Fieldfisher has opened its second European office in as many months, launching new operations in Luxembourg through a lateral hire. The office will be focused on finance and funds, with the firm hiring Ingrid Dubourdieu as its managing partner for the country. She joins from local firm D Law, where she has been a partner […]
Ashurst’s Brussels managing partner Carl Meyntjens has left the firm to join Simmons & Simmons.
Paris dominated the European lateral hires market with both international and independent firm hires, while Luxembourg firm Wildgen and Brussels’ Van Bael & Bellis rang in key management changes with new managing partners.
The Shearman team is understood to be led by competition co-head Stephen Mavroghenis and partner Trevor Soames. 2014: Quinn Emanuel launches Brussels office
The District Court of the Hague has overturned a $50bn arbitral award against the Russian Federation in a long-standing dispute with the shareholders of oil company Yukos. The claimants’ lawyers from Shearman & Sterling and Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek said the court had “incorrectly applied” Russian law provisions and articles of an international […]
French firm Veil Jourde has launched a Brussels office, in its first foray outside Paris. The move comes just a year after the firm launched a competition team with the hire of partner Emmanuel Tricot from Winston & Strawn. The Brussels office will advise on competition, state aid, regulated industries such as telecoms, merger control […]
Luxembourg firm Arendt & Medernach, Germany’s GSK Stockmann & Kollegen and Italian firm Pavia e Ansaldo have all announced the launch of new offices in neighbouring European jurisdictions. Arendt opened a representative office in Paris at the start of the year, becoming the first Luxembourg firm to have a presence in the French capital. The […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Liberty Global on its joint venture with Vodafone’s Dutch operations, with the latter turning to Slaughter and May and NautaDutilh. The merger concerns Liberty Global’s Dutch cable brand Ziggo with Vodafone’s mobile business in the country. Vodafone turned to Slaughter and May on the 50/50 […]
Buoyed by its recent push towards fintech, Luxembourg remains a major hub of the financial world. Many firms – including Dentons – are trying to get a foothold there
DWF has opened an office in Brussels, the firm’s second office outside of the UK after opening in Dubai earlier in the year. The new office will provide advice on greater competition and regulatory support for its UK and international clients. The practice will specialise in central and local government, food and retail, transport and […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has reported a 3.6 per cent rise in revenue in the first half of 2015/16, with the firm’s turnover growing from £619.7m to £642m. The firm attributed a significant proportion of its growth to London, with its corporate practice boosted by several large M&A deals and equity capital markets (ECM) work. […]
Dentons has announced its fifth merger of 2015, confirming a tie-up with Luxembourg firm OPF Partners. OPF is one of the larger independent Luxembourg firms with 34 lawyers including nine partners. The merger will take effect on 1 January 2016. The news follows Dentons’ mergers with Chinese firm Dacheng, US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge, […]