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• DLA Piper head Nigel Knowles awarded Knighthood

  Jan 06 2009 DLA Piper joint chief executive and managing partner Nigel Knowles has been knighted after being named in the Queen's New Year Honours list. Nigel Knowles has been... more

• Moscow law firms feel the credit crunch

  Sep 25 2008 The impact of the credit crunch finally hit Russian law firms. Capital markets practices are taking the biggest hit after the Russian Government was last week forced... more

• DLA Piper relocates senior partner Peter Wayte to Dubai

  Sep 23 2008 DLA Piper is sending its Europe and Asia senior ­partner Peter Wayte to Dubai. With 120 lawyers in the Middle East, DLA Piper has taken on eleven new partners in... more

• DLA Italy private equity chief Proverbio joins Norton Rose

  Sep 12 2008 DLA Piper has lost the head of its Italian private equity practice, Davide Proverbio, to City rival Norton Rose. Proverbio, who was recruited by DLA Piper from... more

• DLA Piper loses IP Partner Andrew Dodd to Field Fisher

  Aug 29 2008 DLA Piper has been hit by the loss of an IT litigator less than a month after making five redundant in its technology, media and communications group. Partner... more

• Following Losses, Thelen Renames Itself

  Aug 26 2008 Following the departure of a third name partner, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner announced today that it will rename itself "Thelen." The news followed word... more

• DLA Piper adds another partner to booming Abu Dhabi office

  Aug 11 2008 DLA Piper’s Abu Dhabi office in Al Bateen will see the addition of its fifth partner Duncan Pickering who will relocate to the firms second office in the United Arab... more

• DLA Piper, Linklaters, Lovells see trainee retention dive

  Aug 05 2008 Trainee retention rates at a number of leading firms have plummeted as worsening economic conditions hit the employment market. DLA Piper, Linklaters, and Lovells have... more

• Heller Ehrman hires DLA Piper IP partner for London office

  Aug 04 2008 Heller Ehrman has recruited IP partner Richard Penfold from DLA Piper to boost its year-old London office as speculation over an impending merger with Baker & McKenzie... more

• DLA Lays Off Five UK Tech Lawyers

  Aug 03 2008 Legalweek reports that DLA Piper is in talks with a number of City fee earners in its technology, media and commercial group over job cuts, while further discussions... more

• DLA Piper advises Sophos PLC on takeover offer for Utimaco Safeguard AG

  Jul 31 2008 DLA Piper is advising Sophos Plc, a global leader in endpoint security and control solutions, on its €217 million voluntary public takeover offer for Utimaco Safeware... more

• Eversheds replaces DLA Piper as Abbey's provider of routine employment work

  Jul 28 2008 DLA Piper has lost its ­status as Abbey’s sole employment adviser after Eversheds joined the bank’s panel. Eversheds has replaced DLA Piper as Abbey’s provider of... more

• DLA Duesseldorf takes 5-lawyer White & Case team

  Jul 11 2008 DLA Piper’s Cologne office has poached a corporate team of two partners and three associates from White & Case in Duesseldorf. Former White & Case partner Andreas... more

• DLA Piper Forms New Association In Saudi Arabia

  Jul 09 2008 DLA Piper has established an association with Saudi Arabian lawyer, Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily in order to develop its presence in Saudi Arabia. DLA Piper was formerly... more

• DLA Piper scoops $6.7bn biotech merger

  Jun 19 2008 DLA Piper has scored a role in one of the biggest pharmaceutical deals of the year, lining up alongside Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in the $6.7bn (£3.4bn) merger... more

• Jones Day takes DLA Piper’s Italian Banking Chief Francesco Squerzoni

  Jun 15 2008 Francesco Squerzoni, the head of banking at DLA Piper’s Italian practice, is quitting the firm to join Jones Day in a coup for the US firm’s local team. Squerzoni... more

• Skadden, DLA Piper on $6.7 Life Sciences Merger

  Jun 14 2008 Skadden and DLA Piper advised two California-based companies on a $6.7 billion merger that would create one of the world's largest life sciences companies and a leader... more

• Pfizer appoints DLA Piper's litigation chief Amy Schulman as General Counsel

  May 29 2008 DLA Piper’s star co-head of mass tort and class actions Amy Schulman has left the firm to join Pfizer as general counsel and senior vice president. Schulman is... more

• Burness law firm poaches construction law partners from DLA Piper

  May 07 2008 Burness, a leading Scottish law firm, has raided rival DLA Piper for its two Scottish construction partners, Fenella Mason and Sandra Cassels. This news comes soon... more

