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• Salans closes Hong Kong office to focus on Shanghai

  May 10 2012 Salans has closed its Hong Kong office weeks after pulling out of Beijing as it shifts the focus of its China practice onto Shanghai. Salans has closed its Hong... more

• Salans set to close down its Beijing office

  Apr 16 2012 Salans is set to shutter its Beijing office after the partnership voted to close the office in favor of a more intense focus on Shanghai. The Beijing office has... more

• McKenna Long & Aldridge merges with Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps

  Mar 28 2012 The merger between Atlanta-based firm McKenna Long & Aldridge and San Diego-based firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has concluded, creating a 575-lawyer firm with... more

• Salans and SNR Denton rumored to be close to merger deal

  Feb 21 2012 There are rumours circulating that Salans and SNR Denton in the final stages of negotiating a merger. The combined firm would have the benefit of Salans’... more

• Salans finds a new alliance in Turkey

  Jan 16 2012 Salans is expanding into Turkey after making an alliance deal with local firm Balcioglu Selcuk Akman Keki. Salans has already been in Turkey for eight years, allied... more

• Pinsent Masons set to launch European presence

  Dec 12 2011 Pinsent Masons is set to launch offices in France and Germany in the first half of 2012, marking the firm’s first foray into continental Europe. These launches mark... more

• Salans makes lateral hires in Paris and Frankfurt

  Sep 15 2011 Salans has hired three partners across its France and Germany practices. The firm raided Bird & Bird for talent, scooping up the co-head of the firm’s French IP... more

• Salans hires former Ropes & Gray partner to be global chief operating officer

  Aug 12 2011 Salans has hired a partner from Ropes & Gray to be its new global chief operating officer. Peter Griffith will be responsible for the firm's global support services,... more

• Salans advises Chinese real estate developer Euro Asia on its IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

  May 27 2010 Since today shares in Euro Asia Premier Real Estate Company Limited (“Euro Asia”) are being traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Euro Asia was advised by Salans on... more

• Salans boosts Warsaw M&A practice with three lawyers from Clifford Chance

  Mar 12 2010 Salans has raided three corporate lawyers from Clifford Chance in a bid to bolster its Warsaw office. Partner Piotr Dulewicz, counsel Michał Karwacki and associate... more

• Salans promotes nine to partnership, three in Warsaw

  Jan 19 2010 Anglo-French law firm Salans LLP has made up nine lawyers to the partnership in the firm's annual global promotions round. The Warsaw office received a total of... more

• Salans hires Ashurst restructuring partner Dietmar Schulz

  Jan 08 2010 Salans LLP has hired Ashurst restructuring and finance partner Dietmar Schulz as a partner in its Frankfurt office. Schulz will add to Salans’ existing corporate... more

• Salans and Freshfields advise on Habitat sale

  Dec 28 2009 Salans partners Alison Gaines and Jonathan Polin advised Retail Investments Limited, a retail investment group led by Hilco, on the acquisition of furniture chain... more

• Salans snares employment law team from Beiten Burkhardt

  Nov 24 2009 Salans is expanding its employment practice in Berlin with the hire of eight lawyers from German rival Beiten Burkhardt. The employment law team includes four... more

• Partners from Proskauer and Salans form Paris litigation independent

  Nov 14 2009 A group of partners from Proskauer Rose and Salans have combined to create a 31-lawyer independent law firm in France. Proskauer’s Paris litigation head Christophe... more

• Freshfields, Cleary, Salans head up $1.6bn Gazprom deal

  Oct 01 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Salans have won roles on a $1.6bn Russian energy deal, which saw the Russian energy giant buy a... more

• Norton Rose recruits Salans competition team in Paris

  Sep 24 2009 Norton Rose is bolstering its Paris competition practice with the hire of a team led by Mélanie Thill-Tayara from Salans. Thill-Tayara will fill the gap left by the... more

• Pinsent Masons and Salans launch strategic alliance

  Jun 03 2009 Pinsent Masons and Salans have sealed a strategic alliance, with Pinsent set to pull out of its international network, PMLG. more

• Salans advises Stemcor on $480m refinancing

  May 10 2009 Salans has represented independent steel trader Stemcor on a refinancing package worth an estimated $480m. more

• Salans weighs cutting staff over 5%

  Mar 24 2009 Salans is considering cuts which would result in the elimination of almost 7% of its London City staff, including legal and support staff. The firm is also weighing a... more

• Greenberg Traurig to strengthen ties with European firm Salans

  Feb 17 2009 Greenberg Traurig is planning to strengthen its relationship with European law firm Salans to take advantage of Salans' network of offices in Eastern Europe. A... more

• Salans will not change growth plans for Eastern Europe

  Oct 24 2008 Despite the fact that the markets in Central and Eastern Europe have already been affected by the financial crisis, Salans will not change its perception and growth... more

• Salans reports 20 per cent revenue jump

  Oct 14 2008 Salans has boosted its turnover by 20 per cent in the first three quarters of 2008, bringing in Euro 150m. Salans chairman Stephen Finch said the firm’s strong... more

• Salans finance partner Frederic Gros exits for Jones Day

  Oct 11 2008 Frederic Gros, a banking and finance partner in Salans’ Paris hub, has left to join US giant Jones Day. Gros becomes the 19th partner in Jones Day’s French practice... more

• Salans law firm opens Beijing office

  Jul 11 2008 Salans, an international law firm with offices in 19 cities worldwide, has opened a second office in China, this time in Beijing. It already has an office in Shanghai.... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Salans hires partner duo for Frankfurt launch

  Jun 17 2008 Salans will launch an office in Frankfurt next month (1 July) after announcing the hire of two partners from local independent Aderhold Gassner. Litigation partner... more

• Salans Istanbul Represents STEAŞ in USD $2.04 Billion Deal

  Jun 15 2008 Salans' Istanbul office has advised STEAŞ, a joint venture between Azeri giant SOCAR and Turkish company Turcas Enerji AS, in a USD $2.04 billion privatisation tender,... more

• Salans taps McDermott for City competition launch

  Jun 13 2008 Salans has launched a UK competition practice with the hire of antitrust partner Ian Rose from the London office of McDermott Will & Emery. Rose has a practice... more

• Salans announces strategic expansion in China

  Jun 10 2008 Salans has announced a wide ranging development of its Asian strategy. Building on the firm's emerging markets practices and its presence in Shanghai, Salans is now... more

• Salans granted licence to open new Beijing office

  May 24 2008 Salans, the international law firm with offices across 19 cities worldwide, has announced that it has obtained the licence from the PRC Ministry of Justice to open a... more

• Salans snares Silecky for Kiev push

  May 12 2008 Salans has taken on the bulk of Ukrainian practice The Silecky Firm, until last month the ally of Squire Sanders & Dempsey, in a major boost to its Kiev practice.... more

• Salans launches London arbitration practice

  Jan 16 2008 Salans is set to launch an arbitration practice in London on Thursday (17 January). The new department will be headed up by counsel George Burn, who joined the US firm... more

• Salans' record year sees PEP double

  Jan 15 2008 Salans is set to double its average profit per equity partner (PEP) to more than £850,000 after a record year in which revenue was boosted by more than a third to hit... more

• White & Case, Morrison & Foerster, Dewey promote lawyers to partnership

  Jan 12 2008 White & Case has promoted a record number of lawyers to its London partnership, with 10 making the grade in the City alongside a further 21 new partners worldwide.... more

• Salans Carves Up Turkey

  Jan 04 2008 Salans has continued to ramp-up its diverse list of international locations after its local Turkish branch sealed a two-way merger deal. Özel & Özel, which is Salans... more