Europe - Page 28
DWF debuts in Hamburg with 11-lawyer team
Transport and marine group joins from German boutiques as DWF points to planned further growth of global marine offering
DAC Beachcroft appoints new senior partner
Bristol location head Ben Daniels to succeed longtime leader Virginia Clegg next year
Gleiss Lutz appoints nine new partners in latest promotions round
Round includes a prevalence of lawyers in cross-border practice with a further four made up to counsel
Linklaters creates team of ‘AI lawyers’
Team of 20 will advise lawyers at the Magic Circle firm how to use AI in client work
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
UK insurance lawyers group FOIL elects Browne Jacobson partner as next president
Bridget Tatham to lead Forum of Insurance Lawyers for 2026, succeeding Keoghs partner Howard Dean
US firms eye $2.5tr fund finance opportunity amid spate of transatlantic hires
Ben Rigby discusses two key hires in the fund finance world by law firms in London and New York this week
Why free interview travel for under-25s is essential to improve social mobility
Aspiring legal professionals should choose which interviews to attend based on the role, not whether they can afford their travel fare, writes InnLegal’s Ellie Hecht
Nominees unveiled for 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards
Fourth annual awards to take place in London on 28 April
Gibson Dunn hits A&O Shearman for London disputes partner
Employment specialist Robbie Sinclair joins as US firm focuses on building City disputes bench alongside its already strong deals team
Solomon takes the helm at Littleton
Adam Solomon KC succeeds Mr Justice Mansfield as head of Littleton Chambers
Senior associates at UK firms have lower job satisfaction than other cohorts – study
Only 61% of senior associates are satisfied at work, compared to 75% of partners, according to a Chambers’ report
Weil makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round
Round dominated by New York firm’s 600-lawyer corporate practice as 57 also made up to counsel
Orrick adds M&A and private equity quartet from Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich
Team includes NRF’s German corporate, M&A and securities practice group head Michael Prüssner
‘We need to get on with it’: top Scottish law firms push for liberalisation of ownership rules
Coalition including Harper Macleod, MacDonald Henderson and Inksters say they are being held back