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• DLA Piper promotes seven to the partnership in Asia-Pacific

  May 09 2012 DLA Piper has promoted seven lawyers to the partnership across the Asia-Pacific region, and has elevated six lawyers to special counsel. The details of the... more

• Baker & McKenzie holds on to 1st place in ranking by revenue

  May 08 2012 American Lawyer has released its new rankings, with some interesting results. The top 100 firms worldwide showed an average 5.3 per cent increase in gross revenue and... 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

• US firms boost China presence

  Apr 12 2012 International law firms have significantly increased their presence in China over the past year, with the top 250 US firms bumping their headcount in China by 10 per... more

• DLA Piper boosts restructuring practice with Goldman Sachs hire

  Apr 12 2012 DLA Piper has boosted its restructuring practice with the hire of Justin Conway, an executive director from Goldman Sachs, as a partner in London. Conway has been... more

• More partners walk away from Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Apr 11 2012 US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has not yet managed to stem the flow of departing partners, with another two announcing their intention to leave the firm’s London office.... more

• DLA Piper to adopt all equity partnership model

  Mar 20 2012 DLA Piper’s international partnership is set to adopt an all-equity partnership model on 1 May 2012, following the lead of its US partnership, which moved to an all... more

• NY firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost set to launch in Kuwait

  Mar 09 2012 New York law firm Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle is set to launch a presence in Kuwait after forming an alliance with local firm Mashora Advocates and Legal... more

• Lateral hiring among large firms heats up

  Mar 08 2012 The lateral hiring market is booming, with large law firms eagerly scooping up talent in the hope that it is followed by a solid book of business. The AM Law Daily... more

• How much would that firm be worth on the stock market? New report makes a guess

  Mar 02 2012 A new report estimates the value of leading UK law firms to be somewhere between $711 million to $4.1 billion, with Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy leading among the... more

• International law firms set their sights on Mexico

  Feb 24 2012 Large international law firms are setting their sights on Mexico, as the country’s growing economy precipitates both inbound and outbound investment streams. DLA... more

• DLA Piper launches Twitter recruitment strategy in Australia

  Feb 24 2012 DLA Piper has launched a twitter component to its recruitment strategy in Australia for the 2013 intake. DLA Piper's HR Director in Australia, Kate Weaver, said she... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch international shipping practice in London

  Feb 23 2012 Squire Sanders is set to launch a shipping practice in London after the hire of three partners and two associates. The team will be led by partners Graham Harris... more

• Australian firm Holding Redlich boosts corporate and Commercial practice with new hires

  Feb 16 2012 Australian firm Holding Redlich has bolstered its corporate and commercial practice with the hire of Suzy Cairney from Allens Arthur Robinson and Michael Grosser from... more

• DLA Piper launches in Mexico

  Feb 15 2012 DLA Piper has launched a new office in Mexico City. The new base will be staffed with a team of 16 lawyers from the Texas law firm Thompson & Knight, and will focus on... more

• Application advice for prospective trainees

  Jan 30 2012 Here is a handy little article in the Guardian that advises prospective trainees on some of the questions they are likely to encounter in the application process for... more

• DLA Piper to vote on giving all partners equity status

  Jan 26 2012 DLA Piper is set to vote on a measure that would move all salaried partners to equity status. The firm currently has three classes of partner - junior salaried,... more

• DLA Piper relocates Asia-Pacific Employment head to Australia

  Jan 25 2012 DLA Piper has relocated the head of its employment practice in the Asia Pacific from Hong Kong to Sydney. Pattie Walsh will continue to lead the practice across Asia... more

• DLA Piper and Dechert settle dispute over lateral hire

  Jan 18 2012 A long running dispute between DLA Piper and Dechert over Dechert’s hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard has been settled after going through arbitration... more

• K&L Gates launches first South American office in São Paulo

  Nov 09 2011 K&L Gates has announced the launch its first office in South America in São Paulo, Brazil. The new office will operate under Brazilian Bar Association rules as a... more

• DLA Piper boosts Beijing employment practice with Dell hire

  Nov 04 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its Beijing employment practice in China with the hire of leading labour lawyer Chris Lin. Lin is set to join the firm as of counsel, after... more

