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• Dutch firm De Brauw to launch in Singapore

  May 09 2012 Leading Dutch law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is waiting on regulatory approval for the launch of a new office in Singapore, which will be its fifth... more

• Patent transactions increasingly involve antitrust issues

  May 08 2012 Patent transactions of increasing value are attracting the attention of antitrust regulators, necessitating the use of antitrust experts in a field that previously had... more

• Clifford Chance and DLA Piper lead $11.9bn sale of baby food business to Nestle

  Apr 26 2012 Clifford Chance and DLA Piper have taken leading roles on Pfizer's $11.9 billion cash sale of its baby food business to Nestle. Nestle is advised by US law firm... 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

• Swedish firm Vinge appoints a new managing partner

  Jan 30 2012 Swedish independent law firm Vinge has appointed finance partner Maria-Pia Hope as its new managing partner after being chosen for the role by the firm’s five-partner... more

• US firm White & Case promotes 21 to global partnership

  Dec 03 2011 US firm White & Case has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round. All promotions are effective as of 1 January 2012. London managing... more

• Vogel & Vogel teams up with Truman Hoyle in European-Australian alliance

  Nov 15 2011 Australian law firm Truman Hoyle has announced an alliance with competition law firm Vogel & Vogel, which offices in Paris, Brussels and Frankfurt. The link between... more

• UK firm Martineau teams with German firm to launch in Brussels

  Oct 18 2011 UK firm Martineau is set to launch a new office in Brussels, after concluding negotiations to ally with German firm Becker Büttner Held. Becker Büttner Held has been... more

• Should law firms stay on home turf?

  Oct 17 2011 Interesting article here about the effect of international expansion on law firm balance sheets. The article points out that of the five elite London firms belonging... more

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati set to launch in Brussels

  Sep 28 2011 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced the launch of a new office in Brussels, which is set to open in October. The office will be led by Michael Rosenthal,... more

• NZ employment law firm joins global alliance with L&E Global

  Aug 30 2011 New Zealand employment law firm Swarbrick Beck Mackinnon has joined the international employment law alliance L&E Global, joining seven other firms from Europe and the... more

• US firms look abroad to bolster profits

  Jun 23 2011 This Reuters article reflects upon the fact that as the US economy continues to struggle, law firms are looking abroad to bolster profits. In recent months, Davis... more

• Cadwalader hires Linklaters partner to launch Brussels office

  Apr 29 2011 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has hired Linklaters’ European competition partner Alec Burnside to launch and lead the firm's new Brussels office. Burnside’s practice... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership globally

  Mar 10 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the promotion of 20 lawyers to the partnership in a new promotions round. Nine of the new partners will join the... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• 17-lawyer antitrust team leaves Howrey for Shearman & Sterling

  Feb 24 2011 A 17-lawyer antitrust group from the Brussels office of Howrey is departing for Shearman & Sterling. The group is led by five partners, including the current and... more

• Former SJ Berwin Senior Partner David Harrel to be the Chairman of CPA Global

  Feb 10 2011 Legal Processing Outsourcing Company CPA Global has appointed David Harrel as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Harrel, former Senior Partner at SJ Berwin, succeeds... more

• Howrey loses yet another partner

  Jan 20 2011 Howrey has lost another high profile partner, with Brussels head and global antitrust co-chair Trevor Soames announcing his departure. Soames says that he has not yet... more

• Holman Fenwick & Willan hires partners in Paris, Brussels and London

  Jan 19 2011 Holman Fenwick & Willan hired three new partners, boosting corporate and regulatory practices in Paris, Brussels and London. Robert Follie of Hogan Lovells has... more

• US firm McDermott Will & Emery adds 28 to partnership

  Dec 15 2010 US firm McDermott Will & Emery has announced the results of its annual partnership promotion round, adding five partners in Europe and 23 in the US. The details of... more

• Howrey loses 12 IP partners in Europe

  Oct 11 2010 Howrey's head of intellectual property in Europe and at least 11 other partners and 14 associates are jumping ship to set up a new IP firm. The splinter group cited... more

• Allen & Overy appoint new Moscow managing partner

  Oct 04 2010 Allen & Overy has appointed Brussels banking partner Peter Bienenstock to the role of Moscow managing partner, as head of Russia Tony Humphrey – who currently holds... more

• Freshfields and Arnold & Porter advise on $3.8 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 24 2010 The world's largest chemical company – the Germany company BASF – has agreed to acquire Cognis Holding GmbH, a German producer of food and cosmetics ingredients, in a... more

• White & Case takes pro-bono practice global

  Jun 17 2010 White & Case has announced the formation of a global pro bono group with global management structures. The new group will be led by Ian Forrester, a Brussels antitrust... 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

• Clifford Chance promotes 22 lawyers to partnership

  May 04 2010 Clifford Chance has announced this year’s promotions, making up 22 new partners across the London, New York, Dubai, Moscow, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Duesseldorf,... more

• Freshfiields and Herbert Smith lead £1.59bn Deutsche Bahn - Arriva deal

  Apr 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith have scored key roles advising on the £1.59bn acquisition by Deutsche Bahn of European public transport services... more

• Allen & Overy make up 18 new partners in the 2010 round

  Mar 31 2010 Allen & Overy has made up 18 lawyers to its partnership across 13 countries, with the majority joining non-UK offices. The number is two less than that of 2009. The... more

• Shearman & Sterling rebuilds Brussels office with German team

  Sep 23 2009 Shearman & Sterling has relocated a four-lawyer team from Düsseldorf -- partner Hans Meyer-Lindemann and three associates -- to Brussels in a bid to rebuild its... more

• Shearman hit by departure of Brussels partners Schild and Cappellari

  Aug 28 2009 Shearman & Sterling has been hit by the defection of two Brussels antitrust partners, Annette Schild and Silvio Cappellari, to US rival Arnold & Porter. After the... more

• Cleary Gottlieb promotes 8 to partnership

  Nov 11 2008 US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has promoted eight lawyers to partner and two to counsel in the firm’s latest round of promotions with six promotions in New... more

• Bird & Bird signs up McDermott Brussels head

  Aug 06 2008 Bird & Bird has taken McDermott Will & Emery’s Brussels head Jose Rivas, less than two years after the competition partner joined the US firm from Hammonds. Rivas... more

• EU capitals ignore Brussels' questions about rendition flights

  Mar 19 2008 The European Commission is set to criticise EU governments for failing to reply to a questionnaire, which, among other issues, aimed at shedding more light on CIA... more

• EU leaders agree to weakened Mediterranean Union plan

  Mar 14 2008 EU leaders on Thursday (13 March) approved a watered-down version of a plan put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for a grand Mediterranean Union stretching... more

• Mayer Brown accounts reveal European profits dip

  Mar 07 2008 Operating profits in Mayer Brown’s London and Brussels offices fell by £3.3m during 2007 to stand at £37.7m, despite an £8.9m increase in fee income to £103.5m.... more

• Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance bag top EC lawyers

  Jan 16 2008 Mayer Brown has bagged a senior official from the European Commission's competition arm, the second firm to tap the Commission in the space of a week. Andres Font... more