Europe/The Netherlands

‘Glass ceiling remains powerful’ – IBA takes stock on progress achieving gender equality in law

Award-winning longitudinal study publishes interim report and identifies ‘key takeaways’ from ongoing research

  • 1w

Top law firms line up to advise on Richemont’s sale of Yoox Net-a-Porter to Mytheresa

Slaughters, Cravath, Bakers and Latham among firms acting on long-awaited offloading of online luxury retailer

  • 2mos

Celltrion avoids injunction at UPC in row over asthma drug

Novartis and Genentech had accused Korean rival of “imminent infringement” through marketing of biosimilar

  • 3mos

A&O Shearman, Baker McKenzie score roles on Methanex’s $2.05bn OCI deal

Reed Smith also called in for sale of OCI’s methanol business alongside McCarthy Tétrault and Loyens & Loeff

  • 3mos

Volume of European class actions continues to grow as UK tops market ahead of Portugal

CMS report reveals that £120bn in damages have been sought over last five years and predicts further rise in number of claims

  • 4mos

The Global Legal Post launches new edition of  luxury law comparative guide

Third edition edited by Fabrizio Jacobacci and Alan Behr is essential reading for luxury brands

  • 6mos

Senior ranks of Dutch lawyers near gender parity, study finds

While 46% of all senior lawyers are women, male leaders continue to dominate in law firms and corporate legal teams

  • 1yr

Global decrease in trademark filings, WIPO reports, but continued rise in patents

IP filings have “braved” the pandemic, but WIPO director general warns of geopolitical instability and an uncertain economic outlook

  • 1yr

Squire continues European private equity push with Amsterdam debut

US firm adds partners from Van Doorne and Taylor Wessing for 16th European location

  • 1yr

Around the house: Former Star Wars lawyer named Surf Air legal chief, Empower AI adds GC in newly created role

This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at VEON, MapLight Therapeutics, Dianthus Therapeutics and Clark Hill

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NautaDutilh appoints second woman to three-strong leadership team

Marike Bakker replaces Chris Warner as co-managing partner alongside Sjoerd Meijer and Lieke van der Velden

  • 1yr

Clifford Chance elects 32 new partners in diverse round

Twelve women included in round that sees 39% of new US and UK partners come from minority ethnic backgrounds

  • 1yr

‘A time of significant transition' – The Global Legal Post launches international guide to ESG laws and regulations

Practical tool for businesses and their advisers is edited by Debevoise’s Ulysses Smith and features contributions from array of top firms

  • 1yr

Baker McKenzie, Allen & Overy advise on Advent and Wilbur-Ellis chemicals tie-up

Advent’s Caldic and Wilbur-Ellis’s Connell to merge to create €3bn global life sciences and speciality chemicals business

  • 2yrs

Arnold & Porter targets EU life sciences sector with Amsterdam office launch

Move follows EU's decision to relocate regulator from London in response to Brexit

  • 2yrs

NautaDutilh appoints new managing partners, creates inclusion partner role

Changing of guard comes after firm opted to stick with same management team through worst of pandemic

  • 2yrs

Fieldfisher names finance and corporate duo as co-managing partners for Netherlands

Marinus de Waal and Frans-Jozef Crousen take over from Marcel Willems in Amsterdam

  • 2yrs

Freshfields hits gender and racial diversity targets in latest partner promotion round

Women make up 41% of the 27 new partners, hitting its 40% female gender diversity target

  • 2yrs

Telecoms giant Veon adds Beeline Russia’s VP for legal as GC

Victor Biryukov to relocate from Moscow to Amsterdam to succeed veteran GC Scott Dresser 1 January

  • 2yrs

Linklaters expands D&I scholarship scheme across seven European offices

Roll out of programme designed to lower barriers to legal careers follows pilot at London headquarters

  • 3yrs
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