News in brief – September 2014 Legal Business Squire Patton Boggs loses 23-strong team in Middle East Squire Patton Boggs saw the departure of five partners and 18…
Dentons picks up partner as Chadbourne closes Kiev office Legal Business Chadbourne & Parke’s Adam Mycyk has moved to Dentons following Chadbourne’s decision to close its Kiev office.
Dentons sues Republic of Guinea in District Court of Columbia for $10.2m in unpaid fees Legal Business Dentons is suing the Republic of Guinea and its Ministry of Mines and Geology for $10.2m over alleged unpaid legal…
Revolving doors: High profile hires for DLA; Chadbourne; Dentons; Osborne Clarke; Simmons and Winston & Strawn Legal Business High profile lateral moves between some of the largest global law firms last week saw DLA Piper hire a four-strong real…
Scottish revival: Growth for Brodies, Maclay and Shepherd as Scots independence vote hangs over recovery Legal Business Described last year as both beleaguered and bleak, the Scottish legal market is this year seeing something of a revival…
Revolving Doors: Monckton attracts public law team; Arnold & Porter launches City financial services; Dentons grows in HK Legal Business The past week saw Monckton Chambers attract a five-barrister public law team led by Ian Wise QC from Doughty Street Chambers,…
Marking your own homework: Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business Alex Novarese takes a jaded view of the latest attempt to avoid transparency It would almost be too easy to…
Greenberg Traurig hires Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Legal Business Greenberg Traurig has hired Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Eric Rosedale as its co-chair of international real estate.
Comment: Marking your own homework, Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business It would almost be too easy to pick holes in the letter that Dentons has supplied to the media to justify…
Africa expansion: Dentons ties up with Cape Town associate firm Legal Business Dentons has announced today (9 April), that it has tied up with local associate firm KapdiTwala to launch an office…
Squire Sanders’ merger talks partner Patton Boggs approached by Dentons Legal Business Squire Sanders‘ merger talks partner Patton Boggs has been approached with an offer to combine from top 50 Global 100…
Stewarts Law moves to rebuild fledgling employment practice with senior Dentons hire after early setback Legal Business Litigation boutique Stewarts Law has moved to rebuild its employment capability with the hire of longstanding Dentons employment partner Richard Nicolle,…
Jones Day hires CC Frankfurt head of automotives and McKenna Long Brussels regulatory partner Sarah Downey Fresh from its run of lateral hires from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) in London, Jones Day has made two prominent…
Revolving doors – Weil, Latham, Freshfields and Dentons among the firms opening 2014 with senior recruits Francesca Fanshawe Increasing confidence in the transactional market has contributed to a rash of senior partner moves at the start of 2014,…
Leadership: Maclay Murray & Spens CEO Smylie to step down as Shand takes the reins Legal Business After a tough three years Maclay Murray & Spens’ (MMS) chief executive Chris Smylie is to step down from his…
LLP filings 2012/13 – DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co reveal numbers Legal Business DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Olswang and Ince & Co have joined the ranks of leading UK law firms to have filed…
Deal watch: Dentons advises Total on UK shale gas interest Jaishree Kalia As the unconventional method of extracting shale gas increasingly becomes a phenomenon in the UK, Dentons has taken the lead…
LLP latest: Shoosmiths, Morgan Cole and MMS see significant drop in highest paid partner as Charles Russell’s takes home 64% more Francesca Fanshawe The latest round of LLP accounts for 2012/13 has revealed that Shoosmiths paid £1.5m to acquire Scottish firm Archibald Campbell &…
Dentons hires high profile energy partner Charles July and Eversheds’ banking partner Michael Wainwright Jaishree Kalia Increased optimism within the business sector at the start of 2014 is being reflected in a flurry of lateral hires…
Revolving Doors: Strategic growth for A&O, Eversheds, Wiggin, Dentons, Field Fisher and Olswang Jaishree Kalia In the last major round of hires before 2013 draws to a close, Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its international…