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Bird & Bird reports 4% revenue increase as PEP dips
UK-founded firm cites challenging market conditions as topline hits €702m and PEP drops 1.5% to €819k
Bird & Bird promotes 19 to partner in latest promotions round
Women make up 26% of this year’s cohort, with the employment and IP practices seeing the most promotions
The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law
Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan
Bird & Bird re-elects Bartsch for second CEO term
Christian Bartsch to lead tech-focused firm for another four years as it aims to hit €1bn in revenue by 2029
Upcycling: fashion’s new infringement frontier
A balance between luxury brand rights and upcycling remains elusive, write Bird & Bird’s Cristiana Andreotta, Elisabetta Bandera, Rita Tardiolo, Manon Rieger-Jansen and Nina Dorenbosch
Rising trends: luxury women’s sport sponsorship
Bird & Bird lawyers Georgie Twigg MBE and Intisar Abdi outline key legal considerations for luxury brands seeking to sponsor women’s sport
Reed Smith hires Bird & Bird’s Middle East head in regional growth push
Anders Nilsson joins the US firm as a partner in Abu Dhabi
Bird & Bird’s former France co-head decamps to Eversheds with six-lawyer team
Employment specialist Benjamine Fiedler marks Eversheds’ 17th partner hire this year in Continental Europe
Bird & Bird recruits eight-strong team for Lisbon debut
Move follows recent openings in Riyadh and Tokyo as UK firm aims to reach €1bn in revenue by 2029
Bird & Bird reports 6% revenue increase against flat PEP
UK-founded firm’s topline hits €672.6m in first year of five-year strategy
Bottling innovation: the future of scent
Bird & Bird luxury lawyers Nicola Conway and Deeba Moqani discuss the five trend indicators from the 2025 Fragrance Foundation awards
UK Supreme Court backs concept of post-sale confusion in Umbro trademark case
Key decision clarifies how ‘real world’ use of trademarks should be considered when comparing marks
Two years on German firms take lead on Unified Patent Court activity
Germany’s dominating on a number of fronts, but UK firms are more than holding their own according to figures drawn up by the European Patent Litigators Association
Bird & Bird to open office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Firm opens 34th global office in kingdom’s hot legal market as it targets €1bn in revenue
Why brands must be transparent around sustainability claims
Bird & Bird lawyers Rita Tardiolo and Francesca Signorini report on greenwashing allegations at Copenhagen Fashion Week, an issue that highlights the importance of brands living up to their green prom...
Bird & Bird and Addleshaw Goddard unveil their partner promotions
Intake at Addleshaws falls to 17 from 2024’s record high of 26 while cohort at Bird & Bird edges up from 13 to 17
The UK commercial agents regulations are here to stay – bad news for brand owners?
Bird & Bird experts Victoria Hobbs and Louise Lanzkron explain that because luxury brands often operate as principals, those who engage commercial agents may not be pleased with the government’s decis...
UK court dismisses appeal in Merck v Merck dispute
Dismissal marks latest round in long-running global dispute between pharma companies Merck KGaA and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
Kirkland secures UK Court of Appeal victory for Lenovo in SEP battle with Ericsson
Lenovo prevails over Ericsson in its bid to secure interim licence to use its 4G and 5G patents
‘Watershed moment’ for lookalike products as Aldi shot down at appeals court in trademark tussle with Thatchers
West Country firm Stephens Scown scores notable win for independent brewery as discount supermarket found to have taken unfair advantage of Thatchers' trademark