Management overhaul for KWM SJ Berwin as dual corporate heads replace Davis Legal Business As King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin beds down its $1bn merger the Sino-Australian and UK giant has announced further changes…
Revolving doors: KWM disputes head joins Quinn Emanuel start-up in Sydney Legal Business The fallout from upheaval within firms in the upper echelons of the Australian legal market continues with news today (5…
Panel review: Taylor Wessing and KWM SJ Berwin secure spots on property developer Essential Living’s ten-strong panel Legal Business Newly-formed rental property developer Essential Living has appointed a ten-strong panel of law firms to its roster as it focuses…
It’s big, it’s here – King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin launches and unveils global management team Legal Business It’s big, spanning continents, oceans, hugely disparate cultures and a complex governance and profit-sharing model and it’s going live today…
As Brazil cools Latam heat – Garrigues moves into Colombia; SJB primes Saudi move Legal Business With Brazil’s economy continuing to disappoint during 2013, there is increasing focus on other economies across Latin America. Moving to…
SJ Berwin to collect on unpaid legal fees from Qatari sheikh David Stevenson Middle-Eastern high-net-worth individuals are probably the last clients you would expect to be forced to chase for money but SJ…
Revolving doors: Linklaters boosts Asia restructuring practice while SJ Berwin makes key disputes hire Francesca Fanshawe In the second recruit to its Hong Kong office in the last couple of weeks, Linklaters has hired former Allen…
SJ Berwin’s high stakes tie-up with KWM dares to bring a new equation to global law Legal Business David Stevenson and Alex Novarese assess SJ Berwin’s audacious Asia-Pacific tie-up and ask if the union can truly propel the…
What’s in a name? SJ Berwin and King & Wood Mallesons seal union David Stevenson Forming a ground-breaking union between a leading City firm and an Asia powerhouse, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners confirmed…
A high-stakes global play – SJ Berwin to vote next week on tie-up with Asian giant King & Wood Mallesons David Stevenson Arguably the most ambitious deal to hit the global legal market since the 2010 tie-up between Hogan & Hartson and…
Comment: SJ Berwin’s choice – to soar or crash with an Asian giant Legal Business If you are going to finally do a global merger, it would be fitting for one of the most distinctive…
SJ Berwin creates new COO role with hire of McKinsey’s Baumgartner Legal Business Top 25 City firm SJ Berwin has announced the hire of Rick Baumgartner as the firm’s first-ever chief operating officer…
Litigation watch: SJ Berwin wins IP battle for Sky against Microsoft Sarah Downey SJ Berwin has scored a significant victory in the important tech area of intellectual property rights in cloud data storage,…
To soar or crash with an Asian giant Legal Business If you are going to finally do a global merger, it would be fitting for one of the most distinctive…
SJ Berwin reveals turnover increase of 2% as partnership expansion hits PEP Legal Business SJ Berwin has become the latest leading UK law firm to release its 2012-13 financial results, with its unaudited accounts…
Withers and Speechly union off as SJP and KWM edge closer Legal Business Merger talks between private client firms Withers and Speechly Bircham were called off at the end of May as both…
SJ Berwin pays out delayed partner profits David Stevenson As partnerships continue to take a cautious approach to profit distribution, SJ Berwin has confirmed that it has released profits…
SJ Berwin is latest international arrival in Luxembourg Legal Business SJ Berwin announced the opening of its twelth office in Luxembourg at the start of the year, in what was…
Positive early signs at combined firm King & Wood Mallesons Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has enjoyed a successful first six months as a single firm, according to Handel Lee,…
Ashurst pushes ahead with Beijing and Seoul launches David Stevenson Ashurst is preparing to move into Seoul and is applying for a licence to practise in Beijing, as the firm…
