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Investors in Mexican infrastructure projects have faced some uncomfortable unknowns. The new federal PPP (public-private partnership) laws aim to attract foreign investment and give investors and contractors a more certain – and more familiar – environment. Mexico is...
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Peter Rees, the former legal director of Royal Dutch Shell, is joining Thirty Nine Essex Street as counsel. In a statement the London chambers confirmed the arrival of arbitration specialist Rees, with joint head of chambers Stephen Tromans QC claiming his arrival...
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Monica Kelly, an attorney at Ribbeck Law in Chicago, asked an Illinois state judge on Tuesday to order Malaysia Airlines and Boeing, the manufacturer of the missing 777 airplane to provide an extensive list of information. The firm is seeking the names of people...
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Czech-based law firm Bříza & Trubač has provided an English translation of the Act on Private International Law (No. 91/2012 Coll.). Apart from automated (machine) translations, the firm claims that this is the best, first, publicly available (and perhaps first...
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DLA Piper has been awarded the Best International Law Firm of the Year 2013-2014 (India) at the annual LegalEra Awards, held March 15 in Mumbai. The awards celebrate excellence in the Indian legal market. The winners are selected by a panel of judges, senior in-house...