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• Tough going in Scotland: redundancies, defections and shutters

  May 09 2012 Scottish firm Maclay Murray & Spens has initiated a redundancy consultation in its Private Client department, with four support staff roles and two legal roles at... more

• Clyde & Co pursues growth strategy in Asia

  May 01 2012 Clyde & Co is pursuing a strategy of growth in Asia, despite the departure of seven partners from its Hong Kong office in April, said the firm’s CEO Peter Hasson in... more

• Bird & Bird promotes 12 to partnership

  Apr 11 2012 Bird & Bird has promoted 12 lawyers to the partnership this year, a dramatic increase on last year’s figures, when only two lawyers were made up. CEO David Kerr... more

• Bird & Bird starts toward ambitious goals in Asia with four new partners

  Mar 26 2012 Bird & Bird has boosted capacity across its Asia network with the addition of four partners. Lorraine Tay leaves a role as the head of Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore... more

• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• Bird & Bird forms alliance with Tunisian firm

  Feb 16 2012 Bird & Bird has teamed up with law firm in Tunisia, with the aim of taking advantage of opportunities in the energy, financial services, healthcare, IT and aviation... more

• Ince & Co takes first prize for work-life-balance in the UK

  Feb 14 2012 A Roll On Friday survey on work-life balance at UK law firms has put smaller firms at the top of the ranking, with Ince & Co taking the number one spot. One member of... more

• Bird & Bird increases turnover and headcount

  Dec 21 2011 Bird & Bird has increased its fee-earner headcount by three per cent this year, from 654 to 673. The growth represents one of only a few cases of firms adding to... more

• Stephenson Harwood bolsters China practice with two hires

  Dec 14 2011 Stephenson Harwood has bolstered its expertise in China with the hire of partners ChunFai Lui and Matthew Wong, bringing its headcount in Greater China to 17 partners... more

• Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices continues expansion with Weil Gotshal hire

  Oct 19 2011 Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices has boosted its Beijing corporate practice with the hire of partner Jasson Han from Weil Gotshal & Manges. Han represents... more

• Salans makes lateral hires in Paris and Frankfurt

  Sep 15 2011 Salans has hired three partners across its France and Germany practices. The firm raided Bird & Bird for talent, scooping up the co-head of the firm’s French IP... more

• Hogan Lovells in Hamburg loses 13 media lawyers to Bird & Bird

  Aug 31 2011 Hogan Lovells in Germany has seen further departures in what is turning into a major talent leak. The most recent departure sees a team of 13 Hamburg-based media... more

• UK partner promotions up by 38% this year

  May 30 2011 The number of partner promotions in the UK’s 50 largest firms rose by 38 per cent this year, according to a report in Legal Week. The 2011 promotions round saw 495... more

• Bird & Bird to launch in Hamburg

  Apr 19 2011 Bird & Bird is set to launch an office in Hamburg after hiring a six-member team from Hamburg boutique firm Recore Business Lawyers. The office will be led by... more

• Leading UK firms aim for more diversity in recruitment

  Mar 17 2011 A number of leading UK law firms have announced the intention to increase the number of universities they visit during recruitment rounds, in a bid to increase... more

• Bird & Bird loses 5-lawyer Paris IT team to DLA Piper

  Oct 27 2010 DLA Piper has boosted its Paris IT practice with the hire of a five-strong team of lawyers Bird & Bird. The team is led by Bird & Bird's international IT co-head... more

• Bird & Bird conducts redundancies on the sly

  Aug 27 2010 Something is up at Bird & Bird, according to a report at RollOnFriday. The firm maintains that it has had no mandatory redundancy rounds, but a number of staff have... more

• Bird & Bird cuts associate pay

  Aug 09 2010 Bird & Bird has cut associate pay by £2,000, bucking the trend for London firms, who generally seem to be raising salaries rather than cutting them. Under the new... more

• Bird & Bird takes out prize as fastest growing UK law firm

  Jul 15 2010 Bird & Bird is the fastest-growing UK top 50 law firm, according to the reported figures over the past five years. Revenues have rocketed upwards despite a tough... more

