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The ENRC replaces Debevoise with Quinn Emanuel in ongoing fraud investigation

The Eurasian National Resources Corp (ENRC) has ended its client relationship with Debevoise & Plimpton in a landmark criminal investigation undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). The mining behemoth has hired the firm’s rival Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &...

Brexit and European patent applications

By Otis Littlefield From a patent prosecution and patent litigation perspective, Brexit will not have an effect on the existing avenues for filing and prosecuting patent applications in Europe, but will affect the up-coming Unitary Patents and the Unified Patent Court...

What Brexit means for Middle Eastern Issuers

Many companies and other entities in the Middle East tap the UK and/or European debt and equity capital markets as part of achieving their corporate funding and broader strategic objectives. While the precise legal and regulatory impact that the UK’s recent decision...

Dentons opens second Italy office in Rome

Less than a year after launching an office in Milan, Dentons has announced that the firm is opening a second Italy office in Rome, bringing its total number of lawyers in the country to 50. “When we entered the Italian market last October, we had a clear vision to...

Brexit brings out the lawyers

The June 23 UK referendum to break with the European Union is already sparking legal challenges in London as at least one top law firm is demanding, on behalf of clients, that Parliament must approve the vote and, in particular, Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. The...