Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has made up 24 partners in its latest global promotions round, with 38 per cent (nine) of the cohort having been made up in London. Effective from 1 January 2024, the new partners in the City are Daniel Burnaud, Janany Kathirgamanathan, James Parker and Benedict West in real estate, and […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is cutting roles in its business services teams globally after an internal audit. The firm is making 47 of its business services positions redundant. The majority of the roles are based in the US with 34 people being made redundant across 17 of its offices in the country. A further […]
A Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan commercial litigation and class actions partner has exited for Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, only one year after joining the US disputes specialist. BCLP has recruited Ravi Nayer, who moves across into the firm’s London business and commercial disputes team. The hire comes just one year since Nayer joined Quinn […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has raised its charge-out rates to clients, The Lawyer can reveal, following a benchmarking exercise against the market. The merged firm has increased the rates by up to 10 per cent, a decision communicated at the end of last by its departmental heads to the rest of the partnership. While the […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has launched a client priority programme, in a bid to extend the type of services it provides to key clients. The firm has developed a scheme called Accelerate that will be aimed at a limited number of key clients across the sectors in which it operates. It is understood the […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has raised its bonus thresholds by 6 per cent, after recently upping its NQ salaries to almost £100,000. The merged firm is rolling in a new bonus system that will see eligibility thresholds go up from 1,900 to 2,000 hours for its US associates. In the UK, the thresholds increase […]
BCLP has hired its first global head of diversity and recruitment, who will have a specific focus on recruitment. The firm has taken on Ashust’s head of diversity and resourcing Lloyd Stephenson. It is understood he will be responsible to ensure diversity and inclusion criteria are observed in every area of the firm, from graduate […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has raised its NQ salaries in London by 7 per cent, making it the second rise to be announced this year. The merged firm has upped its rate from £88,000 to £95,000. In July, the firm increased its NQ salaries by 10 per cent from £80,000. The rise comes with similar […]
Greenberg Trauring is taking on a real estate finance partner from BCLP. The firm is hiring Daniyal Ansari, who joined BCLP from Eversheds in 2015. Prior to that he was a senior associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with previous stints at Latham & Watkins and Herbert Smith Freehills. He acts for lenders and developers in […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has made up 25 partners in its latest promotions round, with five made up in London. It marks the firm’s largest cohort so far. The new class of partners stems from the firm’s three main departments – litigation, corporate and real estate. Of the London promotions, real estate lawyer Mateen […]
BCLP will move to having a single chair from 2024, The Lawyer has learned, as part of agreements stemming from the 2018 merger. The firm is currently led by co-chairs Steven Baumer, who is based in St Louis, and Lisa Mayhew, who is based in London. The co-chair composition was implemented to give a voice […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has expanded its French litigation and investigations practice, with the appointment of two new partners. The firm has hired White & Case partner Philippe Métais, head of its commercial and civil litigation group in Paris. He joined the firm in 1987. Making the move alongside him is Elodie Valette, a White […]