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Reed Smith has bolstered its European finance practice by hiring Gide's Fernand Arsanios for its Paris office. | 11yrs

Property boutique Morris Schneider Wittstadt is suing the Cosmopolitan casino hotel for return of the funds which ex-managing partner Nathan Hardwick IV paid to it but which, says the firm, the casino should not have accepted. | 11yrs

A 92-year old leading New Jersey foreclosure firm which posted $30m in gross revenue last year has given notice it could close in August - and other firms are saying that bank clients made it impossible for the firm to survive. | 11yrs

Former Munich managing partner and global vice chair of corporate Jorg Kirchner is to transfer to Kirkland & Ellis, although his arrival date has not been set. | 11yrs

Paul Napoli of Manhattan-based Napoli Bern - which acted for many 9/11 victims - has been ordered to repay 'every last pencil' and all the money he has been ruled by a judge to have taken from the firm in violation of a receivership order. | 11yrs

The District Court of The Hague has ruled that surveillance of lawyers by intelligence agencies constitutes an infringement of fundamental rights and orders the State to stop all surveillance of lawyers' communications. | 11yrs

Holman Fenwick Willan has entered into a formal law alliance (FLA) in Singapore with local law firm AsiaLegal, with the entity operating under the name HFW AsiaLegal. | 11yrs

DLA Piper has announced that Michael Bowen, Scott Gibson and Marc Wilshaw of Perth corporate law firm Hardy Bowen have joined the firm as partners, in a move which significantly increases DLA Piper's corporate capability. | 11yrs

Latham & Watkins private equity and M&A partner Graeme Sloan has joined Morrison & Foerster as the firm's global M&A co-chair and London corporate head. | 11yrs

Nine out of ten slots in the world top ten are filled by US firms - with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in fifth place, being the only non-US practice making it to the Thomson Reuters ranking. | 11yrs

A strong year in disputes resolution and good performances from the London, Luxembourg and UAE offices have helped Allen & Overy reach a revenue of £1.28b - slightly ahead of the £1.27b posted by Linklaters this week for 2014/15. | 11yrs

Litigators - particularly those specialising in insurance defence - will be in short supply and therefore in greater demand for H2 2015 in the New York, New Jersey area, according to Robert Half recruitment consultants. | 11yrs

While young high-flyers might be concentrating in particular upon financial rewards, more mature rainmakers are likely to enjoy exercising power and other emotional and less tangible benefits, according to a Harvard Law School scholar. | 11yrs

Children born today may never need to get a driving licence to use a car, according to an OECD report - but they could be deprived from some potential advantages by restrictive regulation. | 11yrs

Global corporates have identified a key role for general counsel in corporate sustainability. | 11yrs

A weekly round-up of moves around the globe. | 11yrs

Dentons and McKenna Long & Aldridge have formally merged their practices, combining to produce a team of 1,100 lawyers across 21 US offices. | 11yrs

Client partners are facing an increase in stress and 'significant coordination costs' as they figure out the link between higher fees and complicated work and push for more cross-border and multi-practice projects and workloads. | 11yrs

A witness in the financial fraud trial of three former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives has described how a partner exodus took place in spring 2012 as news of an expected criminal investigation hit the practice. | 11yrs