by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
The number of lawyers at the largest law firms in the United States rose last year, but the increase was largely because of mergers with foreign firms, not domestic hiring, according to a new survey from The National Law Journal. Excluding mergers with international...
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Baker & McKenzie advised Wicor Group on the sale of its Automotive & Industrial division. The buyer is the American-based Techniplas Group, which supplies mainly U.S. American vehicle manufacturers with plastic components. The acquisition was completed by...
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Herbert Smith Freehills has strengthened its global finance practice with the recruitment of Kai Liebrich as a partner in the Frankfurt office. Liebrich joins the firm from Mayer Brown where he has been a partner since 2011. A general finance specialist,...
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KPMG Portugal SGPS, S.A, announced today the signing for the planned acquisition of SAFIRA Consultadoria em Informática, S.A. (“SAFIRA”), a leading provider of business process management technology services, a transaction which is expected to close in the near-term....
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A new Federal Economic Competition Law recently approved by the Mexican Congress is to become effective on July 7, 2014. The new law comes after an amendment to Article 28 of the Mexican federal constitution, which bans monopolies and monopolistic practices and seeks...