News from Members Clifford Chance: 70 Partners and Counsels Met in Bucharest, Last Week\nby Clifford Chance June 2, 2014\nMatthew Layton, Global Managing Partner, and Malcolm Sweeting, Global Senior Partner, attended the event\nClifford Chance organized a regional management meeting in Bucharest, last week, with 70 Clifford Chance partners and counsels from Central and Eastern Europe – CEE (the offices in Bucharest, Warsaw, Prague, Kyiv and Moscow), as well as Western Europe (Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich and London). The event was also attended by the two global leaders Matthew Layton, the new Global Managing Partner, and Malcolm Sweeting, Global Senior Partner.\n"We were honoured by the presence of Matthew and Malcolm at this meeting, as well as by the impressive presence of colleagues from CEE and the West-European offices. As one of the strongest law firms in the region, Clifford Chance continues to strengthen its foothold through the combined efforts of its offices. Considering the challenges our clients face, as well as the dynamics of a globalized economy, it is essential that we intensify the cooperation among national teams and that we remain flexible to the needs of companies we assist," Daniel Badea, Managing Partner of the Bucharest Clifford Chance office, said.\nMore news from Clifford Chance\nClifford Chance Partner of the Young Arbitrators Match


Footballer Warren Barton's 'tackle' picture becomes internet sensation - Fun News - Digital Spy Digital Spy\nFootballer Warren Barton's 'tackle' picture becomes internet sensation\nWednesday, Jul 11 2012, 12:20pm EDT\nThe official Barclays Premier League website took down an archive picture of ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Vincent Samways today after it went viral for all the wrong reasons.Football fans on Twitter noticed that opposition defender Warren Barton was showing more than he intended when sliding in for a tackle.\nWe've saved Barton's modesty with a cockerel borrowed from Samways's shirt, but screengrabs of the uncensored image are still circulating on social networking websites.As the link was shared around the web, the Barclays site - quick as a flash - took down the offending image, replacing it with a placeholder showing a ghostly cut-out.\nBy then though, the damage had obviously been done.Barton currently works for Fox Soccer in the US and is a keen Twitter user himself, but is yet to comment on the picture. Robots play football badly in RoboCup championship - videoMartin Keown: 'Ronaldo is like an NFL basketball player' - videoZinedine Zidane headbutts Marco Materazzi - in Subbuteo: Picture\nMore: Fun, Warren Barton, Vincent SamwaysPrevious: 'Fifty Shades' Christian Grey face composite made by British professor\nBall thrown into footballer's face twice\nFootballer's 'tackle' picture goes viral