Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper bet on Mexico’s growing legal market Legal Business DLA combines with local firm while Baker & McKenzie boosts its Mexican office Mexico’s legal market has seen steady growth…
Yorkshire: No quarter asked Caroline Hill As one of the region’s most sophisticated and competitive hubs, Yorkshire lawyers are still expecting to fight for work, even…
A major instruction: DLA Piper instructed by Vodafone for Spanish tax fraud investigation Legal Business DLA Piper lawyers from London and Madrid have been called in by Vodafone to investigate allegations of tax fraud at…
Management changes: DLA Piper overhauls board as Ince & Co picks new senior team Legal Business A mass reshuffle has taken place of DLA Piper’s executive managment team, with the firm’s Dutch head of corporate Barbara…
Bakers takes three partners from DLA as it merges in Mexico while Clydes hires three to launch in Brisbane Jaishree Kalia Baker & McKenzie has hired three partners from DLA Piper’s Mexico City office as the latter combines with a local…
‘A tactic to intimidate lawyers’: Facebook sues DLA Piper for bringing ‘fraudulent’ US lawsuit Legal Business Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg are suing trans-Atlantic firm DLA Piper for its role in bringing a case which they…
‘Huge experience of growing a business’: DLA Piper’s Knowles lands chairman role at investment banking firm Zeus Capital Legal Business Sir Nigel Knowles, who is set to step down as co-CEO and managing partner at DLA Piper later this year,…
Revolving doors: US sees spate of lateral hires Jaishree Kalia Lateral hires last week have seen Mayer Brown, DLA Piper and Reed Smith make key hires in their US practices,…
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…
DLA sees leading criminal litigator Rickards leave for Kingsley Napley Sarah Downey Kingsley Napley has made a key hire to its criminal litigation team, as DLA Piper partner Jo Rickards, who recently…
Weil Gotshal heads H1 global private equity table as DLA Piper enters top 20 Legal Business Weil Gotshal & Manges has come out on top of the latest H1 private equity league tables in a top 20…
Revolving Doors: DLA hires in France and the US; Simmons grows Bristol; Gibson Dunn expands in Beijing and Hong Kong Legal Business International expansion last week saw DLA Piper hire Holman Fenwick Willan’s (HFW) Paris head of tax Hervé Israël and bolster its…
DLA Piper stands by scandal-hit lawyer Nick West as he issues apology Legal Business Following a conduct review, DLA Piper has opted to stand by Nick West, whose sexist email exchanges with Premier League…
Asia: Ashurst bolsters Singapore with W&C hire; DLA appoints Asia corporate head; Fenwick & West opens in Shanghai David Stevenson The Asian market has over the past week seen investment from international law firms including DLA Piper, Fenwick & West…
DLA Piper hires King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin private equity partner Tim Wright Legal Business DLA Piper has hired King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) City private equity partner Tim Wright, whose resignation from…
DLA’s partner promotions up by a third with latest round of 45 Legal Business DLA Piper has promoted 45 lawyers to its partnership, a 33% increase on last year. The lion’s share of promotions fell…
Regions cash in on corporate spike as Wragges sells NEC and DLA Piper floats Manchester’s Boohoo Legal Business Two multi-million pound regional deals have been announced in the past week, as Wragge & Co advises Birmingham City Council on…
DLA and Weil lead on Vodafone’s €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono Legal Business Vodafone has turned to DLA Piper for its latest major M&A deal: the €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono, with…
Comment: American without tears – succession planning at the increasingly transatlantic DLA Piper Legal Business So the experiment ends as a qualified success. News of the early-timed succession planning at DLA Piper confirmed that well-regarded IP…
Orrick duo join DLA Piper to bolster financial regulatory team Legal Business DLA Piper has bolstered its London financial regulatory capability with the appointment of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe duo Tony Katz and…
