Pittsburgh’s K&L Gates, which in March opened a Singapore office, has launched a footprint in Dubai, UAE. It’s the firm’s first office in the Middle East, and its 33rd overall. K&L Gates LLP employs over 1900 attorneys worldwide, and is ranked as the 7th largest law firm in the world. It was formed in January 2007, by [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, May 3, 2009
As international law firms cut back on their Moscow footprints, Denton Wilde Sapte has confirmed it laid off both lawyers and support staff at the Russian capital. The firm has not released any details or numbers. In March, Dentons laid off 37 lawyers and 39 staff in the UK. If you know anything about layoffs at Denton Wilde [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 29, 2009
SJ Berwin, which announced a new Hong Kong office in March, will open an office in Dubai later this year. It’s the firm’s first expansion into the Middle East. Private equity funds partner Benjamin Aller will join the office from Paris, along with international arbitration partner Tim Taylor from London. The partners in Dubai will focus on [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Three capital markets partners in Clifford Chance’s Milan, Italy office are leaving to set up shop on their own. Paolo Calderaro, Michele Crisostomo and Silvio Riolo will bring at least one Clifford Chance associate along for the ride. Calderaro was head of structured finance in Milan. No details about the new firm have been announced. If you [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Conyers Dill & Pearman, which just announced it is opening an office in Brazil, has hired three associates for its Bermuda and British Virgin Islands practices. Elizabeth Denman joins from Mello Jones & Martin; Callum Harper joins from Ashurst. Both are based in Bermuda. Anton Goldstein joins from Sullivan & Cromwell, and will be based in the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 17, 2009
Miller Canfield announced it is launching an office in Monterrey, Mexico, which is that nation’s automotive manufacturing and business center. The office will focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate and commercial transactions, labor & employment, tax, litigation and intellectual property law. The Miller Canfield Mexico Practice Team is led by Alberto J. Murga, Otto H. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Atlanta-based Morris, Manning & Martin, which last month fired incoming associates, is launching a new office in Beijing, China. The firm just opened an office in Taiwan. Morris’ Asian offices will deal with patent prosecution and potential litigation, as well as corporate and securities matters. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, is 175-lawyer firm with offices in Atlanta, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman will open a São Paulo office. The Brazilian Bar Association has approved licensing. Conyers will be the only offshore law firm with an office in Brazil. The practice will focus on investment funds, public company listings and holding company incorporations in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 9, 2009
Fulbright & Jaworski has added four new lawyers, and transferred partners, to its Hong Kong office. Jessica Fei joins Fulbright as counsel from the China practice of an unnamed international firm, where she was head of dispute resolution. Partners Richard Hill and Stefan Ricketts transferred to Hong Kong from Fulbright’s London office. Three new associates have also joined [...]
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