News About DLA Piper
Former UK prime minister David Cameron in talks to join DLA Piper
Ex-PM in ‘discussions’ for advisory role relating to geopolitical risk
DLA Piper makes up 65 in latest partner promotions round
US sees most promotions in round again dominated by corporate practice
Gibson Dunn adds DLA Piper investment funds co-chair in London
James O’Donnell joins alongside of counsel Hannah Watson Fanin as US firm builds on City investment funds practice
Simmons bags DLA Piper’s UK competition head
Sarah Smith joins as head of Simmons’ UK competition and antitrust team following predecessor’s exit for Kirkland last year
Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition
Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer
DLA Piper launches legal delivery centre in Germany with Pinsent Masons duo
Partners Michael Zollner and Carl Renner join having co-headed Pinsents’ flexi-lawyering arm Vario in Germany
Raft of City firms up NQ salaries amid ongoing pay war
HSF, DLA Piper and HFW among firms to boost pay as Paul Weiss introduces new UK training contract that dishes out market-topping £180k to its NQs
Cleary, DLA Piper and Sidley lead on T-Mobile’s $4.4bn buy of US Cellular’s wireless operations
Clifford Chance, Cravath and Washington DC boutique Wilkinson Barker Knauer also act in deal that will bring T-Mobile four million new customers
Top US patent litigation team joins Mintz from Proskauer Rose
Led by respected life sciences litigator Siegmund Gutman, the team of 10 move over from Proskauer Rose
DLA Piper unveils 63-strong partner promotion round
Trimmed down cohort brings firm closer to goal of 30% female partnership by 2025
Reed Smith, Shoosmiths lead on Concord’s £1.1bn Hipgnosis takeover
DLA Piper and Latham also called in for deal to save embattled song fund
DLA Piper appoints Labour peer Lord Blunkett to global government affairs team
Labour politician joins to advise on public policy as firm cites aim to appoint advisors from across the political spectrum
DLA Piper signs up Pinsent Masons’ London office head
Andrew Sackey joins DLA Piper’s corporate crime and investigations team
DLA Piper adds trio of energy partners in London
Trio from Paul Hastings and Brown Rudnick bring M&A, finance and private equity transactions expertise
DLA Piper names new international managing partner
Charles Severs to succeed veteran managing partner Simon Levine at the start of next year
Simmons & Simmons expands in Ireland with banking partner hire from DLA Piper
Kate Curneen will join the firm’s financial markets team in Dublin
Legal protections for AI-generated work in China
DLA Piper lawyers Edward Chatterton and Wilson Lung explain a recent Chinese court judgment and review how luxury brands can protect copyright in AI-assisted work
Understanding green trademarks in China and Hong Kong
As green marks grow in advertising, DLA Piper lawyers Elizabeth Wong and Liam Blackford provide guidance on trademark rules in China and Hong Kong
Fashion and AI – a romance that can’t be faked
DLA Piper’s Kurt Davies explains why the fashion industry should be thinking about an ethical and principles-based approach to AI use, especially in the EU
A luxury brand guide to Asia Pacific customs powers in trademark enforcement
DLA Piper partner Edward Chatterton and colleagues provide a high-level overview of how APAC customs authorities can help brand owners stop counterfeit goods entering a country