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• 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

• Herbert Smith set to lay off 51 in London

  Apr 30 2012 Herbert Smith has announced plans to lay off 51 people London, and has commenced a 30 day consultation to carry out the cuts. The biggest cuts will take place in the... more

• Litigation funding firm BlackRobe hires Simpson Thacher lawyer as MD

  Apr 18 2012 New York-based private investment firm BlackRobe Capital Partners has hired former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyer Michael Chepiga to become its managing director.... more

• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... more

• Freshfields promotes 20 to partnership

  Mar 29 2012 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has promoted 20 lawyers to the partnership in its annual promotions round, the same number as were promoted last year. This year’s... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf shakes up management team in response to stream of departures

  Mar 28 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf is changing its leadership strategy, with a plan to appoint London partner Stephen Horvath to a new role of executive partner. The plan proposes... 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

• Nixon Peabody forms alliance with Chinese firm Hyland Law Firm

  Mar 15 2012 US firm Nixon Peabody has formed a strategic alliance with the Beijing-based Hylands Law Firm. The alliance affords Nixon Peabody a significant anchor in China, with... more

• UK firms just outside the top 25 see biggest income growth in 3rd quarter

  Mar 14 2012 Fee income is growing in the UK, with the firms ranked 26-50 seeing the biggest income growth, at around 10 per cent. The figures come from a quarterly survey by... more

• Wragge & Co promotes 3 to partnership

  Mar 08 2012 Wragge & Co has promoted three lawyers to the partnership, ending the promotions freeze that saw the firm hiring, rather than promoting, talent in 2011. The new... more

• US firm Holland & Knight to launch in Columbia

  Mar 02 2012 Miami-based law firm Holland & Knight has announced further expansion in Latin America with the imminent launch of new office in Bogotá, Colombia. The firm will... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires former global corporate head of Linklaters

  Feb 29 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has scored a coup with the hire of Linklaters’ former global corporate head David Barnes for its London corporate team. Barnes left Linklaters... more

• Linklaters takes the axe to partnership

  Feb 20 2012 Linklaters is taking the axe to its partnership, with around 35 partners expected to be pushed out. Insiders report that there is an effort on the part of the firm... more

• Freshfields plans to relaunch in Singapore after five years' absence

  Feb 15 2012 Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to relaunch its Singapore office, nearly five years after shutting down its former office in the region.... more

• Fried Frank boosts Hong Kong corporate practice with hire from Herbert Smith

  Jan 28 2012 U.S. firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has boosted its Hong Kong corporate practice with the hire of partner Carolyn Sng of Herbert Smith. Sng’s practice... more

• London firm Wiggin adds non-lawyer CEO to partnership

  Jan 26 2012 London media boutique Wiggin has announced the addition of a non-lawyer CEO to its partnership, a move that is now permitted under the Legal Services Act. The firm’s... more

• BLP expands Singapore office with Watson Farley hire

  Dec 31 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner continues the expansion of its Singapore office with the hire of Ken Cheung, the head of Watson Farley Williams’ corporate practice in Asia.... more

• Herbert Smith to de-equitize 15 partners

  Dec 12 2011 Herbert Smith is set to de-equitize around 15 partners – ten per cent of its total equity partnership – in order to reach profits on the same scale as the so-called... more

• New Chair at O'Melveny & Myers says things are looking up

  Dec 05 2011 O'Melveny & Myers is set to gain new leadership with the appointment of Bradley Butwin as chairman. Butwin is looking on the bright side, portraying the departure of... more

• Indian firm Khaitan & Co boosts corporate and commercial team with ANS hire

  Dec 03 2011 Indian firm Khaitan & Co has boosted its corporate and commercial law practice with the hire of Sharad Abhyankar, a co-founding partner of ANS Law Associates. From... more

• Two associates get the axe after returning from maternity leave at Walker Morris

