Geradin Partners has kept up its blistering expansion push by opening its third office this year in Helsinki. The firm has hired two partners from Roschier – Mikko Alkio and Christian Wik. They join Geradin today, marking the office’s launch in the Finnish capital. A further four colleagues will join of various seniorities, with more expected […]
Media and reputation firm Schillings has opened its first European office outside of the UK by launching in Dublin. The office will offer advice in crisis management, risk mitigation and “opportunity harnessing” with further service lines in “intelligence, law, communications, diplomacy and security to handle high stakes situations”. Schillings CEO David Imison said of the […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, we explain why hearing the names of a select group of elite firms is piquing our interest; and what can be taken away from Hogan Lovells’ Warsaw retreat. US firms are dictating […]
Latham & Watkins has lost another member of its Continental European transactional team, with a leveraged finance partner joining A&O Shearman in Paris. Michel Houdayer has made the move to A&O Shearman today (16 September). He was a Latham lifer, having joined the firm in 2002 and spent almost a decade in the partnership having […]
The Lawyer’s European Awards is back this year to crown the crème de la crème of the European legal market. We received a huge number of entries from firms across the Continent, seeking to pick up some of the most prestigious prizes in the profession. The event will be held in-person at the JW Marriott […]
Dentons has moved swiftly to name its successor as European litigation head, after its former group leader spearheaded an eight-lawyer defection to Italian firm Chiomenti. Rome-based Roberto Fabio Lipari will take the reins to lead the firm’s disputes team across Continental Europe and Central Asia. Lipari joined Dentons five years ago as a partner, having […]
Eversheds Sutherland believes it can grow partner numbers across its four Benelux offices to more than 40 in the next five years as part of a concerted push to become an major player in the region. The partner headcount growth would represent an increase of almost two-thirds (60 per cent) by 2029 from its current […]
Welcome back to The Passport after our usual summer break. This week, we explain what the future may hold for Schjødt as managing partner Magnus Lütken casts his mind ahead; and how can Eversheds stand out in Benelux? You will also notice a new addition to The Passport which is our moves section, highlighting some of […]
A&L Goodbody is to focus its West Coast business development efforts on its San Francisco rep office, leading it to close its outpost in Silicon Valley. The firm is in the process of winding down its office in the tech heartland of Palo Alto. A&L Goodbody first opened its Palo Alto office in 2012 to […]
White & Case has continued its 2024 European expansion drive with the addition of Weil Gotshal & Manges’ restructuring co-head in Paris. Anne-Sophie Noury will join White & Case, strengthening the firm’s capabilities in restructuring, debt funds and public takeovers. Noury joined Weil from well-regarded French restructuring boutique BDGS, spending more than five years with […]
The co-managing partner of German-headquartered firm Luther has hit out at post-Brexit visa requirements that are preventing the firm from implementing its plans to boost growth in London. Speaking to The Lawyer, Markus Sengpiel said the firm had big plans for expansion and would ideally have at least one partner based in the office to […]
Kirkland & Ellis is poised to hire a financial restructuring duo from German firm Gleiss Lutz, following its launch in Frankfurt this month. Partner Christian Halàsz and counsel Friedrich Schlott, from Frankfurt and Düsseldorf respectively, are understood to be set to join Kirkland. Earlier in the month, the firm hit Latham & Watkins for key […]