Schoenherr offers a unique combination of the know-how of a boutique insolvency firm and the comprehensive range of legal services of an international law firm. The firm’s insolvency and restructuring team covers all areas of insolvency law. It has an outstanding record in advising both lenders and distressed borrowers on pre-insolvency reorganisation and re-financing, as […]
Schoenherr’s competition practice advises clients from across all industries in merger control, anti-trust and state aid matters on the European and national levels throughout the firm’s comprehensive network in central and eastern Europe and its office in Brussels. Click here to find out more about Schoenherr’s EU and competition practice.
Our employment team advises on all aspects of employment law, from the beginning through to the end of the employment relationship, for both contentious and non-contentious matters. It focuses on employment issues arising in the course of mergers and acquisitions, transfer of undertakings, workforce and management restructuring, domestic and cross-border transfer of employees, downsizing and […]
Our dispute resolution practice group has extensive experience in litigation, as well as commercial and investment arbitration. Schoenherr’s longstanding experience in handling commercial disputes and drafting dispute resolution clauses makes the firm an effective advocate of its clients’ interests. Click here to find out more about Schoenherr’s dispute resolution practice.
Our core practice is advising and representing clients on transactions and complex corporate and commercial matters. Over the years, the practice group has built an outstanding record on headline and key transactions in Austria and throughout CEE/SEE. Dedicated teams within the practice group focus on restructuring and insolvency, working together with the firm’s insolvency specialists […]
No longer an old boys’ club, PJ Kirby QC asks what it means to be a 21st century silk With the news of 100 new silks made up in the latest round of QC appointments, apparently reversing the downward trend in numbers of silk awards, it is timely to think about what the coveted moniker […]
The financial reporting season for US firms is well underway. Already there are significant variations across firms. What’s clear is that this is not going to be a vintage year. Steady as she goes… K&L Gates London revenues up 23 per cent as global PEP drops Global turnover and PEP nudge up at Latham for […]
Sports giant Nike sets out to be a trendsetter in the world of sport and fashion. In legal circles the global retailer, which generates global revenues of $25bn annually, is again helping to set new trends by choosing an alliance of independent firms to cover its European legal needs over a single international firm. As […]
Dentons has unveiled a mass restructure for its UKMEA LLP following its 2013 tripartite merger, bringing its list of practice and sector groups under five new divisional heads. A list has been circulated to the firm’s partners outlining five new overarching divisions – A, B, C, D and E – which practice and sector groups […]
Household brand Hovis is to launch an in-house legal department after its owner Premier Foods sold off a 51 per cent stake in the business to Gores Group. The £30m sell off was part of Premier’s £1.1bn capital refinancing plan, with the company drafting in big-ticket corporate adviser Slaughter and May for advice on the […]
Offshore firm Harneys is bolstering its Asian presence with a Singapore office, relocating two Hong Kong partners to the jurisdiction to lead the venture. The Singapore base will be led by the firm’s global banking head Colin Riegels, alongside funds partner Lisa Pearce. Both are moving from Hong Kong and will be joined by another […]
One of Portugal’s biggest law firms is to launch an office in the Asia-Pacific island of East Timor at the end of this month. Vieira de Almeida – a 138-partner Lisbon-based practice – is sending two lawyers to plant a flag in the capital, where they will link with a locally-recruited practitioner who is joining […]