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• Bristol law firm TLT to merge with Scottish litigation house Anderson Fyfe

  May 15 2012 Bristol law firm TLT is set to merge with Scottish litigation house Anderson Fyfe, gaining offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as eight partners and 45 employees.... more

• Herbert Smith's Belfast office grows apace

  Jan 21 2012 Herbert Smith has hired 18 lawyers in its Belfast office, bringing the number of employees at the office to 56. The office was launched in April 2011 with the aim... more

• Leading UK and Irish firms launch work-experience diversity initiative

  Sep 14 2011 Twenty-three UK and Irish law firms have signed up to a new diversity initiative aimed at improving social diversity within the legal profession. The programme will... more

• Irish firm Dillon Eustace launches in Hong Kong

  Sep 08 2011 Irish investment funds law firm Dillon Eustace has launched an office in Hong Kong. The office will be led by partner Paul Maloney and will serve the firm's Hong... more

• Australia looks to Ireland and NZ for regional lawyers

  Jul 25 2011 The Law Council of Australia is looking to make up for a lack of lawyers in regional areas by recruiting unemployed Irish graduates. The Council is working together... more

• Kennedys to merge with Dublin associate firm

  Jun 01 2011 Kennedys has announced the formal merger with its Dublin associate firm O’Hare O’Conner Walsh. The seven-partner Dublin office will operate as Kennedys Ireland, and... more

• UK Solicitors Regulation Authority prepares for review of LPO deals

  Mar 31 2011 The Solicitors Regulation Authority in the UK has moved to regulate outsourcing agreements for the first time, and will publish a Code of Conduct next week. The new... more

• Irish firm McGrigors to launch in Doha

  Mar 17 2011 Irish firm McGrigors has been granted a licence to establish a branch office in Doha, Qatar by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority.The Dohar office will be led by... more

• Criticism of £2.5 million grant for A&O's offshore plan

  Mar 01 2011 Allen & Overy decided to place an offshore business support centre in Belfast after the firm was offered a £2.5 million grant from Northern Ireland's regional... more

• Allen & Overy to receive £2.5m of public funding for Belfast support services centre

  Feb 06 2011 Allen & Overy is set to receive £2.5m of public funding in return for creating 300 new jobs in Belfast. The funds come from Invest Northern Ireland as a subsidy for... more

• A&O moves support services to Belfast

  Feb 03 2011 Allen & Overy is set to move its operational support and legal services functions to a new centre in Belfast. The firm will begin consulting on proposals to... more

• Herbies to pay lawyers £10 in Belfast

  Jan 14 2011 Industry rumour has it that Herbert Smith's new Belfast outpost will pay its lawyers as little as £10 per hour, with paralegals earning a mere £7 an hour. The new... more

• UK lawyers behaving badly

  Dec 06 2010 A number of stories have surfaced this week about lawyers trading their professional integrity for cash. In West Yorkshire, Milners Solicitors partner Simon Morgan... more

• Herbert Smith to open Belfast base to handle disputes documents

  Nov 24 2010 Herbert Smith is set to launch a new office in Belfast to handle large volumes of documents from major litigations, arbitrations and regulatory investigations. The... more

• Irish firm wound up by High Court after serious fraud

  Oct 29 2010 Dublin-based law firm Sean O'Ceallaigh & Co has been wound up by the High Court, after a partner admitted gambling away €2.5million of his clients' money on stocks and... more

• Scottish firm McGrigors to lay off 40 lawyers

  Oct 20 2010 Scottish law firm McGrigors has announced its entry into a redundancy consultation, with plans to cut 40 lawyers from the roster, as well as a number of support staff... more

• Dechert hires alternative investment expert from SJ Berwin

  Sep 01 2010 Dechert has announced the hire of partner Achim Pütz, the former head of German financial markets at SJ Berwin. Pütz will join the firm’s Munich office, and is... more

• Walkers hires three partners ahead of Dublin launch

  Aug 27 2010 Offshore firm Walkers is set to launch an office in Dublin after the hire of three partners from Irish firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice. Partners Garry Ferguson, Ken... more

• Dechert boosts Dublin office with new hire

  Jul 12 2010 Dechert has boosted its new Dublin office with the hire of Michelle Moran, formerly the head of legal at Invesco Perpetual. Funds partner Declan O’Sullivan said... more

• A&L Goodbody expands partnership by five

  Jun 03 2010 Irish firm A&L Goodbody has announced the promotion of four lawyers to the partnership in their Dublin office. The Belfast office also sees a boost, with the lateral... more

• Irish funds market attracts talent

  Apr 22 2010 The Irish funds market is currently experiencing a period of growth, and Irish law firms are responding by boosting their expertise in this area. Eversheds... more

• Walkers goes to Ireland

  Mar 29 2010 Walkers has announced a plan to open a Dublin office in coming months. The Cayman Islands firm has not yet appointed staff for the Dublin office, but is in advanced... more

• Maples and Calder elevate eight lawyers to partnership

  Mar 22 2010 Maples and Calder has announced the promotion of eight partners to the firm’s partnership. Five of the promotions come in the firm's Cayman Islands office: litigation... more

• Ropes, Mason Hayes, Wilmer lead on $1.1 bn SkillSoft LBO

  Feb 15 2010 Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes & Curran have lined up to advise on one of the largest leveraged buyouts in Ireland since the credit crunch - the $1.1bn sale of SkillSoft... more