  Nov 21 2011 London firm Walker Morris has laid off two associates in the corporate department. The two associates had reportedly just returned from maternity leave when they were... more

• Jenner & Block boosts L.A. practice with 6 lateral hires from Hogan Lovells

  Nov 16 2011 Jenner & Block has given a significant boost to its Los Angeles office and media and entertainment practice with the hire of six partners from Hogan Lovells. The... more

• DLA Piper boosts Sydney corporate practice with AAR hire

  Sep 14 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Sydney corporate practice with the hire of Warwick Painter of Allens Arthur Robinson. DLA Piper Australia managing partner Tony Holland... more

• Herbert Smith's corporate partners face heat over revenues

  Sep 08 2011 The corporate department at Herbert Smith may face layoffs after its budget target by £20m last year. Some reports suggest the firm is preparing to axe 15 to 20... more

• Indian firm Khaitan & Co boosts Bangalore practice with merger

  Aug 04 2011 Khaitan &Co has boosted its Bangalore office with the hire of partner Anindita Phukan. Phukan is followed by her team from Phukan & Associates – the firm she founded a... more

• Boutique corporate an tech firm hires former Wragges senior partner

  Jul 11 2011 Former Wragge & Co senior partner John Crabtree has left to become the chairman of boutique corporate and technology firm White & Black. White & Black managing... more

• Clifford Chance advises industrial and trading company in UAE acquistion

  Jun 29 2011 Clifford Chance has taken a leading role on the acquisition of a 35% stake in UAE-based mobile handset retailer and distributor Axiom Limited by Qatar-based Mannai... more

• Lavan Legal hires veteran Australian corporate lawyer from Blake Dawson

  Jun 24 2011 Lavan Legal has boosted its corporate and resources practices with the hire of leading Perth corporate lawyer Leigh Warnick from Blake Dawson. Warnick said: “I’ve... more

• Norton Rose sees £47m increase in turnover in 2010-11

  Jun 16 2011 Norton Rose has announced its financial results for the 2010-22 financial year, posting revenues of £484m for its international operations. This figure represents a... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner reports 56% jump in profits

  May 30 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has reported a 56 per cent jump in profits per equity partner, up from £455,000 to £712,000, in the last financial year. The firm increased... more

• Jenner & Block bolsters corporate practice with Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter hires

  Apr 26 2011 Jenner & Block has bolstered its corporate practice in New York and Chicago with the hire of partners from Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter. Brian Hart,... more

• Ashurst makes up 12 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2011 Ashurst has promoted 12 lawyers to its partnership, up from 11 last year. The corporate practice saw the most promotions in this round, with five new partners. Two... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell elects new managing partner

  Apr 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced the election of Thomas J. Reid to the role of managing partner. Reid is currently head of the firm’s corporate department, and... more

• Gulf firm Al Tamimi promotes three to partnership

  Mar 03 2011 Gulf firm Al Tamimi has promoted three lawyers to the partnership. The honours go to Khaled Saqqaf, who heads the firms Jordan and Iraq offices, and to Qatar-based... more

• Hogan Lovells appoints Stephen Kay as LA managing partner

  Jan 28 2011 Hogan Lovells has announced the appointment of corporate partner Stephen Kay as the managing partner of its Los Angeles office. Kay takes over the role from litigation... more

• Amarchand and Luthra kick-start the new year with accolades

  Jan 25 2011 Amarchand and Luthra have been on an award winning spree, beginning 2011 with Amarchand winning the Indian Business Law Journal’s 2010 Law firm of the year award and... 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

• Registration Started - 7th Summer School on European Business Law

  Jan 18 2011 Be a Part… The 7th Summer School on European Business Law at the Center for Business and Corporate Law at Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf will take place from... more

• Indian firm Majmudar boosts corporate M&A practice with Bharucha hire

  Jan 18 2011 Rukshad Davar from Bharucha joins Majmudar & Co. International Lawyers as a partner to handle corporate / M & A, tax and real estate. Rukshad said, “I have recently... more

