Partner promotions: Bird & Bird maintains a steady 11 Sarah Downey Bird & Bird has maintained steady partnership promotion levels for a third consecutive year with 11 associates made up to partner,…
TMT exits continue at Field Fisher as two more partners sign off Francesca Fanshawe Field Fisher Waterhouse‘s TMT practice has taken another hit as technology and outsourcing specialist Stewart Room is leaving for PwC,…
Taylor Wessing fills German head of private equity slot with Skadden hire as Bird & Bird bolsters Frankfurt Legal Business Taylor Wessing has hired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom M&A partner Walter Henle to fill the role of German private equity head.…
Revolving Doors: Brodies hires Transocean former GC as Squire Sanders and Bird & Bird make key hires Legal Business The past week was one for lateral hires outside the City, as Brodies boosted its oil and gas practice with the hire…
RBS litigation: Bird & Bird’s head of dispute resolution criticised for £500m fluctuation in value of claim Legal Business The highly complex Royal Bank of Scotland 2008 rights issue litigation has seen Bird & Bird’s dispute resolution head Steven Baker…
Asia calling: Bird & Bird launches in South Korea as Taylor Wessing and Allen & Gledhill expand Asia footprint Sarah Downey Bird & Bird has joined a host of international law firms looking to enhance their global footprint with a cooperation agreement…
Revolving Doors: Key transactional and antitrust hires for Bakers, Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers, Reed Smith and Mayer Brown David Stevenson With transactional activity on the rise international firms including Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, Trowers & Hamlins and Reed Smith…
LLP latest – Bird & Bird and Eversheds pay cost of expansion and restructuring Sarah Downey The cost of Bird & Bird’s strategic investment in 2012/13 became apparent today (27 January) with the filing of its limited…
Revolving doors: Bird & Bird, Bond Dickinson and Simmons all make lateral moves Legal Business The appetite shown by global elite firms to hire laterally at the start of the year has spread wider in…
H1 2013/14: Bird & Bird reveals revenue increase of 5% Legal Business Bird & Bird today (3 December) attributed a 5% increase in its half year (H1) 2013/14 revenues to the strengthening of…
Office openings: Bird & Bird to extend Middle East capability with Dubai presence Legal Business Bird & Bird has become the latest leading UK firm to open in Dubai as it transfers Stockholm corporate partner Anders…
Baker & McKenzie hires EY tax partner as EY looks at growth David Stevenson Baker & McKenzie has again turned to one of the Big Four accountancy firms to boost its sizeable London tax practice…
NQ retention and pay: Good news for NRF and Bird & Bird but FFW puts 5 trainees on extended contract Sarah Downey If you see a rabble of trainees at the pub this lunchtime they may well be from Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF),…
Revolving Doors: Squire Sanders, Pinsent Masons and Bird & Bird boost corporate and finance capability Legal Business Squire Sanders has today announced the hire of US Dorsey & Whitney City-based corporate finance partner Matthew Doughty in a week that has also seen…
Comment: Say what you like, City practices taking on larger real estate is a good sign Francesca Fanshawe If upgrading your square footage is any litmus test of how City firms feel about the future then a raft…
Reports season 2013 – Bird & Bird and Olswang post healthy revenue increases Legal Business Two international firms with strong European practices and a core media focus, Bird & Bird and Olswang, have posted solid…
Revolving Doors: Clutch of firms including Bird & Bird, Dentons and Sidley make key hires Francesca Fanshawe The lateral hires market has over the past week continued to defy an overall drop in activity as Bird &…
Taking off Legal Business As the airline industry continues to face a tough economic climate, falling passenger numbers and strict regulations, litigation levels have…
