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Holme Roberts & Owen is First US Firm in Dublin

joshua — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:44:24 +0000

Salt Lake City’s Holme Roberts & Owen has opened an office in Dublin, their third in the European Union, and the first US firm in Dublin. The office opened with 3 lawyers, 2 partners and an Irish lawyer, and plans to build a practice around corporate and commercial clients.

Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is an international law firm established in 1898. It has 250 lawyers practicing in ten offices, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and now, Dublin.

Lane Neave Opens Second Office; Will Hire 15

Erik Even — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:18:33 +0000

Christchurch, New Zealand law firm Lane Neave has opened an office in Queenstown. It is the firm’s first major expansion outside of Christchurch in its 140-year history.

The new office will be headed by Jim Castiglione. Another 15 people will be added over the next two years, including up to four partners.

Established in the 1860s, Lane Neave has grown to be one of New Zealand’s premier law firms. It has two offices in Christchurch.

Dechert Snags Chadbourne & Parke Partners to Found Moscow Office [Update]

Erik Even — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:40:02 +0000

Dechert announced today that it has lured away from Chadbourne & Parke five partners to found a Moscow office.

The team is headed by Chadbourne’s Laura Brank, formerly the firm’s managing partner for Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Moscow will be Dechert’s ninth foreign office. In 2008, the firm launched two offices in China.

The firm laid off 63 lawyers and 62 staff in March.

Founded in 1975, Dechert LLP is an international law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers with top-ranked practices in corporate and securities, complex litigation, finance and real estate, and financial services and asset management.

UPDATE

Two of Chadbourne & Parke’s Moscow partners, senior partner Mikhail Rozenberg and finance partner Jennifer Handz, say they will not join the group heading to Dechert, and will remain with Chadbourne along with three counsel.

Managing partner Laura Brank and finance partners Shane DeBeer and Konstantin Konstantinov will move to Dechert.

Dinsmore & Shohl Expands in Kentucky

Erik Even — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:35:33 +0000

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Dinsmore & Shohl has launched an office in Frankfort, Kentucky’s capital.

The firm has two other Kentucky footprints, in Lexington and Louisville.

Carl Breeding, formerly of Louisville’s Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, will run the office. He brings with him Rusty Cress Jr. and Bert May.

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is a large law firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. According to the National Law Journal’s 2008 rankings, it was the 134th largest law firm in the US, and the largest in Cincinnati. It employs 400 attorneys across 11 offices.