CMS signs up Saudi partners as White & Case brings in heavyweight Swedish duo

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CMS signs up Saudi partners as White & Case brings in heavyweight Swedish duo

They are already two of the most globalised law firms in the business, but CMS and White & Case have announced fresh international investment this week with CMS securing a new partner in the Middle East as the US-bred giant makes significant hires in Sweden. Four months after completing the largest legal merger in UK history, …

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Another first for global law’s self-styled mavericks as Dentons’ mega-referral network expands into lobbying

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It has already made a much-hyped move into the referral network game, now the headline-grabbing Dentons is plotting another iconoclastic move by extending its Nextlaw group to cover public affairs advisers across the world. The 8,000-lawyer giant today (12 September) unveiled the launch of what it calls the Nextlaw Global Public Affairs Network, having signed up 60 …

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‘Short-term pain, long-term gain’: Q&A with CMS UK managing partner Stephen Millar

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‘Short-term pain, long-term gain’: Q&A with CMS UK managing partner Stephen Millar

On 1 May 2017, the largest legal merger in UK history went live as CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang combined to form the 2,000-lawyer CMS UK. Managing partner Stephen Millar tells Marco Cillario about hurdles and opportunities of the tie-up. LB: What have been the biggest challenges of combining and integrating three firms? Stephen Millar, …

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Revolving doors: International firms return to hiring season with multiple City and global recruits

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Revolving doors: International firms return to hiring season with multiple City and global recruits

International law firms have returned from the summer break in acquisition mode, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Bird & Bird, Taylor Wessing, Reed Smith and Pinsent Masons all hiring in London and Asia, while Sidley, Dentons and Osborne Clarke are expanding their continental European footprint. Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has this morning (11 September) announced the appointment …

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Cog on the Tyne – Norton Rose expands Newcastle legal services hub following successful trial

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Cog on the Tyne – Norton Rose expands Newcastle legal services hub following successful trial

After a year-long trial, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is following up on its recent transatlantic merger with further investment in its Newcastle legal services hub. Supporting the firm’s operations globally, the Newcastle operation will move to larger premises on 1 November amid plans to increase headcount in the North East from 28 to 100 over the next two to …

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Eversheds opens three European offices at once to extend international odyssey in line with strategy

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Eversheds opens three European offices at once to extend international odyssey in line with strategy

Seven months after its game-changing transatlantic merger, Eversheds Sutherland is continuing its spate of recent international expansion with the opening of three new European offices in Luxembourg, Moscow and St Petersburg, which include a number of lateral hires. Two partners from Simmons & Simmons and five from Nordic Euro Elite firm Hannes Snellman will join the new offices, which bring …

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Deal Watch: Third time lucky for Links and Ashurst on software bid as HSF puts PR shop into the headlines

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Given the steady hum of deal activity over the summer, the crucial September period has yet to take off with a flurry of big ticket M&A, but Linklaters, Ashurst and DLA Piper are among firms handling prominent work this week. The largest deal to hit Europe’s market this week has seen Linklaters and Ashurst advising on the combination between British …

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‘Knowhow and track record’: Magic Circle dominates new panel as seven firms dropped in government legal services revamp

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‘Knowhow and track record’: Magic Circle dominates new panel as seven firms dropped in government legal services revamp

Magic Circle firms constitute four of the nine advisers appointed to the government’s new finance and complex legal services panel with seven law firms left out after a reboot of its legal services framework continues. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance are part of the new panel advising on matters including finance, refinancing, capital markets, corporate …

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Troubled water: Hill Dickinson in talks to sell insurance business to Keoghs as revenue and profit dip again

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Troubled water: Hill Dickinson in talks to sell insurance business to Keoghs as revenue and profit dip again

Insurance and shipping specialist Hill Dickinson is in talks with fellow LB100 firm Keoghs to sell off part of its insurance business group. Both firms – each based in the North West – confirmed they had held ‘high-level, preliminary discussions’ on the potential transfer of £23m worth of business, including 16 partners and more than 400 …

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‘A stellar team’: Pinsents to open in Perth with Norton Rose Fulbright partners

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‘A stellar team’: Pinsents to open in Perth with Norton Rose Fulbright partners

Pinsent Masons is continuing its extensive international expansion of late with a new Australian office and the hire of four infrastructure and energy partners from Norton Rose Fulbright. The firm’s new Perth base, to open in the autumn, will be its third Australian office after Sydney and Melbourne and its fifth international launch in the …

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