Legal Business’ Euro Elite comprises independent law firms based in more than 40 European jurisdictions, rather than the local offices of international firms. To compile the 100 firms featured in this report Legal Business analysed more than 150 of the largest law firms in Europe by the number of lawyers, as well as more than …
Baltics Firm Total lawyers Total partners No. of offices Sorainen 226 32 4 Ellex 180 40 3 COBALT 165 34 4 TGS Baltic 130 29 4 Primus Derling 80 18 4 Benelux Firm Total lawyers Total partners No. of offices Loyens & Loeff 865 214 11 De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek 446 60 6 Stibbe 384 …
As part of our annual Euro Elite report, management at independent firms in Europe give their views on today’s market challenges International focus ‘In 2017 we had a record performance. 2018 was a year of big investment to consolidate our development in Africa and the Middle East but we did it halfway through the year. …
As bellwether Forsters opens the 2018/19 financial reporting season in the UK announcing steady revenue growth, we ask law firm leaders for a progress report A decent year ‘We don’t have an enormous exposure to M&A. It makes up about 10% of our business, but the sense is people are getting used to the new …
In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington & Burling, who brings with her a focus on follow-on damages litigation – a particular area of interest for the disputes specialist. Ropes & Gray, meanwhile, made a financial regulation play with the hire of …
Slaughter and May is acting on the £1.3bn unsolicited bid for doorstep lender Provident Financial. Corporate head Andy Ryde (pictured) is joined by Paul Mudie in advising the bid from Non-Standard Finance. Provident, meanwhile, has enlisted Clifford Chance corporate partners Lee Coney and Mark Poulton. Eversheds Sutherland fielded a team led by partner Aleen Gulvanessian on Dairy Crest’s £975m …
To mark the launch of our 2019 Global London report, we ask senior management at the leading US firms in London for a progress update Brexitproof ‘Milbank does not just have stellar transactional practices: a very significant component of the London office are countercyclical businesses such as restructuring and litigation. They are among the strongest …
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