Law Firm Office Launches - Page 2
HFW to expand in Southern China with Shenzhen Qianhai launch
Move sees HFW become first UK-based international firm granted permission to set up shop in Greater Bay Area
Clifford Chance targets energy work with Houston launch
Magic Circle firm to add seven partners from rivals including two from Latham & Watkins to open third US office
Powell Gilbert opens Dublin office to support UPC work
London IP powerhouse launches first international base to capitalise on EU's new Unified Patent Court
Fieldfisher opens in Vienna as part of latest European growth push
New office will be led by Austria managing partner Thomas Ruhm, who joins from SCWP
Brodies moves into Middle East with Abu Dhabi launch
Leading Scottish firm establishes Middle East LLP and relocates partners to service energy and oil and gas clients locally
Baker Botts secures Ashurst energy projects team for Singapore debut
Launch sees US firm regain physical presence in Asia Pacific after shuttering Hong Kong base in 2021
Barnes & Thornburg adds healthcare and capital markets partners for Nashville debut
Five partners join from Holland & Knight, Baker Donelson and Bass Berry & Sims as US firm continues rapid expansion across the country
Kennedys adds DAC Beachcroft specialist liability lead for Newcastle launch
Andrea Ward joins to launch insurance specialist’s 13th UK office as DAC Beachcroft colleagues Tom Walshaw and Andrew Sheppard defect to Kennedys in London
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’
Watson Farley & Williams hires White & Case asset finance team for Tokyo debut
UK firm follows up Seoul launch in February with new office focused on aviation and maritime finance work
Greenberg Traurig eyes Asia renewables boom as firm opens in Singapore
Singapore launch follows Riyadh opening last month; firm also mulls expansion in Dubai, Brazil
Linklaters hires partner from Saudi firm for Riyadh office launch
Magic Circle UK firm secures third Middle East base and ends alliance as new licensing regime continues to shake up Saudi legal market
Mintz Levin adds partners from Torys, Dentons, Wilson Sonsini for Canada debut
Boston-based firm adds expertise across life sciences, private equity, capital markets, employment and IP for new base in Toronto
Gowling WLG adds Taylor Wessing partner quartet for Frankfurt launch as it targets Europe growth
Anglo-Canadian firm secures capital markets, M&A, PE and real estate partners to launch third German office
Greenberg Traurig debuts in Saudi Arabia with former Squire Patton Boggs ally
US firm announces affiliation with Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm ahead of launching joint venture in the Kingdom
Morgan Lewis adds 20-strong Shearman & Sterling team for Munich launch
As talks with Hogan Lovells are abandoned, Shearman suffers latest exits from European network
Addleshaw Goddard signals Middle East ambitions as it adds partners from Bracewell and Latham & Watkins for Riyadh debut
UK firm’s fourth office in the region to launch with five partners and eight-strong team of lawyers and paralegals
Spencer West enters three new European markets
Fast-growing UK alternative law firm sets up shop in Germany, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands
Clyde & Co adds lawyers from Baker McKenzie for Egypt debut
Insurance giant relocates partner and legal director and hires two lawyers from Bakers’ Cairo office to open associated office
Clyde & Co absorbs insurance boutique to launch in Boston
Flurry of US boutique takeovers continues as UK insurance giant opens 15th US arm
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