Freshfields loses entire Paris real estate team to Jones Day
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Paris real estate head Erwan Le Douce-Bercot is joining Jones Day along with a three-lawyer team.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Paris real estate head Erwan Le Douce-Bercot is joining Jones Day along with a three-lawyer team.
Two partners from DLA Piper’s pension team are joining boutique firm ARC Pensions as it launches its first office outside London.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s London office saw revenue growth of 22 per cent over 2016 to £44.8m.
Kraft Heinz’s $143bn (£115bn) approach for Unilever was one of the shortest-lived deals in recent memory. But the relationships between the corporates and their advisers is a much more historical tale.
Norton Rose Fulbright has lost nine energy partners to Baker Botts’ Houston office. The team departed as the global firm announced it had pulled off its merger with New York firm Chadbourne & Parke.
Norton Rose Fulbright and Chadbourne & Parke have voted to merge, creating a firm with 1,000 lawyers in the US including 300 lawyers in New York.
Devereux Chambers barrister Jolyon Maugham QC’s pro-bono scheme the Good Law Project has taken on its first case, with plans to sue Uber over alleged tax avoidance.
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy London co-managing partner Julian Stait has named the firm’s white collar practice as a key area to expand after an office revenue increase of 3.5 per cent to £92m, The Lawyer has learned.
Fieldfisher has opened its fifth office in seven months, growing its European footprint to Amsterdam.
Equion Energia, Amey and RBS were among the most active companies in the English Courts in 2016, according to The Lawyer Court Rankings 2016.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Clifford Chance Paris antitrust head Patrick Hubert, the latest senior addition to its growing French base.
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has taken the lead role acting for Kraft Heinz on its now-withdrawn bid for Unilever, with Linklaters lining up on the opposite side.