by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
Pillsbury announced May 23 that the firm had opened an office in Hong Kong as part of a long-term expansion strategy in Asia. The firm previously announced its intention to open in Hong Kong after applying for license in March. Finance Partner Paul Jebely will serve...
by Mariana Dardengo | Featured Article, Latest News
By Mariana Dardengo When Paul Hastings recently announced the opening of a beachhead in Sao Paulo Brazil the timing probably could not have been worse. Brazil has seen three straight quarters of economic decline and the future does not look bright for the country,...
by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
Chadbourne & Parke is currently advising Southern Cross Group on its acquisition of Petrobras Chile Distribución Ltda. (PCD) from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras). PCD owns 279 service stations, as well as eight fuel distribution terminals, operations in 11...
by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
The latest hire at Baker & Hostetler simply goes by the name of ROSS. And while ROSS isn’t exactly a lawyer in the traditional sense – he didn’t go law school or take the Bar – by all indications he would do well. He is currently involved in bankruptcy cases, but...
by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
By Ellen Hayes While not as litigious as the United States, Europe has seen an increase in civil litigation and long logjams when to it comes to resolving business disputes, both factors that have ADR proponents firmly believing that arbitration, and now...
by Mariana Dardengo | Featured Article, Latest News
Despite hardship and a bad image since the economic crisis, offshores say there is a greater commitment to transparency. Conjuring up images of seaside bungalows, warm tropical breezes and bronzed skin unkissed by the visible stress of billable hours, the world of...