• DLA Piper considers financial integration of US and international bases

  Nov 01 2011 DLA Piper is once again considering the full financial integration of its US and international profit centers as it hammers out the details of its current three-year... more

• Pillsbury set to open new office in Abu Dhabi

  Oct 28 2011 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is set to open its first Middle Eastern office in Abu Dhabi, with plans to expand services offered to existing clients and take... more

• DLA Piper hires former Linklaters managing partner

  Oct 28 2011 DLA Piper has scored a major coup with the hire of former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel. Angel is rumoured to have been offered a remuneration package worth... more

• Blank Rome boosts maritime practice with Eversheds hire

  Oct 27 2011 Blank Rome has boosted its maritime practice with the hire of former Eversheds and DLA Piper partner Ronald Sum in its Hong Kong office. Sum brings over 15 years... more

• Ashurst loses 8 partners since start of September

  Oct 14 2011 Roll on Friday points out that there is a steady depletion in the partner ranks over at Ashurst, with eight partners departing since the start of September.... more

• Two more senior departures from Ashurst

  Oct 12 2011 Ashurst will see two more senior departures from its litigation practice, with litigation chief Michael Madden leaving the firm and partner Wil Thorburn set to join JP... more

• DLA Piper boosts London financial litigation practice with 3 hires from LG

  Sep 30 2011 DLA Piper boosted its London financial litigation practice with the hire of three from Lawrence Graham - Jeremy Andrews, Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry and James Curle.... 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

• Leading UK law firms commit to reducing carbon emissions

  Sep 07 2011 Legalweek has reported on a new initiative under which leading UK law firms have signed up to a public commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Linklaters, DLA Piper and... more

• First-years associates to work in pro-bono at DLA Piper

  Aug 30 2011 DLA Piper is set to launch a new pro bono program, creating two full-time positions for first-year associates to work on pro bono cases. The program is called the... more

• A good year for top equity partners: the million pound club is growing

  Aug 15 2011 The top end of the pay scale in the legal profession is making a recovery, according to a survey conducted by The Lawyer to assess how many equity partners are seeing... more

• UK firms Allens and Linklaters zero in on Washington DC market

  Aug 10 2011 Two UK magic circle firms are focusing their attention upon Washington DC, with Allen & Overy announcing that it is set to launch a new office in the US capital, while... more

• More mergers with Aussie firms on the cards

  Aug 05 2011 Rumours abound that two major Australian firms are set to merge with international players. Mallesons Stephen Jaques has reportedly been negotiating with leading... more

• DLA Piper starts to rebuild China IP group with Foley & Lardner hire

  Jul 25 2011 DLA Piper has hired former Foley & Lardner senior counsel Yan Zhao to join its Greater China intellectual property team as a partner. Yan brings over 13 years... more

• DLA Piper considers overhauling partnership structure

  Jul 20 2011 DLA Piper is considering an overhaul of its firmwide partnership structure, and has planned to discuss a range of options including a shift to an all-equity... more

• Twitter as a marketing tool for law firms - who is using it and how?

  Jul 19 2011 Interesting article here about the law firms that are using Twitter as part of their marketing strategy. While many large law firms have Twitter accounts, the vast... more

• US firms pay top dollar for rainmakers

  Jul 06 2011 Interesting article here in the New York Times about the demand at large law firms for lateral hires that bring in large books of business. According to industry... more

• Korean legal services market set to open to foreign lawyers

  Jun 30 2011 The Korean-EU Free Trade Agreement has opened the way for European law firms the enter the Korean market from July. The agreement will see the Korean legal market... more

• Ahurst investigates entry into Australian market

  Jun 30 2011 Reports have emerged that UK firm Ashurst is investigating options for a presence in Australia, following in the fresh footprints laid down by Norton Rose, Allen &... more

• Merit-based pay does not seem to have caught on

  May 23 2011 Here is an interesting article about associate compensation. The article asks why merit-based compensation hasn’t caught on as a trend after a number of firms –... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Sacramento firm Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs joins up with DLA Piper

