From the East, with love

FROM THE EAST, WITH LOVE: The bright lights of Eastern Europe are a magnet for expanding UK and US firms, who in turn are enticing legal talent from Australia. Maciek Motylinski from EA International writes

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Double time in Dubai

You'll gain twice as much experience in half the time in this fast paced market. Just don't expect too much by way of lifestyle, says Claire Walters, of Taylor Root's in-house team for Dubai

A thing or two about hotels

HONG KONG
With all the comings and goings that are part and parcel of Hong Kong life and business, it’s a good thing the island knows a thing or two about great hotels, Meg Mason writes

A tale of two lawyers

Two thirty-something Australian lawyers started working in Dubai in early 2006. Teresa Russell discovers that they have very different tales to tell

The wild, wild east

THE MIDDLE EAST
As two Australian lawyers working at Baker Botts L.L.P. In Dubai, Matt Potter and Aras Berenjforoush talk about frustrations and how to avoid the five-star version of this city

Global firm builds its base in the Middle East

Further bolstering its capability in the Middle East, international firm Fulbright & Jaworski has recently appointed a new partner and associate to its Dubai office.

Treatment of detainees breached human rights

BY LAURA MACINTYRE
HOT ON the heels of the Haneef inquiry announcement, president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) John von Doussa QC has submitted a report of his inquiry into complaints by Huong Hai Nguyen and Austin Okoye against the Commonwealth of Australia and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Firms far from chicken about Kiev

BY KATE GIBBS
KIEV IS open for business as UK law firms have pushed into the Ukraine, opening up new offices there in an apparently competitive rush to be the next big thing in the region.

WA can wait

It’s a big move from Western Australia to Bristol in England. But Australian Colin Ligman, who works in Burges Salmon’s Bristol office, has no intentions to rush back home

Linklaters on wind farm deal

INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Linklaters has advised RBS and Calyon on the largest wind farm portfolio financing developed by EDF Énergies Nouvelles in France
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