Mayer Brown is looking to become the latest law firm to try and capitalise on Mexico’s liberalising economy, chasing oil and gas work with a new office in Mexico City and the hire of ExxonMobil’s in-house counsel for Latin America.
In line with other US firms that have sustained robust City growth and after bolstering its headcount by 17%, Ropes & Gray has increased its London office revenues by 30% in 2014, bringing them to around $64m.
After last month saw Withers secure a new alliance in Singapore while other firms made moves in the country, Kennedys has bulked up its presence in the city-state through a joint venture (JV) with local firm Legal Solutions.
After its mass hire from Edwards Wildman Palmer and Morrison & Foerster to launch in London earlier this year, Cooley has made good on plans to keep expanding in the City with the hire of Olswang’s longstanding corporate partner Stephen Rosen.
It has long been a gripe among major clients – in particular banks – that law firms are the chink in the armour against the growing barrage of cyber attacks. In response, some of the world’s top law firms are banding together to form a cyber security alliance to share intelligence on threats, specific attacks …
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher‘s co-chair of its financial institutions Mark Shelton is leaving the US firm to join Barclays Investment Bank as its global general counsel (GC) and the regional GC for the Americas.
Following a rollercoaster ride over the past few years, Shearman & Sterling has unveiled financial results showing moderate but steady growth in 2014 as profit per equity partner (PEP) rose 5.8% on 3% turnover growth. Meanwhile, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher had its 19th year of consecutive revenue increases with a 6% lift to $1.47bn.
Following a somewhat uneven 2014, Olswang has hired an intellectual property partner duo from US firm Winston & Strawn in a bid to boost its City IP offering, while its corporate head Carpanini steps down after eight years.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has become the first US firm to release its London office figures for 2014, boasting a 33% increase in revenues and 44% for profits and rebounding from the sharp drop in turnover experienced in 2013.
The Netherlands’ Supreme Court Justice Coen Drion has become the nation’s first Justice to leave the Dutch court to join an international firm, joining US firm Jones Day.