  May 05 2011 DLA Piper is set to absorb Stevens, O'Connell & Jacobs, a boutique law firm based in Sacramento. The ten lawyer firm, which two former US attorneys and a former first... more

• Baker & McKenzie ranked largest US firm by headcount

  May 04 2011 Baker & McKenzie has come in as the largest of US law firms by head count, according to the The National Law Journal. This is the third year in a row that Bakers has... more

• DLA Piper merges with DLA Phillips Fox to enter Australian market

  May 04 2011 International law firm DLA Piper has entered the Australian market after merging with local firm DLA Phillips Fox. The integration of the two firms bolsters DLA... more

• US firms increase presence in China

  Apr 27 2011 US firms are increasing their presence in China, with the top 250 US firms running 70 offices in China at the end of 2010. According to the National Law Journal, these... more

• US BigLaw cut down to size

  Apr 26 2011 The 250 largest law firms in the US reduced their lawyer headcount by about 3,000 lawyers last year, and has scaled back by about 9,500 lawyers since 2008, according... more

• DLA Piper promotes 53 to partnership globally

  Apr 21 2011 DLA Piper has announced the promotion of 53 lawyers to the partnership in its global promotopns round for 2011, up from 41 last year. There are 17 new partners in the... more

• DLA Piper lures 5 leading lawyers from Hunton & Williams in Miami

  Apr 05 2011 Global law firm DLA Piper has bolstered its Miami office with the hire of five high profile lawyers with global practices. Corporate partners Carlos Loumiet and... more

• Starting date prospects for associates: looking good

  Mar 30 2011 Interesting article here about the follow on effects of all those deferred start dates for associates during the height of the recession in 2008 and 2009. The... more

• Market trend: consolidation

  Mar 26 2011 Interesting article here from ft.com, which notes that the merger between UK firm Hammonds with US firm Squire Sanders & Dempsey may represent a model for the survival... more

• Another partner leaves DLA Phillips Fox ahead of merger with DLA Piper

  Mar 23 2011 Another partner at Australian firm DLA Phillips Fox has decided to leave the firm ahead of the merger with DLA Piper, taking the total number of departures to 12.... more

• DLA Piper hires Wolf Theiss team to boost Czech presence

  Mar 23 2011 US law firm DLA Piper has bolstered its practice in the Czech Republic with the hire of a team of lawyers from Austrian firm Wolf Theiss. The team is led by partners... more

• Report shows the instability of lateral hires

  Mar 16 2011 Consultant firm Motive Legal has produced a report that tracks the movement of partners hired in the UK over the last five years, tracking 1,944 lateral moves. The... more

• 9 partners leave Australian firm before merger with DLA Piper

  Mar 15 2011 A group of nine partners is set to leave Australian firm DLA Phillips Fox ahead of the merger with DLA Piper. The group includes Philip Byrnes, James Daniel, Philip... more

• DLA Piper is looking for a Canadian merger partner

  Mar 11 2011 DLA piper is in talks with several top Canadian firms about a possible merger, according to the firm’s US co-chairman Frank Burch. “We’ve talked to six or seven... more

• What do you get for $5 mill? DLA Piper's newest recruit

  Mar 02 2011 Last month DLA Piper announced the hire of James Wareham, the former head of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker's global litigation practice, who joined the firm with... more

• Top IP litigators from Mayer Brown and DLA Piper launch boutique firm

  Feb 24 2011 Seven IP litigators from two top international law firms have partnered to open Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson. Ian Feinberg comes to the new US firm from Mayer Brown... more

• DLA Piper launches in Miami with double hire

  Feb 22 2011 DLA Piper has launched an office in Miami after the hire of two international arbitration partners from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. Pedro Martinez-Fraga and C. Ryan... more

• DLA Piper boosts London IPT practice with hire from Kemp Little

  Feb 11 2011 DLA Piper has boosted its London intellectual property and technology practice with the hire of partner Mike Conradi from technology boutique Kemp Little. DLA... more