• AZB & Anup Shah realign partnership

  Dec 27 2010 The merger of Bangalore based Anup Shah Law Firm and AZB & Partners has only lasted slightly more than a year as both of them have decided to ‘re-align’ their... more

• Australian firm Freehills promotes two to partnership

  Dec 23 2010 Freehills has announced the promotion of two senior associates to the partnership. Corporate lawyer Julian Lincoln and banking lawyer Phillip McMahon will be elevated... more

• ELP boosts its corporate and PE practice with Darshan from ARA Law

  Dec 08 2010 Darshan Upadhyay (pictured) joins Economic Laws Practice (ELP), Mumbai as an Associate Partner to strengthen its corporate and private equity practice. more

• Australian firm Blakes hires G+T partner

  Nov 17 2010 Australian law firm Blake Dawson has boosted its Sydney corporate practice with the hire of Gilbert + Tobin partner Jason Lambeth. Lambeth is a mergers and... more

• Reed Smith set to launch commercial and corporate litigation practice in Munich

  Oct 12 2010 Reed Smith is set to launch its commercial and corporate litigation practice in Munich after the hire of Oliver Rathje from Görling Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH.... more

• Vijay Goel of Singhania & Co. awarded Professional of the Year at 10th Asian Achievers’ Awards

  Oct 12 2010 Showing that Indian lawyers are an integral part of the corporate market not just in India but overseas too, Vijay Goel, Senior Partner at the London office of... more

• Head of German banking practice at Hogan Lovells jumps ship

  Sep 28 2010 Hogan Lovells has lost its head of German banking practice to German independent firm Noerr. Olaf Grabowski will join Noerr’s corporate finance practice as a... more

• Lateral hires face demotions and pay cuts

  Sep 28 2010 Many corporate, real-estate and other transactional associates have had a slow year, with deals and work-flow stalling in the tough economic climate. Many have shifted... more

• Winston & Strawn boosts Shanghai office with hire from DLA Piper

  Jun 23 2010 US firm Winston & Strawn has boosted its Shanghai office with the hire of DLA Piper partner Bertrand Theaud. Theaud is set to work in the corporate law practice, with... more

• Norton Rose promotes 23 to counsel

  May 17 2010 Norton Rose has promoted 23 lawyers to counsel in the firm’s first round of counsel promotions since the merger with Australia's Deacons. Of the 23, five lawyers have... more

• Clifford Chance hires veteran Macfarlanes corporate partner

  Apr 29 2010 Clifford Chance has lured veteran Macfarlanes partner Tim Lewis to join their global corporate practice. Lewis joined Macfarlanes’ M&A group in 1985, and was promoted... more

• Lovells invites 21 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2010 Lovells has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase from the 19 that were appointed in 2009’s round, but down from the 31... more

• The need for improvement in Indian Corporate Governance Practices: Part I

  Apr 13 2010 The Satyam scandal stunned the Indian business community and shook the confidence of foreign investors in Indian corporate governance. Naturally, questions have since... 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

• Dechert strengthens UK corporate and securities practice with hire of former Ashurst partner

  Mar 30 2010 US firm Dechert has announced the appointment of former Ashurst partner Jonathan Angell to its corporate and securities practice in London. This hire takes the... more

• Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin joins Clifford Chance in Tokyo

  Feb 22 2010 Clifford Chance has appointed former Ashurst partner Alan Kitchin as head of its Tokyo corporate and projects practice. Kitchin left Ashurst's London office this... more

• Four corporate partners leave Mayer Brown's London office

  Dec 19 2009 Four corporate partners have resigned from Mayer Brown's London corporate department. The US firm has just announced plans to lay off up to eight associates, but a... more

• Simmons goes all-out on corporate responsibility

  Oct 19 2009 Community work to feature on timesheets and appraisals in radical rethink of business plan. Simmons & Simmons has put corporate responsibility (CR) at the heart of... more

