News About Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Arbitration survey highlights concern over use of AI for legal texts and adjudications

Report highlights growing awareness of AI’s benefits, but flags need for regulation and disclosure

13 Nov 2023

BCLP adds 24 to partnership in latest promotions round

London office sees the most promotions with nine, though US dominates overall

9 Nov 2023

BCLP finalises leadership changes

New global department leaders and chief marketing officer named amid wider leadership shuffle

12 Oct 2023

BCLP names Segun Osuntokun as new global senior partner

Leading litigator to step up from UK managing partner role in January to work alongside new global CEO Steve Baumer

28 Sep 2023

Greenberg Traurig opens in Dubai with twin partner hire from BCLP

US firm celebrates launch with arrival of real estate partner duo as it builds Middle East presence

5 Sep 2023

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner names co-chair Steve Baumer as new global CEO

Fellow co-chair Lisa Mayhew will stand down as the firm moves to a single leadership structure

7 Jul 2023

Former Dentons US chair decamps for BCLP alongside 14-strong IP team

Seven partners among those joining transatlantic firm in Atlanta and Washington DC

20 Jun 2023

BCLP cuts 47 global business services roles

Move sees transatlantic firm join the likes of Cooley, Goodwin Procter and Dechert in laying off staff

25 May 2023

London real estate heavyweight and BCLP EMEA senior partner Robert MacGregor to retire

MacGregor to step down after more than 40 years advising on major real estate deals including in relation to Canary Wharf

12 May 2023

Rundle adds investigations insight to BCLP in London

Transatlantic firm seeks to draw on new recruit’s dual qualified status to grow cross-border practice

3 May 2023

BCLP opens in Seattle with senior disputes hires from local practice

Transatlantic firm looks to advise tech and life science clients facing ‘explosive growth in class actions and mass torts’

24 Apr 2023

'Change the rules, change the culture, change the lived experience'

A selection of influential women based in the UK reflect on the legal profession's diversity challenges and how to overcome them

8 Mar 2023

BCLP adds former Baker McKenzie recruiter in Chicago as US diversity director

Devin Carter succeeds Tonya Gaskins with mandate to evolve BCLP’s D&I programmes in the US

27 Jan 2023

Kirkland hires second London investment funds partner in as many days

Chicago giant raids Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner for real estate specialist as it eyes ‘huge uptick in activity’

18 Aug 2022

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and RSHC named winners of McDonald’s diversity award

Award recognises fast food chain's legal suppliers for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

3 Aug 2022

BCLP hires Baker McKenzie’s former global chief information officer in Chicago

Dan Surowiec takes up the CIO role at BCLP after more than two decades at Bakers

26 Jul 2022

LandSec adds two new firms to refreshed legal panel

Gowling WLG and Cripps bag spots as seven firms including Pinsent Masons and Herbert Smith Freehills are re-elected

18 Jul 2022

BCLP secures real estate and insolvency partner quartet in Frankfurt from DLA Piper

German practice grows to 60 lawyers as firm targets further expansion in key market Germany

28 Jun 2022

BCLP announces summer placement scheme for English and French law students

Programme is for students completing dual degree at Queen Mary University and Paris 1

8 Jun 2022

Goodwin taps BCLP capital markets partner in latest life sciences push

Ariel White-Tsimikalis will shore up the firm's UK capital markets team ahead of anticipated flood of life sciences IPOs

22 Oct 2021