• Pay gap widens at large firms

  Feb 09 2011 Interesting article here about the increasing compensation gap at some large law firms – where star attorneys can be earning up to 10 times the amount paid to other... more

• DLA Piper hires star litigator in Washington DC

  Feb 08 2011 DLA Piper has hired star Washington D.C. litigator Jamie Wareham from Paul Hastings. Wareham was formerly the global chair of litigation at Paul Hastings, and with his... more

• DLA Piper set to become the biggest firm in the world

  Feb 03 2011 DLA Piper is set to overtake Baker & McKenzie to become the largest law firm in the world by revenue and headcount when it merges with Australian law firm DLA Phillips... more

• DLA Piper to merge with Australian ally DLA Phillips Fox

  Jan 28 2011 DLA Piper International has announced plans to merge with Australian best friend firm DLA Phillips Fox, pending a vote from their respective partnerships. The firms... more

• US firm LeClairRyan scoops five-partner team from Nixon Peabody

  Dec 21 2010 Virginia-based firm LeClairRyan has recruited a team of five partners from the Rochester office of Nixon Peabody. The team - IP partners Michael Goldman, Gunnar... more

• DLA Piper grants support staff slim pay rise

  Dec 21 2010 DLA Piper has announced a very lean pay rise for support staff – adding just 2 per cent to their salaries in the first pay increase in four years. As Roll On Friday... more

• Corporate jargon skews reality in the legal profession

  Nov 26 2010 This article from The Guardian observes that the legal industry’s love of corporate jargon Last week, for example, DLA Piper heralded a fresh round of redundancies... more

• DLA Piper lays off employees in 26 US cities

  Nov 16 2010 DLA piper has laid off an undisclosed number of staffers from its offices in 26 US cities. The firm’s CEO and director of US operations Bob Bratt said: "It is... more

• Four East African firms create alliance

  Nov 12 2010 Four East African law firms have formed an alliance dedicated to providing regional and international businesses with coordinated legal services across East Africa. .... more

• DLA Piper appoints new London managing partner

  Nov 09 2010 DLA Piper has appointed its new London managing partner. Tim Clement-Jones will take over from real estate partner Catherine Usher, who returns to fee-earning after a... more

• DLA Piper says its focus is more on opportunities from Indian business and technology and is not looking for local Indian work

  Nov 09 2010 DLA Piper, is arguably one of the largest law firms in the world is not looking for local Indian work. Or so it would have us believe. In an interview with financial... more

• Hogan Lovells to pay marketing professional close to US$1m

  Nov 01 2010 A new marketing officer at Hogan Lovells is rumoured to be taking home a salary of close to $1 million a year. Jolene Overbeck has worked with a number of US law... more

• AZB, JSA and DLA Piper advise Money Matters Financial Services to raise $100 million

  Oct 29 2010 Money Matters Financial Services Limited (MMFS) has raised Rs. 445 crore (approximately $100 million) at Rs. 625.25 per share through QIP (Qualified Institutional... 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

• Hogan Lovells hires top marketing professional from DLA Piper

  Oct 18 2010 Hogan Lovells has recruited star marketing professional Jolene Overbeck from DLA Piper, and appointed her as chief marketing officer for the firm. Overbeck has a... more

• Milbank boosts London litigation practice with DLA Piper hire

  Oct 07 2010 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has bolstered its London litigation team with the hire of DLA Piper partner Tom Canning. Canning is a litigation specialist, with a... more

• Trouble ahead for international law firms in Brazil

  Sep 27 2010 The future of foreign law firms in Brazil’s growing market is under question after the Sao Paulo Bar Association published an advisory decision – finding that the... more

• US firms sweeten the deal for start-ups

  Sep 09 2010 Faced with a fiercely competitive market for legal services, a number of large firms dealing with start-up clients are finding ways to make their services more... more

• UK firm Addleshaw Goddard boosts London banking practice with new hire

  Sep 08 2010 Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its London banking practice with the hire of leveraged finance partner John Cutler, a former DLA Piper partner. David Handy, a senior... more

• DLA Piper hires 6 lawyers from Hogan Lovells

  Aug 24 2010 DLA Piper has given its intellectual property practice a boost with the hire of six attorneys from Hogan Lovells. The team is comprised of partners Richard de... more

