Windows into the world of foreign branches; as law goes global, so do lawyers: veterans of service in different offices tell tales

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Four young attorneys reflect on their service in foreign offices. Two of them are part of the troops helping Eastern Europeans learn capitalist ways. One works in Vinson and Elkins's Moscow office, one in White and Case's Budapest and Poland offices. The Budapest lawyer feels that the disadvantages such as a crumbling infrastructure are outweighed by the learning experience of helping an emerging market. The lawyer who works in Arent Fox's Jidda, Saudi Arabia office feels that working in a small office necessitates the use of management skills which make lawyers good partnership material. The lawyer working in the London office of Bryan Cave finds working in the United Kingdom a constant shift between centuries.

Personal narratives, Practice of law

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U.S., Indonesian firms bash Morgan's poaching; megafirm runs into legal, political buzzsaw after it opens offices in SE Asia

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Morgan, Lewis and Bockius hired Asian specialists from Coudert Brothers and from the Indonesian firm Makarim and Taira when Indonesia's economic crisis generated myuch emergency legal work. Coudert has sued its former partners with taking the firm's clients and records with them, while Makarim and Taira has threatened suit against Morgan for practicing Indonesian law.

Indonesia, Coudert Brothers, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P. (Washington, D.C.)

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Client service in a wired world: how to dial in from Kazakhstan

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LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae relies on the Internet to keep its office in Kazakhstan connected with its headquarters in New York City. The Kazakh office handles utility privatizations and other transactional work. The office uses three telephone vendors so it can still work if one service's lines are inoperable.

Kazakhstan, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae

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