Tulkinghorn: Barca buddies
Amid all the networking and business development at The Lawyer Summit in Barcelona this month, Tulkinghorn hears word of love blossoming.
Nine-strong CIS legal network gets off ground
A nine-member CIS network that launched at the beginning of November is planning to bring the alliance model into the 21st century, according to its chair.
Vernalis unveils new counsel
Biotech research company Vernalis has promoted in-house lawyer Alison Hood to general counsel and company secretary.
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Scottish lawyers unperturbed by Dutch stereotyping
The Netherlands Bar Society has done its bit for international relations by using a novel picture to illustrate a story about the liberalisation of Scotland’s legal market.
New Jeantet Med head to launch in Casablanca
JeantetAssociés is set to launch an office in Casablanca after hiring a corporate partner from fellow French firm Brandford-Griffith & Associés.
Tulkinghorn: Barca buddies
Amid all the networking and business development at The Lawyer Summit in Barcelona this month, Tulkinghorn hears word of love blossoming.
Nine-strong CIS legal network gets off ground
A nine-member CIS network that launched at the beginning of November is planning to bring the alliance model into the 21st century, according to its chair.
Vernalis unveils new counsel
Biotech research company Vernalis has promoted in-house lawyer Alison Hood to general counsel and company secretary.
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Scottish lawyers unperturbed by Dutch stereotyping
The Netherlands Bar Society has done its bit for international relations by using a novel picture to illustrate a story about the liberalisation of Scotland’s legal market.
BLP’s revenues fall five per cent at half-year stage
Berwin Leighton Paisner has reported a drop in revenues of five per cent for the first six months of the 2009-10 financial year.
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New Law momentum continues as Axiom gears up for IPO
Flexible legal resources provider Axiom has filed for an IPO after several years of deliberation, in a bid to obtain extra investment for further expansion. The provider has submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York, but the filing did not disclose a range for the pricing of shares or […]
CMS’s tech incubator goes global in push for more start-up members
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has expanded the reach of its in-house startup accelerator to about 20 countries, expecting to engage 150 startups worldwide by the end of the year. The programme, dubbed CMS EquIP, provides startups and businesses at various stages of development access to potential investors and discounted legal support from the firm’s fee-earners. […]
Cadwalader to join Freshfields and Paul Hastings in new City HQ
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is to move from its City home in Dashwood House to 100 Bishopsgate when the building is completed. The firm’s London head Greg Petrick has set out a gauntlet for growth, with the US firm taking enough space for 120 lawyers in the new building. The London headcount is currently at […]
DWF grabs mandate on Flybmi’s collapse
Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
Taylor Wessing rules out merger talk as firm seals West Coast alliance
Furthering its reach on the West Coast, Taylor Wessing has entered into a non-exclusive joint relationship with California’s Wilson Sonsini.
Linklaters’ former CMO to destroy documents in swift end to injunction saga
Former Linklaters marketing head Frank Mellish has agreed to destroy documents shared between him and the firm, in relation to matters he said would expose “the ongoing struggle [the firm] has with women in the workplace”.