Silicon Valley firm Fenwick & West has expanded overseas for the first time with the launch of a Shanghai office. The US technology and life sciences-focused firm has launched a representative office in Shanghai after receiving the licence from China’s Ministry of Justice. The launch comes a year after the firm hired China partner Eva […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former chief information officer (CIO) Paul Domnick has taken up leadership of software and risk management company Litéra after stepping down from his role at the magic circle firm late last year. Domnick was named president of the company, one of a growing sector offering risk management and cyber-secure document creation to […]
DLA Piper has launched the Rapid Response app, a free app designed to complement the firm’s existing Rapid Response service that helps individuals prepare for and deal with crisis situations. Through the Rapid Response services, the firm’s clients have access to a global emergency hotline, a regulatory compliance audit to identify where risks lie, tailored training on […]
DLA Piper has represented Columbia Property Trust in its purchase of an office tower in downtown San Francisco for $228.8m (£135m) from Beacon Capital Partners. Columbia is one of the country’s largest office REITs and its acquisition of the 16-storey, 387,943ft² building allows the company to achieve its objective of expanding in a high-performing, select primary market. […]
On 3 June, Allen & Overy will be hosting a seminar in which Charles Honée and Gerbrand Visser will discuss this year’s most important developments and challenges in corporate governance. This will be the third seminar of the second semester of the ‘Amsterdam Seminar Series’ — a programme of seminars held monthly that examine current legal developments […]
Allen & Overy has been named Netherlands Law Firm of the Year by Chambers. It was also ranked in the highest category for 13 practice areas. The Chambers Awards honour those firms that have stood out for the excellence of their work. Chambers said of Allen & Overy: ‘This tremendous firm offers top-notch services in its core […]
From 999 calls to prisons, outsourcing giants have been running much of Britain since the Thatcherite privatisations of the 1980s. And now they’re trotting into the UK legal market, too. Within a few days, one of the UK’s largest outsourcers – Capita – will walk into the profession via an acquisition of Optima Legal Services. […]
King & Wood Malleson’s (KWM) former Australian managing partner Tony O’Malley has launched an advisory boutique in Sydney with the firm’s former corporate, M&A and tax head Tim Blue. The duo have co-founded LCR Advisory in a bid to provide strategic legal, corporate and regulatory advice to leading organisations, with a different approach from the […]
DLA Piper has hired one of King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin’s top private equity partners, Tim Wright. Since joining legacy SJ Berwin in September 2004 from Clifford Chance, Wright has become one of the firm’s dominant private equity partners in the City alongside Steven Davis. Wright is the latest in a string of exits […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s choir is undoubtedly the youngest performing at the Legal Harmony competition, given that the firm only formally merged on 1 May 2014 We began life in Wragge & Co’s Birmingham office in December 2010 when a small group of singers, led by then-trainees Rob and Nick Bridgman, performed a repertoire […]
Davenport Lyons has been absorbed by the considerably smaller Mayfair firm Gordon Dadds following the former’s administration. It’s rocky times for small-to-medium sized firms, but West End practices have been feeling the pinch more than most. Disarray: The story behind the Davenport Lyons “reverse takeover” by Gordon Dadds Gordon Dadds buys Davenport Lyons out of […]
Lloyds’ retail general counsel Stuart Morgan has grabbed his coat, quite literally Lloyds’ retail general counsel Stuart Morgan has grabbed his coat, quite literally. Morgan – believed to be the brains behind Lloyds’ decision to outsource its retail and asset finance litigation teams to a panel firm – is expected to become the first general […]