City of angels: Baker McKenzie launches in LA with Hogan Lovells team hire Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie has opened its ninth US office in Los Angeles after recruiting a five-partner employment and litigation team from…
Evolutionary forces – US body for legal ops hits Europe as new breed of client emerges James Wood Disruption looms as James Wood reports on first European conference for CLOC Richard Susskind must have lost count of the…
Transatlantic crossing – BLP and Bryan Cave to complete merger vote in February Nathalie Tidman The partnerships of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and US law firm Bryan Cave are to vote on their transatlantic tie-up, with…
Fresh starts – inside the pioneering US school training lawyers on the start-up community Catherine Wycherley Look out law schools, there is a disrupter in town. Naturally, that town is Silicon Valley, the home of innovation.…
Back to the drawing board Catherine Wycherley You wouldn’t mistake a lawyer for a designer. One is usually armed with a pen and a rulebook, the other…
Ashurst pulls the plug on ill-fated 2009 move into US finance law with NY restructuring Madeleine Farman Five New York-based partners left Ashurst in July for US finance firm Chapman and Cutler, with a sixth partner departing…
CC pushes on with stateside lateral spree adding disputes trio in Washington Tom Baker As a season of disputes and regulatory hiring for international firms in Washington DC continues apace, Clifford Chance (CC) has continued…
‘Areas of strategic importance’: CC strengthens NY arm with two corporate veterans as US hiring push continues Georgiana Tudor As Magic Circle firms strive to bolster their US operations, Clifford Chance (CC) has announced today (19 June) that it has…
News in brief – May 2017 Legal Business PINSENTS LAUNCHES IN MADRID Pinsent Masons has launched in Madrid, the firm’s third international office in less than a year.…
Moving into Miami: Reed Smith enters the market with seven lawyer disputes team Legal Business Reed Smith is opening a new office in Miami after hiring a seven lawyer arbitration and litigation team from local…
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…
East side story: NRF adds Manhattan credibility with projects-driven Chadbourne tie-up Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has pulled off its second US merger, this time with New York-based Chadbourne & Parke, giving…
Managing Manhattan: A&O moves senior partner contender Tim House to New York Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) global head of dispute resolution Tim House is to become senior partner of the US and…
‘We can compete’: A&O breaks lockstep again for new Manhattan finance team Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has broken lockstep again for a New York finance team hired last week, about six months…
A&O continues US spree with three finance partners from Paul Hastings Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its US push picking up a three partner finance and securities team from Paul…
A&O continues US expansion with third litigation hire in a month Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its expansion in the US with the appointment of Eugene Ingoglia to its investigations…
Swings and roundabouts: A&O gains two in the US as former partners move to Simmons and Gibson Dunn Madeleine Farman As it continues its push for US expansion, Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed two partners to its investigations and…
Addleshaws US talks reach decisive stage as firm enters discussions with German outfit Luther Kathryn McCann Hunton & Williams is to decide in the next fortnight whether it will move to the next stage in merger…
Sideways – A lateral move in leadership and big US ambitions for Clyde & Co Legal Business Clyde & Co has been on a terrific run of growth in the last five years. With a new senior…
Q&A: Latham’s Lacovara on litigation, Trump and leaving Freshfields Legal Business Legal Business catches up with Latham & Watkins litigation partner and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer executive partner Michael Lacovara about…
