Thomas Sager has spent 36 years putting DuPont's legal team at the forefront of in-house strategy. He talks to Jonathan Ames about his evolving approach towards external counsel and a changing business sector | 14yrs
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A furore over human rights in Ukraine is gathering pace in the run-up to the kick-off to Europe's showpiece football competition. But, says Wolfram Rehbock, the campaigners should let the players get on with their job and leave the political debate | 14yrs
Are force majeure clauses a clever route out of contracts that have gone sour in the financial crisis? Mateusz Drozdz and Robert Rajczewski assess the jurisdictional possibilities | 14yrs
International law firm Salans advised French real estate company ORCO Property Group on the sale by its subsidiary of the Radio Free Europe/Hagibor Office Building in Prague to a subsidiary of American owned business L88 Companies. | 14yrs
German business law firm Marcuss Partners advised French commercial real estate player Cofitem-Cofimur on the sale of two office buildings in Berlin. | 14yrs
International law firm Mayer Brown advised leading retail restructuring specialist GA Europe on its investment into Somerset-based footwear chain Shoon, which went into administration last February. | 14yrs
Cameco - one of the world's largest publicly traded uranium companies - has signed a reported $135 million agreement with private equity firm Advent International to purchase Germany's NUKEM Energy, a leading trader of nuclear fuel products. | 14yrs
Dutch law firm AKD has assisted mobile telephone texting service provider ClubMessage purchase Netherlands-based GSM Information Network unit from NASDAQ-listed Motricity. | 14yrs
DLA Piper acted for American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, a long-standing client, on a 10-year lease and associated service agreements for high temperature incinerator and solvent handling facility and waste disposal agent Augean Treatment. | 14yrs
Top German independent legal practice Hengeler Mueller is advising Hesse-based medical equipment company Fresenius SE & Co on its recently announced capital increase. | 14yrs
Magic Circle firm Linklaters advised Californian private equity firm Triton on a £550million deal that is expected to be one of the largest leveraged sales in the Nordic region so far this year. | 14yrs
The Radio Africa Group is to challenge the powers of Kenya's media watchdog in court following a decision to suspend a Sh800,000 (£5,950) fine imposed on the group last month. | 14yrs
Boston-based law firm Ropes & Gray has bagged two partners for its Hong Kong office, reportedly in preparation for full-scale Hong Kong law practice launch. | 14yrs
Melbourne-founded law firm Herbert Geer has introduced a partnership board structure following the announcement of the departure of managing partner Bill Fazio earlier this year. | 14yrs
Pan-Iberia law firm Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has been chosen by the Spanish government and a group of leading banks to advise on the largest financing transaction in Spanish history. | 14yrs
More than 50 former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners have instructed a leading 'clawback' claims lawyer in an attempt to prevent the fading New York-based firm seeking money from ex-partners. | 14yrs
US lawyer Kevin E Evans goes on a client mission in Afghanistan to investigate allegations of corruption on a USAID programme | 14yrs
More than half of Britain's executives would not rule out flouting ant-bribery laws to clinch a deal, a report published today claims as researchers maintain that UK companies are failing to take recently-implemented legislation seriously. | 14yrs
Two top on-line gambling operators have been hit with heavy bills following the Spanish government's tax clampdown on internet gaming. | 14yrs
Six law firms will take leading roles as China's largest e-commerce company Alibaba Group cut a $7.1 billion deal with US internet services giant Yahoo. | 14yrs