Europe

Reed Smith hires ex-Clifford Chance restructuring lawyer in Paris

Marie Crumière joins as a partner, having run her own boutique firm since leaving CC last August

  • 15h

Fladgate picks up 25-strong Memery Crystal team as exits continue

Move continues break up of London boutique as parent company RBG Holdings prepares to enter administration

  • 22h

Willkie Farr continues Germany growth push with Quinn Emanuel duo

US firm also tapped Latham for 11-lawyer restructuring team in Germany last summer

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Slaughter and May names successor to first managing partner Finkler

Slaughters lifer David Johnson to take over from Deborah Finkler in August

  • 5d

Lawyers have no choice but to embrace AI, Master of the Rolls says in LawtechUK speech

Sir Geoffrey Vos says lawyers can’t advise clients on AI matters if they don’t understand it themselves

  • 5d

MoFo hires founding partner of Cooley’s Brussels office

Alexander Israel will head up Morrison Foerster’s European competition practice

  • 5d

Former Osborne Clarke partner joins Portland to enhance litigation communications

Arbitrator and mediator Adrian Lifely brought on board to provide “extra depth” to agency’s advice

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Hogan Lovells’ legal battle to secure reparations for Yazidi women persecuted by ISIL fighters

No attempt is being made by Western governments to ensure victims of atrocities benefit from international sanctions imposed on the perpetrators, writes Hogan Lovells pro bono partner Yasmin Waljee

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Freshfields’ revenue surged to £2.1bn in 2024 buoyed by strong US growth

Details of Magic Circle UK firm’s 2023/4 financial results have only just emerged, via its LLP accounts filing

  • 6d

InterDigital launches global SEP litigation against Disney

IP relates to video streaming technology, actions launched in US, Brazil, Germany and the Unified Patent Court

  • 1w

CM Murray launches regulatory practice with London partner hire

Nick Leale was previously a partner at Armstrong Teasdale’s defunct London office and head of regulatory at Blake Morgan

  • 1w

Rosenblatt reborn as independent firm following mass departure from stricken parent company

RBG Holdings, owner of London boutiques Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, is poised to enter into administration

  • 1w

Greenberg Traurig hires teams from McDermott and life sciences boutique for Munich debut

Five lawyers join from McDermott and four from Ehlers Ehlers & Partners for base focused on private equity, healthcare and life sciences work

  • 1w

A&O Shearman, Slaughters shepherd American Axle’s £1.16bn acquisition of UK car parts group Dowlais

Cravath also called in for deal that continues exodus of companies from London Stock Exchange

  • 1w

Value of ALSP market climbs to $28.5bn

Growth in demand for alternative legal services far outpaces traditional law firm segment, according to Thomson Reuters

  • 1w

Spotify to seek new legal head after GC announces plan to step down

Eve Konstan will leave the streaming platform this week after almost five years

  • 1w

EU competition law ‘pathfinder’ and former IBA president Michael Reynolds has died, aged 75

Tributes led by IBA president Jaime Carey and former A&O senior partner David Morley

  • 1w

McDermott Will & Emery adds arbitration partner from Curtis in London

Milo Molfa is the firm’s 11th lateral hire in the past 12 months

  • 1w

HSF hits Orrick for 10-lawyer Germany corporate team

Team led by Orrick’s former Germany managing partner moves over in Düsseldorf

  • 2w

Arnold & Porter, Latham advise on Kim Kardashian-backed investment in 111SKIN

Reality TV star’s SKKY Partners makes minority investment in London-based luxury skincare company 111SKIN

  • 2w
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