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HOT GOSSIP

Change in the Force may allow Jedi marriages

British government proposals could see Jedi marriages made legal, bringing joy some 175,000 British Jedi Knights, it was claimed this week.

DOING THE DEALS

Dealmakers

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen

MOVES

In and out

A weekly round-up of who's moving up, down or out in global legal practice

BLOG: SOCIAL MEDIA

Is the world still flat?

SEC social media rule overlooks rules of engagement around the world, says Veta T Richardson, president and chief executive officer of the Association of Corporate Counsel.

DEALS

Dealmakers

A round-up of recent global deals and the lawyers who made them happen

BLOG: LEGAL PROFESSION

Which way now for Personal Injury lawyers?

Personal injury (PI) lawyers are working in an era of fundamental and evolutionary change, not least because of the changes driven by the Jackson reforms but also because of the changing attitudes of banks and funders to PI law firms.

LUXURY LAW SUMMIT

Luxury brands head for the summit

A raft of top luxury brands are on the VIP list for the first ever Luxury Law Summit.

PFI

PF2: a new approach to public private partnerships?

James Larmour of Freeth Cartwright considers HM Treasury's “Standardisation of PF2 Guidance.”

BLOG: LITIGATION FUNDING

Litigation funding comes of age

In his latest blog for The Global Legal Post, Nick Rowles-Davies, a solicitor and consultant with litigation funder Vannin Capital, examines the views of litigators to third-party funding.

BLOG: MANAGEMENT

Online delivery threat to law firm profits

Lawyers are ill-prepared for the massive changes engulfing the practice of law, says George Beaton.

LUXURY LAW SUMMIT

Growing legal issues for luxury sector

Luxury companies are reporting an increase in the breadth and depth of legal issues engulfing the sector, according to research carried out for the Luxury Law Summit 2013.

04 March 2013 at 12:32 BST

Malaysia set to welcome foreign law firms

Malaysia is making moves to liberalise its legal marketplace, following in the footsteps of Singapore and South Korea.

Malaysia opens up to foreign law firms

Malaysia is set to bring in new laws this year which would see it opening its doors to foreign law firms. The legislation will allow international firms to set up partnerships with local law firms and to recruit foreign lawyers as well as set up stand-alone offices.

The move follows on from Singapore and South Korea’s steps to liberalise the legal marketplace and could see up to five firms obtain licences this year as Qualified Foreign Law Firms (QFLF) if the Legal Professional (Amendment) Act 2012 comes into force this year as expected.

Islamic finance ability

The Malaysian Bar Counsel said that international law firms would have to have international Islamic finance ability to qualify for the QFLF licence which would run for three years initially.

Commenting on the proposed liberalisation, one lawyer said that the banking sector needed to open up to guarantee a flow of international  legal work as the market was primarily focused on domestic work.

 

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European GCs slam lack of client service

Law firms across Europe are failing to look after their retained clients with general counsel slating the lack of communication and regular reviews, according to new research from the Global Legal Post in association with Martindale-Hubbell.

To download the report in full, click here.

 
   
 
 
 

Luxury Law Summit 2013

Venue: The Caledonian Club, London
23rd May 2013
The Luxury Law Summit will bring together luxury business leaders, luxury legal experts and regulators for high level networking, debate and informative roundtable sessions.