2006 takeover of Neutec Pharma, although representatives for both McDermott and Dorsey told Legal Week that their firms were not involved in the deal.

U.K. Appeals Court Upholds 185 Million Euro Judgment for Elektrim Bondholders
Publication Date: 2010-10-25
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The Court of Appeal held four days of hearings and took two months to decide, but in the end it dismissed an appeal and counter-appeal, leaving the High Court of Justice ruling in place. It's a win for Bingham and Quinn Emanuel.

January 01, 2013 |

Come Together

As change roils the U.K. legal market, British firms try to adapt with a wave of mergers.
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