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Pan-African law firm Bowmans advised Helios Credit Partners on a landmark transaction representing one of the first significant financings by a private credit fund in sub-Saharan Africa. | 9yrs

Caterpillar retained Kirkland & Ellis to represent the company in the investigation that triggered a federal raid on its headquarters two weeks ago. | 9yrs

Following a week of hot debate, the controversial bill regulating the operation of Cayman Islands law firms and lawyers was approved unanimously on Friday. | 9yrs

The firms have walked away from creating a potential £80 million disputes firm. | 9yrs

The Whanganui River revered by Maori has been recognised by parliament as a 'legal person', in a move believed to be a world first. | 9yrs

Gowling WLG's UK arm has made up five lawyers to partner - four of which are women. | 9yrs

Yale Law School is the top law school in the US - an accolade it has secured for the past 23 years since rankings from US World and News Report began. | 9yrs

Litigation finance firm Burford Capital has experienced a 50 per cent uptick in turnover to $163.4 million with profit after tax up 75 per cent to $115 million due to increased demand for litigation finance. | 9yrs

Dentons is to launch a Patent Prosecution and Opposition practice in the UK with the recruitment of a team patent lawyers from Olswang in May. | 9yrs

The world's top tech giants have stepped up their battle against President Donald Trump with more than 50 companies filing papers against the US President's revised travel ban. | 9yrs

The Queen is expected to give Royal Assent to the Brexit Bill in the next few hours, paving the way for British Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Article 50. | 9yrs

Age is no barrier to lawyers keeping up with digital pace, according to research from Australia's Griffith University. | 9yrs

Lawyers operating in Singapore or representing local operations should get prepared for significant changes to the law governing companies which comes into effect at the end of this month. | 9yrs

Boies Schiller & Flexner is disbanding its 20-lawyer corporate practice, with the majority of the team heading for Paul Hastings. | 9yrs

A weekly round-up of moves from around the globe. | 9yrs

The State Bar of California has approved an ethics rule that would see lawyers facing discipline for having sex with their clients. | 9yrs

General counsel have an indispensable role to play in protecting enterprise reputation, according to a new report from Lex Mundi. | 9yrs

A divided bench of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has narrowly ruled that whistleblower provisions under Dodd-Frank apply to employees raising concerns about illegal activity internally, not just those who approach regulators. | 9yrs

The UK government has slashed the number of law firms on its central legal panel after a structural overhaul but it is good news for Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and PwC which have won new spots. | 9yrs