Legal technology: India's largest law firm implements Elite 3E
AMARCHAND MANGALDAS (Amarchand), India’s largest law firm, has completed its implementation of Elite 3E – the practice and financial management system from Elite.

People and places: Freshfields to open in Abu Dhabi
INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to open an office in Abu Dhabi, with the aim of further strengthening the firm’s well-established presence in the Middle East.

People and places: Slaughters completes management shake-up
INTERNATIONAL LAW firm Slaughter and May has announced the election of eight practice stream heads, following the election of Chris Saul as senior partner earlier in 2008.

Partnership structures: Freshfields and Hammonds move to LLP
MAGIC-CIRCLE law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and international firm Hammonds are the latest to adopt the limited liability partnership (LLP) structure.