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• Yuliya Chernykh was chosen the member of GAFTA ICPC

  Yuliya Chernykh, partner with ARBITRADE and the head of the International Arbitration Department, is the only representative from the CIS-countries chosen to be the member of GAFTA International Contracts Policy Committee.
  - ARBITRADE

• Upturn in German M&A market to be expected

  Düsseldorf/Munich, 13 February 2012. “Following a downturn in the German M&A market at the end of the year, we are expecting increased activity in 2012.” This assessment was given by Dr Thomas Schulz, Co-Head of Corporate at the international law firm Noerr, at the mergermarket German M&A and Private Equity Forum in Düsseldorf. Noerr is one of the leading transactional services law firms and was able last year to reinforce its position amongst the top 10 law firms in the German market according to the latest mergermarket League Tables.
  - Noerr

• Andriy Moroz and Dmytro Symanov Participate in the II Competition Forum of Ukraine

  Senior associates of Lavrynovych & Partners Law Firm Andriy Moroz and Dmytro Symanov participated in the II Competition Forum of Ukraine held in Kyiv on January 26-27 with official support of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine.
  - Lavrynovych & Partners

• Success for phone-hacking victims kept in the dark by the police

  The Met Commissioner accepts that the failure to warn victims was unlawful
  - Bindmans LLP

• Bindmans partner Shah Qureshi features in British Bangladeshi Power 100

  Bindmans head of employment Shah Qureshi features in the first ever British Bangladeshi Power 100 list as one of the UK’s leading Lawyers.
  - Bindmans LLP

• Carey Olsen advises on NYSE listing first

  Carey Olsen has advised Delphi Automotive PLC (Delphi) on its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).   Delphi is the first Jersey company to have its shares directly listed on the NYSE.  Shares in Delphi began trading on the NYSE on 17 November 2011 and the IPO, which was entirely a secondary offering by existing shareholders, raised US$530 million.
  - Carey Olsen

• Proffice acquires remaining shares in Dfind

  Proffice AB has acquired the remaining shares in its subsidiary Dfind AB, which is a recruitment and staffing company specialised in information technology.
  - Mannheimer Swartling

• XIIIth Program of continuous education - Media

  The 13th Demi-journée Marathon de formation permanente de l'ODA is a program of continuous education sponsored by the Geneva Bar. It will take place on Saturday, 28 April 2012 at the Geneva University (Uni Mail). Manuel Bianchi della Porta will discuss the latest developments In media law.
  - BCCC Attorneys-at-law LLC

• The Public Law Project Wales Conference 2012, 4th April 2012

  Joanne Clement will be speaking at The Public Law Project Wales Conference 2012 on 4th April 2012. This is the fourth annual PLP conference in Wales which this year will be opening by John Wotton, President of the Law Society. The programme includes plenary sessions on The top ten judicial review cases in Wales, Litigating the cuts, and The tribunal system in Wales as well as a panel discussion on Public law in a future Wales. Seminar topics include:
  - 11KBW

• WKB as content partner at the seminar ‘Optimisation of employment costs in respect of employees...

  and managers’
  - WKB Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr Sp. k.