Bermuda’s Appleby Global will merge with the Isle of Man’s Dickinson Cruickshank. The legal, fiduciary and administration service firm will continue to be known as Appleby, and the merger will be effective in October. Appleby will have 200 lawyers, including 73 partners, and more than 800 staff in nine offices worldwide, including Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, [...]
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...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...Monday, April 13, 2009
Happy Monday. Here’s the news: Last week in law firm layoffs: 144 lawyers, 310 staff… Pillsbury Winthrop, which fired 155 in March, is hiring lawyers for its trusts & estates practice… Maclay, Murray & Spens, one of the “big four” Scottish law firms, will cut 38 positions… One of the world’s leading international offshore law firms, Harney Westwood & [...]
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