• Allen & Overy loses corporate star Rolf Koerfer to Oppenhoff

  Sep 22 2009 Allen & Overy corporate heavyweight Rolf Koerfer, who had been serving as chairman of German car parts company Continental recently, has left the firm to become a... more

• K&L Gates adds corporate and litigation team from Kelley Drye

  Sep 16 2009 K&L Gates LLP has added Susan Greenspon and David Rammelt to its Chicago office as partners in the corporate and commercial disputes practices, respectively. The... more

• Orrick loses corporate partner Lena Hodge to Brown Rudnick

  Sep 15 2009 Brown Rudnick has appointed Lena Hodge as a partner in the corporate and securities department in London. Hodge practices in corporate finance, mergers and... more

• Freshfields appoints Ed Braham as global corporate head

  Aug 03 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed London corporate partner Ed Braham as global head of corporate. Braham is taking over from German partner Andreas... more

• Bircham cuts 15 jobs at end of second consultation

  May 22 2009 Bircham Dyson Bell has completed a second redundancy consultation, which has seen 15 jobs cut at the top 80 firm. The review, which was launched in mid-March, led... more

• Reed Smith recruits Gibson Dunn's S'Jacob

  Apr 20 2009 Reed Smith has announced that it will be taking on Oliver s'Jacob, of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, as a partner in its London office. Reed Smith aims to boost its European... more

• Clifford Chance's Brynn Peltz joins Latham

  Apr 15 2009 Clifford Chance investment management partner Brynn Peltz will be leaving the firm to become a partner in the US corporate department at Latham & Watkins. Ms. Peltz... more

• A Brazilian perspective: The liabity of the directors of companies that go futher than the powers which were given by the shareholders.

  Apr 10 2009 The liabity of the directors of companies that go futher than the powers which were given by the shareholders: A Covenant (or, in our case, a Power of Attorney) is... more

• In-house counsel also affected by increasing layoffs

  Mar 24 2009 Reports have emerged that even in-house counsel are being affected by the increase in legal layoffs. Firms focusing on efficiency may eliminate lawyers whose work is... more

• Freshfields announces promotions to partner level

  Mar 24 2009 Freshfields has announced that 14 lawyers firmwide have been raised to partner level, a drop from the 2008 figure of 25. The largest number of promotions in any... more

• Herbert Smith plans to rehire former managing partner Xiao

  Mar 16 2009 Former managing partner Jeremy Xiao will be returning to Herbert Smith's Beijing office from Credit Suisse, the firm announced. Xiao will serve as a consultant. more

• Law firms still hire attorneys in some practice areas

  Feb 13 2009 Law firms are still looking for attorneys in certain specialist areas, such as bankruptcy and foreclosures, litigation, corporate securities and patent prosecution. more

• Freshfields and Linklaters lead on Xstrata £4.1bn rights issue

  Feb 02 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won advisory roles on a £4.1bn rights issue for Swiss mining group Xstrata. A Freshfields team led by corporate... more

• White & Case corporate head Goodell leaves for in-house role

  Dec 10 2008 White & Case corporate head Tim Goodell will leave the firm for an in-house role at US oil company Hess Corporation, writes The Lawyer. more

• Travers Smith cuts jobs in real estate and corporate group

  Dec 04 2008 Travers Smith has become the latest firm to make redundancies, shedding four associates across its real estate and corporate groups. more

• Orrick signs up five-partner corporate team in Milan

  Nov 18 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to double the number of partners in its Milan office – with the hire of a team of lawyers from local firm Vita Samory Fabbrini &... 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

• Bird & Bird merges with City boutique Lane & Partners

  Sep 19 2008 Bird & Bird has boosted its corporate and litigation practices, sealing a merger with 30-lawyer London firm Lane & Partners. The move comes just two weeks after the... more

