Freshfields makes friends with White & Case
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer finance partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz are setting up an informal conflicts referral relationship in London with their previous firm White & Case.
Corporate promotions to the fore as Herbert Smith and Freshfields unveil partnership lists
Corporate has led the way at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith – the two largest firms to have announced their promotions.
Mum suing CC over sex discrimination
Clifford Chance is facing a sex discrimination claim and is due to defend itself in a Budapest court next month.
Fountain Court QC joins buddy at Cloisters
Employment set Cloisters has raided Fountain Court for its star silk Brian Napier QC.
Lovells forges ahead with global IP expansion strategy
Lovells has strengthened further its international IP practice with the addition of Wragge & Co patent litigation partner Adam Cooke.
Simmons rebuilds Hong Kong team
Simmons & Simmons Hong Kong has hired technology, media and telecoms (TMT) partner Damien Bailey from Minter Ellison, where he headed the Chinese TMT practice.
A&O Düsseldorf hires Shearman M&A duo
Allen & Overy (A&O) has ramped up its M&A corporate capacity in Düsseldorf with the hire of Shearman & Sterling M&A partner Birgit Reese.
Olswang doubles Berlin office with Links IP team
Olswang’s Berlin office has doubled in size after taking on Linklaters’ highly rated IP team of two partners and six fee-earners.
PI lawyers hit back at insurers’ claims of rocketing costs
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil) has hit out at fresh claims of spiralling costs in the legal arena.
Freshfields corporate set for major shake-up
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s incoming corporate head Mark Rawlinson is restructuring the department’s management team to give responsibility to a wider group of partners.
White & Case number one as bankruptcy cases soar
The contenders for the title of ‘leading US bankruptcy practice’ were revealed this month in a new list showing the number of pending cases at year-end 2007.
CC New York facing $75m race discrimination suit
Magic circle firm Clifford Chance is gearing up to contest a race discrimination case brought against it in New York.