All leasing deals on CMS’ Cannon Place premises are understood to have been put on hold ahead of its proposed three-way merger with Olswang and Nabarro, The Lawyer had learned.
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is shutting its offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, the firm revealed yesterday.
The leadership teams of CMS, Olswang and Nabarro have confirmed they are in three-way merger talks, almost 24 hours after The Lawyer broke the news.
With the partnership votes on the three-way merger between CMS, Nabarro and Olswang understood to be imminent one of the major questions is who would lead the new firm?
The Lawyer will be updating this story as it unfolds throughout the day. Follow the action here. 30 Sept: CMS confirms three-way merger talks to create “differentiated, modern” firm
CMS Cameron McKenna is the ‘mystery third firm’ in the three-way merger with Olswang and Nabarro, The Lawyer has learned. 29 Sept: Olswang three-way merger imminent
Olswang is on the brink of a “transformational” three-way merger with Nabarro and a mystery third firm, The Lawyer understands. The merger is expected to be announced on Friday.
Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have all advised on the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station deal, which will finally been signed today after months of delays.
Two Irwin Mitchell corporate partners have left to join Osborne Clarke in the latest in a wave of exits from the firm.
Matrix Chambers’ Ben Emmerson QC has instructed Bindmans following his suspension from the child sex abuse inquiry.
Litigation is increasingly encroaching on transactional work as a major driver of Chinese law firm growth, research by The Lawyer has found.
Mayer Brown, Berwin Leighton Paisner and Dentons were among the firms to fight off tough competition and claim accolades at The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Awards, held at the Brewery in London on Wednesday 28 September. Mayer Brown took home the Business Services Team of the Year award thanks to it bucking the industry trend towards outsourcing […]