• UK firms eye Singapore opportunities as local-law licences go up for grabs

  May 02 2008 Legalweek reports that DLA Piper, Lovells, Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are planning to apply for licences to provide local-law advice in Singapore. The... more

• Large law firms hire from select schools

  Apr 23 2008 Columbia Law School in New York City and Northwestern Law School in Chicago are the most frequently recruited schools by the nation’s largest law firms, which offer... more

• DLA Piper launches NY patent team with former Clifford Chance IP chief

  Apr 10 2008 DLA Piper has snared former Clifford Chance America IP head to lead its IP practice group in the New York office. Drew Wintringham, who joined the firm as partner on... more

• Big Law, Bigger Profits

  Mar 25 2008 2007 was the best year yet for the nation's largest law firms. The top 50 U.S. firms generated a total of $46.6 billion in revenue in 2007, a 16 percent increase over... more

• DLA Piper launches in Houston

  Mar 12 2008 DLA Piper announced the opening of an office in Houston, Texas with three lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Howrey. Two of the new partners, Jack... more

• DLA Piper continental arm in 60% '07 fees surge

  Mar 08 2008 DLA Piper’s Continental European offices saw turnover grow by 60% during 2006-07 to make up around a quarter of the firm’s revenues outside of the US. Turnover in the... more

• Leading IT lawyer Dr. Jan Geert Meents joins DLA Piper

  Feb 21 2008 DLA Piper is delighted to announce that leading IT lawyer Dr Jan Geert Meents will join its Technology, Media and Commercial ("TMC") practice as a partner in Munich.... more

• DLA Piper gains new access to China's official foreign direct investment strategies

  Feb 14 2008 Hong Kong - Rocky Lee, Partner and Head of DLA Piper's China Venture Capital and Private Equity practice, has been appointed Vice-Chairman of the China Council for... more

• DLA Piper kicks off laterals season in the US

  Jan 27 2008 The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities at some of the nation's biggest... more

• Denton Wilde Sapte looses two Paris partners to DLA Piper

  Jan 27 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte has lost two of its Paris partners after corporate duo François Serres and Lionel Koehler-Magne moved to DLA Piper; the latest in a string of... more

• DLA Piper names Clark as first Hong Kong head

  Jan 25 2008 DLA Piper has appointed its first Hong Kong managing partner, with commercial litigation specialist Christopher Clark stepping into the management role. Clark, who... more

• Sarrau snaps up DLA Piper Paris Partner Frédéric Bucher

  Jan 20 2008 French private equity specialist Sarrau Thomas Couderc has hired DLA Piper partner Frédéric Bucher, who has left the international giant after just 18 months. Bucher’s... more

• Pros recruited to handle business of law firms

  Jan 14 2008 Carolyn Summers, an Ivy Leaguer with a master's in business administration, was surprised when a headhunter contacted her about a job at a law office. Even after... more

• DLA Piper raids fledgling Proskauer Paris office

  Jan 13 2008 DLA Piper has boosted its Paris arm with the hire of a three-partner team from Proskauer Rose, taking seven lawyers in total. The departures from Proskauaer come just... more

• Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

  Jan 10 2008 US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats’ attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party’s... more

• DLA Piper promotes record 69 to partnership

  Jan 09 2008 DLA Piper has promoted a record number to its global partnership, with 69 lawyers taking up new roles, it was announced 7 January. The promotions, which took effect... 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

• Private equity star Rosen set to join DLA Piper

  Dec 08 2007 Former Weil Gotshal & Manges private equity star Will Rosen is set to join DLA Piper in January. Rosen, who left Weil in July, has been in talks with a number of firms... more

• DLA Piper Strengthens IP Litigation in Germany with New Partner

  Nov 26 2007 DLA Piper has announced that Dr Julia Schönbohm is to join its Frankfurt office as a partner in January 2008. Schönbohm joins DLA Piper from Clifford Chance, where she... 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

• National Law Journal Reports Robust U.S. Law Firm Hiring in 2007, as DLA Piper Gains Top Spot In NLJ 250 Rankings

  Nov 13 2007 The National Law Journal reported today that the NLJ 250, the nation’s 250 largest law firms ranked by headcount, grew their total number of lawyers by almost 6... more

• NLJ 250 shows growth spurt for law firms - Baker & McKenzie knocked out of the top spot

  Nov 12 2007 The results of the 2007 NLJ 250, The National Law Journal's 30th annual survey of the nation's largest law firms, show that a total of 128,213 attorneys worked at... more