Global 100 ten-year view: Bad timing Mark McAteer In the last boom year in 2008 before the global financial crisis took its toll, the picture was rosy for…
Eyes on ‘the prize’ – BCLP’s leaders on going all-in for transatlantic union Alex Novarese LB: What was the background to the merger talks? Therese Pritchard (TP): I started it. It’s my fault. In February…
Comment: A&O merger bid risky but US question can’t be delayed forever Alex Novarese ‘It is an odd couple. I wouldn’t have put them together,’ is one take from a London peer to the…
A&O merger bid risky but US question can’t be delayed forever Alex Novarese ‘It is an odd couple. I wouldn’t have put them together,’ is one take from a London peer to the…
Dentons gets even more polycentric with seven-way tie-up and Australia hires Marco Cillario Dentons, the world’s largest globetrotting firm, has added 17 partners from an ailing Australian shop and announced a combination with…
‘Established where we need it’: Singapore tie-up sees Watson Farley & Williams round off standout year Tom Baker Watson Farley & Williams has capped off an impressive year of financial growth with international expansion, securing a formal law…
BLP’s US merger bid – a certain loss of confidence Alex Novarese If nothing else, it is safe to say Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s not-very-convincing claim that management was not dead set…
Africa latest chapter in Dentons global playbook as it targets Uganda through local tie-up Marco Cillario Dentons is to embark on another chapter of its global expansion by entering Uganda through a merger with the African…
The Scottish play – amid uncertain times English law firms keep crossing the border Chris Crowe Neither political nor economic uncertainty in Scotland is dampening enthusiasm for law firm tie-ups across the border With a listless…
Fieldfisher opens fifth Italy office with merger as firm set for further expansion Tom Baker Fieldfisher has combined with Bologna firm Lucchini Gattamorta & Associates (LGA) as it opens its fifth outpost in Italy, continuing…
Eversheds Sutherland wins place on Koch Industries global panel, as co-CEOs reflect on 139 days post-combination Kathryn McCann Eversheds Sutherland‘s co-chief executives (CEO) Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman laid out client wins and a draft 2020 strategy for…
Addleshaws chosen as Celesio’s preferred adviser in Scotland as HBJ merger goes live Kathryn McCann Top 20 firm Addleshaw Goddard has finally secured a long-awaited Scottish presence as the firm’s merger with HBJ Gateley goes…
Latin America: Clydes to open in Mexico via merger as Dentons secures Brazilian alliance Legal Business Clyde & Co has kept up the rapid pace of its international expansion by announcing its first office in Mexico,…
Gateley makes approaches to secure new Scottish tie-up Kathryn McCann With the merger between its former Scottish arm and Addleshaw Goddard due to go live on 1 June, Gateley is…
Gateley makes approaches to secure new Scottish tie-up Kathryn McCann With the merger between its former Scottish arm and Addleshaw Goddard due to go live on 1 June, Gateley is…
‘A natural fit’: Reed Smith takes Chadbourne Moscow managing partner Baev ahead of NRF merger Georgiana Tudor Following its recent agreement to combine with Norton Rose Fulbright to create a $2bn firm, Chadbourne & Parke has lost…
Going Dutch: Dentons sets out new European integration strategy after Boekel merger Legal Business Dentons is set to combine with Dutch firm Boekel, completing its third phase of European expansion, which has seen the…
News in brief – April 2017 Legal Business 300 JOBS CUT AHEAD OF CMS MERGER Approximately 300 support staff roles are to be cut at CMS Cameron McKenna,…
Consolidation: CMS Olswang and Nabarro to cut roughly a third of support staff jobs ahead of merger Matthew Field As the firms prepare for their three way merger, 300 support staff roles at CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and Nabarro…
NRF’s New York merger – the trade-offs of federalism Legal Business Barely into 2017 and it has already been an eventful year for verein-based law firms, with King & Wood Mallesons…
