Emerging empires – Bakers, CMS and DLA Piper rise up the ranks as global giants march on

Emerging empires – Bakers, CMS and DLA Piper rise up the ranks as global giants march on

Ella Marshall and Jonathan Armstrong assess the latest EMEA rankings from The Legal 500 The market continues to evolve in Europe’s key heartlands, as a band of expansive globalised firms spread out their tentacles, while another grouping of more transactionally-driven players strip down their businesses with an eye on profitability. Following the recent publication of …

The Euro Elite 2017

The Euro Elite 2017

Menu Stronger together The Euro Elite Top 25 Focus: Garrigues Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel Focus: Hengeler Mueller Focus: Wolf Theiss The Euro Elite 100 The last word: Elite theory The Euro Elite Methodology Market report: Baltics – Still waters Market report: Benelux – Neighbourhood watch Market report: Central …

Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel

Focus: Gide Loyrette Nouel

Lawyer headcount 503 Partners 104 Revenue €190m (-1%) Offices Paris, Brussels, London, Warsaw, Moscow, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, New York, Algiers, Casablanca, and Tunis. Key clients BNP Paribas, Eni, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, LVMH Managing partner Stéphane Puel (pictured) Recent work highlights Advising DCNS on a €32bn programme for the …

Focus: Hengeler Mueller

Focus: Hengeler Mueller

Lawyer headcount 264 Partners 90 Revenue €257m (+6%) Offices Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Shanghai Key clients General Electric, KKR, METRO, RWE, Siemens Managing partners Dirk Bliesener, Georg Seyfarth Recent work highlights Advising RWE on the €5bn IPO of innogy on the Frankfurt stock exchange – the largest IPO since 2000 and the fourth …

Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners

Focus: Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners

Lawyer headcount 425 Partners 87 Revenue €124m (+5%) Offices Rome, Milan, Bologna, Padua, Turin, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Hong Kong, London and New York Key clients Hitachi, UniCredit, BNP Paribas, Gruppo COIMA, Leonardo Managing partners Antonio Auricchio, Rosario Zaccà Recent work highlights Advising the Italian state railway, Ferrovie dello Stato, in the privatisation of Grandi Stazioni …

Focus: Wolf Theiss

Focus: Wolf Theiss

Lawyer headcount 307 Partners 64 Revenue €70m (-10%) Offices Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Kiev, Ljubljana, Prague, Sarajevo, Sofia, Tirana, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb Key clients REWE Group, PORR, Erste Group Bank, FACC, Advent International Managing partners Erik Steger, Richard Wolf, Nikolaus Paul Recent work highlights Advising Allianz Capital Partners and several insurance companies of the Allianz …

Focus: Garrigues

Focus: Garrigues

Lawyer headcount 1,408 Partners 297 Revenue €349.4m (+3%) Offices Spain: A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, San Sebastián, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Seville, Valencia, Valladolid, Vigo, Zaragoza. Portugal: Lisbon, Oporto. International: Beijing, Bogotá, Brussels, Casablanca, London, Lima, Mexico City, New York, Santiago de Chile, São Paulo, …

The Euro Elite Methodology

The Euro Elite Methodology

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 …