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Stefan Skulesch is one of only 300 notaries in the city. | 9yrs

UK law firm Harcus Sinclair is collaborating with a Dutch foundation to launch legal proceedings against VW in the Netherlands. | 9yrs

At a time when clients are demanding more for less, firms are having to contend with millennial lawyers and their different priorities, including a more balanced life. | 9yrs

Around 20 lawyers have now defected to Covington & Burling in the lead up to Chadbourne's merger with Norton Rose Fulbright. | 9yrs

Donald Trump is being sued by officials in Washington and Maryland who accuse him of accepting payments from foreign governments through his business empire. | 9yrs

The law firm of former US senator and US Attorney General John Ashcroft has been appointed to help the Qatar Government to advise on its crisis including legal work on international counter-terrorism finance laws. | 9yrs

Law firms are increasingly irrelevant to the delivery of legal services, hampered by their structural defects and the inability to deal with client dissatisfaction. | 9yrs

Uncertainly remains over Suez Canal access and transhipment options with companies doing business there advised to act with caution. | 9yrs

The UK law firm has joined the Brexit brigade heading for the Irish capital and, separately, has also invested in a diversity consultancy. | 9yrs

The Belfast offices of Herbert Smith Freehills has been searched by police as part of an investigation linked to drugs in another part of the city, according to local reports. | 9yrs

Leigh Day lawyers accused of hounding British troops with false war crime claims have been cleared of all wrongdoing. Martyn Day, Sapna Malik and Anna Crowther were told 20 misconduct charges had not been proved. | 9yrs

The head of Sidley Austin's litigation practice is leaving to become the new Executive Director for Chicago's largest legal aid organisation LAF, formerly known as the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago. | 9yrs

Japan has passed a law to allow 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to abdicate - making him the country's first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. | 9yrs

US law firm Haynes and Boone CDG has launched a new corporate practice in London with the hire of two Rosenblatt partners including its head of corporate. | 9yrs

Gide is moving to new premises in the heart of Paris next year in a move which will incorporate herb gardens and new-gen workspaces. | 9yrs

The artifical intelligence company provides software which can predict the arguments which would win over a judge. | 9yrs

Lawyers are speculating whether the UK's shock election results will soften the approach to Brexit whilst also saving the Serious Fraud Office which was under threat from the government. | 9yrs

The firm issued a statement confirming the discussions with Henry Davis York. | 9yrs

Robots have a role in the workplace but humans will always be crucial, says Matthew Kay of Vario. | 9yrs