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Colossal Dentons in merger negotiations with 21 firms around the world

Dentons continues its trek of unprecedented global growth by announcing this week that the firm has entered into non-disclosure agreements with more than 20 firms with a view of negotiating potential future mergers. With expansion ambitions that include mainstay...

FIFA takes on defense with top legal advisors

As juggernaut footballing body FIFA prepares to defend itself against a tsunami of corruption indictments by the U.S. Department of Justice, federation officials have retained several prominent global law firms. The charges total nearly 50 and range from racketeering...

Removal from terror list marks significant step in U.S.-Cuba relations

The Obama administration took another major step toward normalized relations with Cuba when it announced May 31 that it was removing the country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Much like the administration’s Dec. 17 announcement to normalize...

Former Barclays EMEA legal head appointed GC for funds behemoth BlackRock

Funds giant BlackRock announced it has hired Erica Handling, the former EMEA general counsel of Barclays’ investment wing. Having left Barclays at the end of March, Handling replaces James DesMarais who retired as general counsel from the funds manager after nine...

Philip Morris and BAT strike back on U.K. branding ban

Following on already robust Western campaigns to minimize the baleful impacts of smoking, the U.K. plans to enact a “plain-packaging” law next year that will remove most of the branding and artwork from cigarette packs. But not without a fight. Tobacco giants Philip...