Allen & Overy is to increase the number of people working in its three-year old Belfast support centre by adding 100 extra staff in the next five years. | 12yrs
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Tughans has completed the most deals in NI in the first nine months of 2014. | 12yrs
The majority shareholder in Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB), Tsvetan Vasilev, has alleged that a law firm has been plotting against his bank. | 12yrs
Allen & Overy is to become the first Magic Circle practice to open its own office in sub-Saharan Africa when a six-lawyer team will set up a Johannesburg office for the firm this month. | 12yrs
Compliance with the regulator is the main problem facing UK solicitors, followed by concerns about ABS (Alternative Business Structures) - a growing area of concern. | 12yrs
Godwin Lewis, the Texas law firm acting for Halliburton on the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, is laying off 17 lawyers and six staff after agreeing a US$1.1b settlement last month. | 12yrs
The US litigation firm has changed direction and is now practising local law. | 12yrs
About 77 per cent of the fines levied in the US for anti-trust breaches since 2015 have been imposed on Asian companies, according to research from the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry. | 12yrs
Linklaters is top overall in the Legal Business 2014 survey of major companies in the UK, sharing the top ten slots with the other Magic Circle firms and Eversheds, DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons, Baker & McKenzie and Axiom. | 12yrs
Corporates are moving more legal work in-house and look set to continue this trend. | 12yrs
Wall Street banks have paid $130 billion in legal costs to compensate for their role in the financial crisis. | 12yrs
Three out of four IT executives say their organisations have not taken steps to comply with data protection regulation. | 12yrs
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The departure of two directors from HSBC in the UK could be part of a trend in which many other directors stand down, according to lawyers and other advisers. | 12yrs
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom did more M&A deals by value, worth US$484b, in the first nine months of 2014, with Kirkland & Ellis leading on the volume (263 deals). | 12yrs
Big Six Australia-based firm Clayton Utz has been making lay-offs of staff since July of up to as many as 40 people in its largest offices. | 12yrs
Global law firm Baker & McKenzie is to open an office in Jeddah, one of Saudi Arabia's primary commercial centres. | 12yrs
After a good August, the US legal sector had a poor September, more than losing all the gains it had made in the previous month. | 12yrs
The 2015 Robert Half salary survey for Canada is predicting a 4.8 per cent rise for lawyers of 10 years experience and more working in medium-sized law firms. | 12yrs
A witness statement from a former A&O lawyer discussing entertainment provided for the Libyan sovereign wealth fund, was, however, not relevant or improper, the judge said. | 12yrs