• Less jail time for DLA Piper's former Singapore partner

  Aug 16 2010 DLA Piper’s former Singapore partner, Rudy Lim, has won an appeal against his sentence after being found guilty of forgery in pay negotiations. Under the ruling the... more

• Sacramento firm McDonough Holland & Allen closes down

  Jul 28 2010 Sacramento firm McDonough Holland & Allen is set to fold after 56 years in the business, following a June decision to call it a day. The firm had suffered declining... more

• Norton Rose boosts Hong Kong IP practice with double hire

  Jul 23 2010 Norton Rose has boosted its Hong Kong IP practice with the hire of two partners from DLA Piper. The Hong Kong office will be joined by non contentious IP and... more

• DLA Piper posts 18% drop in PEP

  Jul 14 2010 DLA Piper has posted a one per cent drop in revenue in the 2009-10 financial year, while profits per equity partner fell by 18 per cent, from £645,000 to £527,000.... more

• Kaye Scholer boosts London office with hire of new managing partner

  Jun 29 2010 New York firm Kaye Scholer has hired its new London managing partner as part of a drive to grow its London office. Andrew B Harris joins the firm early next month... 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

• Nixon Peabody loses 14 more lawyers

  Jun 21 2010 Fourteen lawyers from Nixon Peabody have defected to rival firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. The shift comes just weeks after several high-profile Nixon Peabody... more

• Milbank hires top asset finance partner from DLA Piper

  Jun 16 2010 US firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has boosted its London office with the lateral hire of DLA Piper asset finance partner James Cameron. Cameron acts for banks,... more

• Nixon Peabody appoints new managing partner for China and Asia Pacific practice

  Jun 03 2010 Nixon Peabody has appointed a new managing partner for the China and Asia Pacific practice, after the previous managing partner – Henry Liu – left the firm to work... more

• DLA Piper set to expand in Brazil

  May 25 2010 DLA Piper is set to expand its operations in Brazil, after announcing the commencement of a cooperation agreement with local firm Campos Mello Advogados. The local... more

• Terrific weekend for Luthra & DLA: EIL and Coal India IPOs announced

  May 24 2010 Six law firms had a 30-minute window to convince the Government on why they should be chosen for the disinvestment for the state run Engineers India Limited on Friday.... more

• DLA Piper goes to Turkey

  May 21 2010 DLA Piper is set to expand its global practice to Turkey, with a new office in Istanbul. The firm has already hired six partners from Istanbul firm YKK. The... more

• DLA Piper in secret negotiations to outsource IT

  May 17 2010 The folks at RollOnFriday have broken the news that DLA Piper is in negotiations to outsource its entire global IT department of over 1000 staff. They are reportedly... more

• Milbank to open office in Brazil

  Apr 21 2010 New York law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy is set to open a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, pending approval by local authorities. A number of US firms have... more

• DLA Piper raises pay to pre-recession levels

  Apr 19 2010 DLA Piper has announced that it will give US associates a pay rise of 10%. In January the firm increased salaries in New York to pre-recession levels for first year... more

• DLA Piper to open new office in Turkey

  Apr 15 2010 DLA Piper is on the move again, and is set to open the doors to a new office in Turkey on 1 May, subject to licence approval expected in the coming weeks. The launch... more

• Simmons & Simmons abandoned by a team of 20 lawyers

  Mar 26 2010 The Rome office of Simmons & Simmons will be a little quieter in the coming weeks. Twenty lawyers, including four partners, have handed in their resignations in the... more

• Former DLA Piper partner found guilty of forging payroll statement in salary negotiations

  Mar 25 2010 Rudy Lim, formerly a partner with DLA Piper and head of the firm’s Indonesia practice, has been sentenced to two months’ jail time for forging a payroll statement,... more

• DLA Piper sued for sexual discrimination

  Mar 19 2010 A former real estate Partner at DLA Piper is suing the firm for sexual discrimination, alleging that she was sacked because she was pregnant. Sarah Sweeny had worked... 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