• Corporate law firms see dark days ahead

  Sep 18 2008 The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the announced acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. by Bank of America will produce a flurry of legal activity. But for most large... more

• Magic circle firms strengthen their diversity and pro bono efforts

  Jul 04 2008 If you're visiting Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's London office, don't expect to see anyone carrying a Styrofoam coffee cup. Mugs are now the order of the day. Ask... more

• New Zealand's Top Corporate Law Firms

  Jun 11 2008 At the recent Corporate Law Association of New Zealand conference, a full ranking of 14 of New Zealand’s largest law firms provided a ‘performance list. Top billing... more

• Skadden’s the Top, Says Survey of Directors and GCs

  Jun 11 2008 The best corporate law firm in American is Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, according to a survey released today of 1,390 directors and 279 GCs of public... more

• Top Freshfields partner Chris Mort in drunken football chant video

  Apr 28 2008 Newcastle United chairman and Freshfields corporate partner, Chris Mort, has become a star of home-made video website, YouTube. He was filmed last weekend on stage at... more

• Frances Murphy: 'Being a woman doesn't make a difference'

  Apr 25 2008 Slaughter and May's new head of corporate has a hard act to follow but is used to thriving in a male-dominated environment... more

• Freshfields strengthens corporate team in China

  Apr 20 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the appointment of Calvin Lai and Antony Dapiran as partners in the firm’s corporate practice group. They will be based in... more

• Hiring: Bankruptcy, Litigation, Corporate Governance Expertise in Demand

  Mar 30 2008 Despite mixed economic reports, nearly half (45 percent) of law firms and corporate legal departments expect to hire additional lawyers in the next 12 months, a new... more

• Allen & Overy wins rare Anglo-Russian mining deal

  Mar 28 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a rare instruction on a mining deal, advising Russian mining giant Mechel on its $1.498m (£750m) bid for London-based Oriel Resources.... more

• Rawlinson succeeds Jones as Freshfields corporate chief

  Mar 28 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Mark Rawlinson is to succeed Tim Jones as the firm's London corporate head, taking up the new post on 1 April. Jones... more

• White & Case loses Paris corporate partner

  Mar 16 2008 White & Case has suffered it third partner loss in a week, with Paris-based corporate partner Bernard Teze having joined local firm DS Avocats. Teze, a former counsel... more

• Orrick scoops Jones Day's UK corporate chief

  Feb 06 2008 The London office of US firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Jones Day's London head of corporate Hilary Winter. Winter is an equity capital markets and... more

• Freshfields report: 'More female partners and pro bono'

  Jan 31 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is aiming to boost its number of female partners and up its pro bono commitments by a third following the publication of the firm’s... more

• Lovells legend Hugh Nineham quits for McDermott

  Jan 15 2008 McDermott Will & Emery has hired Lovells corporate icon Hugh Nineham to become its European and London corporate head. Nineham has been a crucial figure in Lovells'... more

• Jones Day secures Clifford Chance Partner Ted Kamman

  Jan 06 2008 Jones Day has hired corporate and finance partner Ted Kamman from the French practice of Clifford Chance. Kamman's practice focuses on investment banks and issuers in... more

• DLA Piper’s corporate team goes through £1bn mark

  Dec 27 2007 Law firm DLA Piper’s Liverpool-based corporate team has broken through the £1bn-worth of deals barrier for the first time during 2007. The firm, based in India... more

• Law Firm DLA Piper Boosts Italian Corporate Law Practice

  Nov 23 2007 DLA Piper has appointed Annalisa Rossi as a partner in its Corporate practice group in Rome. Annalisa, counsel at Clifford Chance prior to joining DLA Piper, has more... more

• Linklaters Raids Freshfields for Düsseldorf Launch

  Sep 28 2007 Linklaters has carried out a daring raid on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to open an office in Düsseldorf. Two of Freshfields’ most renowned corporate partners in... more