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Issue No 86Bookmark PagePrint Page
A revolution in the house
Georgia-Pacific is a cog within a cog of the great wheel that is corporate USA. The Atlanta-based pulp and paper company was bough
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Comment
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An evolving relationship
After years of living in the shadow of private practice law firms, corporate counsel are finally beginning to flex their buying power m
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Epilogue
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Vindicated but nowhere to go
It is heartening that even the most world-weary European governments are not immune to the magic of President Obama. It is difficult to
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Feature
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Legal catenaccio
Italian firms may be hoping that they can preserve profits through the current economic downturn by shifting their work across contenti
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Cap in hand, but still hopeful
The Ukraine was on the financial and economic brink back in November 2008 when it became the first country last year to be bailed out b
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When the well runs dry
There are plenty of things people shouldn’t do in this complicated life, but for one Portuguese lawyer here is spot of specific a
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The working life
Many people claim with passionate fervour that they ‘do not live to work, but work to live’. Often this crie de cour seems
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Clearing the clouds of secrecy
Switzerland has been at the epicentre of the global financial crisis, which has not been such a bad thing for its legal community. The
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Forum
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An alphabet soup of potential regulation
The grand gestures of unanimity and co-operation pronounced by world leaders in London’s Canary Wharf earlier this month continue
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News Analysis
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Corporate counsel demand more
Corporate counsel in the emerging economies of Eastern and Central Europe cite poor service as the reason for sacking external law firm
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US merger mania
US law firms continued their rush down the marriage aisle in the first quarter of this year, reflecting further the credit crunch&rsquo
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Germany insider dealing warning
Board members of listed companies in Germany have been advised to keep any resignation intentions to themselves or face prosecution for
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Around Europe
Benelux Antonios Nezeritis has been made a partner in US firm Dechert’s financial services group. He focuses on investment f
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Deals in Europe
France: Paris-based international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel acted for La Banque Postale – a subsidiary of the French postal se
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Moving out of the Soviet shadow
A global lack of market liquidity and a dearth of opportunities in the financial sector are forcing Europe’s traders to contempla
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European corporate lawyer
Flexibility battleUS general counsel are locked in disagreement with private practice over which side should bear responsibility for ad
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MEPs back anti-bias laws
Europe’s parliamentarians voted at the beginning of the month to legislate for a ban on discrimination across the EU on the groun
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Police accused over human rights
Police authorities in two European countries were harshly criticised this month by London-based human rights organisation Amnesty Inter
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DLA Piper bags e-law research
The European Commission has appointed the Brussels office of Anglo-US global law firm DLA Piper to compile a study of the EU’s le
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Competition double act
The prospect of a joint initiative between the European Commissioners for consumer affairs – Bulgarian Meglena Kuneva &ndas
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Getting on a bit
The treatment of workers reaching retirement age in the UK has been hanging in the balance for many years. Historically, it had become
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Rastignac
In the lobbyLobbying has for years been a task gleefully embraced by law firms in the US, where lawyers prowl the corridors of Capitol
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Playing it safeguard
In the wake of the constraints experienced by market participants in the restructuring of Eurotunnel, the French bankruptcy reform &nda
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Sponsored Editorial
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Developments of Bulgarian renewable energy law in an attempt to boost investment
Bulgaria
Projects and InfrastructureWith its accession to the EU on 1 January 2007, the national indicative target for green electricity generation set at 16 per cent by 2
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Output and capacity in renewable energy planning
United Kingdom
Projects and InfrastructureUK planning policy concentrates on figures for capacity rather than output. The reason is that capacity targets can be expressed and as
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