• Bird & Bird reports 10% increase in revenue

  Jul 08 2010 Bird & Bird has reported a double-digit increase in turnover for the 2009-10 financial year, profits per equity partner dipped slightly. The firm’s revenue... more

• Olswang set to launch in Madrid following Bird & Bird hire

  Jun 15 2010 UK firm Olswang is set to launch a new office in Madrid following the hire of Javier Vasserot - formerly the Spain corporate head at Bird & Bird. The new office... more

• Bird & Bird to launch office in Abu Dhabi

  May 28 2010 Bird & Bird is set to launch a Middle Eastern presence with a new office in Abu Dhabi, pending license approval. The office will be led by corporate partner Mark... more

• Staff stranded by volcano should not be paid: Bird & Bird and Panonne

  Apr 23 2010 Law firms Bird & Bird and Pannone have both advised clients not to pay staff who can’t make it to work because of flight cancellations due to the volcanic ash in the... more

• Bird & Bird hire two corporate partners from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

  Apr 08 2010 Bird & Bird has given its London corporate group a boost, hiring partners Richard Eaton and Struan Penwarden from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. The duo focuses on the... more

• Noerr boosts intellectual property practice with new partner hire

  Mar 31 2010 German firm Noerr has hired former Bird & Bird partner Ralph Nack. Nack spent six years as a senior counsel in Bird & Bird’s IP practice, and will make the move... more

• UK firms increase borrowing, rather than asking partners to pitch in

  Mar 16 2010 Top UK law firms have increased borrowing by 40 per cent in response to the financial crisis, according to an article published in Times Online today. The legal... more

• Bird & Bird hires SJ Berwin M&A partner Arturo Meglio in Italy

  Feb 22 2010 Bird & Bird has strengthened its Italian corporate group with the hire of M&A partner Arturo Meglio, one of SJ Berwin’s founding Milan partners. Meglio will split... more

• DLA Piper loses spot on Virgin Group Virgin advisory panel

  Jan 13 2010 DLA Piper has lost its spot on Virgin Group’s roster of UK legal advisers to Bird & Bird and Burges Salmon. more

• Bird & Bird makes up three partners outside of usual promotions round

  Nov 03 2009 Bird & Bird has made up three new partners outside of the firm's regular promotions round. The promotions, which took effect yesterday (1 November), see one new... more

• CMS Cameron replaces Linklaters, Addleshaw on BT panel

  Oct 01 2009 BT has unveiled its new global legal panel, with CMS Cameron McKenna winning an appointment along with BT's regular advisers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird &... more

• Bird & Bird enters alliance with Chinese firm Xiang Kung

  Aug 25 2009 UK law firm Bird & Bird has formed an alliance with Beijing bases IP boutique Xiang Kung Law Firm, in a move to strengthen its contentious capabilities in China. In... more

• Cleary Gottlieb, Bird & Bird keep 100 per cent of UK trainees

  Jun 12 2009 Other firms doing well include Reynolds Porter Chamberlain with an 88% retention rate, Macfarlanes with 85% and Norton Rose with 83%, according to data published by... more

• Bird & Bird elects four to partnership

  Apr 15 2009 Bird & Bird has announced its recent partnership elections, which have seen four new partners named in the firm's Rome, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Madrid offices. Bird... more

• Bird & Bird forms alliance with Singapore firm Alban Tay

  Dec 04 2008 City law firm Bird & Bird has expanded its business in Asia by forming an alliance with Singapore-based firm Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva LLP. The partnership will... more

• Bird & Bird adds Matthew Wong to Hong Kong corporate practice

  Oct 22 2008 Corporate finance specialist Matthew Wong has been appointed to global firm Bird & Bird's Hong Kong corporate practice. Matthew joins the firm from the Hong Kong... more

• Allen & Overy, Bird & Bird, Hengeler Mueller, Norton Rose, and SJ Berwin nominated for JUVE Awards 2007

  Sep 19 2007 German Law Journal JUVE names nominees for Germany's Law Firm of the Year 2007 Award. The winners will be announced on 31 October 2007 in Palais im Zoo, Frankfurt. more