“Insurance is a kind of promise: if everything goes south, I’ll be here,” Zurich Portugal general counsel Nuno Bastos claims. But insurers are taking the hit from unstable markets, an increase in regulation and unpredictable natural catastrophes and have to adapt. Quickly
Ireland’s A&L Goodbody stands out among European firms for its focus on encouraging its business services teams to innovate and lead within their particular areas of expertise
Christer Carling was promoted from senior legal counsel to general counsel at Switzerland-based equipment manufacturer Sidel in January 2015
Boosted by a solid performance in retail banking Société Générale made a strong showing in Q1 2016, announcing net income of €924m (£727m), a 7 per cent rise from the same period the year before
Move of the week Latham & Watkins partner Martin Cotterill has joined Taylor Wessing’s technology, media and communications team. Cotterill worked at Latham for 13 years, in which time he was also the global technology practice group co-chair. As a commercial lawyer, he has worked on multiple technology and outsourcing transactions. UK London US firm […]
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I’m more than happy to take the compliment that large firms are paying to legal networks such as ours
In 2016, the total turnover for the Continent’s top 100 firms broke through €9bn (£7bn) for the first time.
After a year of buoyant M&A activity and a continued flow of contentious and restructuring work, the financial results for the biggest European firms are in – and it was a record year