Association with Fidelity Law to lead to joint office offering Chinese law advice Hogan Lovells is the third international law firm to enter the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone (FTZ) after agreeing an association with local outfit Fujian Xiamen Fidelity Law Firm in October.
Melbourne office unlikely following Singapore closure Dentons’ tie-up with Australian firm Gadens, announced a year ago, has been delayed, with Dentons confirming Gadens’ Melbourne office is now unlikely to join.
NRF chief executive Peter Martyr defied expectations to reinvent Norton Rose as a progressive global player over more than a decade. Three years on from its ambitious US tie-up, where is the firm going next? ‘You will have to talk to Peter, we are not authorised to speak,’ says one Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) partner. …
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Citymapper has appointed Alice Hou as its first general counsel as another tech startup looks to launch its in-house legal team.
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is planning to increase its European shipping and transport offering by launching an office in Monaco.
Following the resignations of five King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partners last week, the firm has lost the bulk of its Frankfurt financing team to Taylor Wessing, which takes on five lawyers including two partners. The exits come as the legacy SJ Berwin practice has halted its recapitalisation plans in the face of mounting departures.
Uber has said it will appeal after it lost a key tribunal case which saw Leigh Day take on DLA Piper in a landmark employment rights claim.
Nabarro is to lose its seat in the five firm Broadlaw Group as a consequence of its merger plans with CMS Cameron McKenna and Olswang.
Dentons is still working to finalise its tie-up with Australian firm Gadens almost a year after announcing the merger, and has confirmed Gadens’ Melbourne office is now unlikely to join.
Baker & McKenzie has hired 10 lawyers including five partners to its Zurich office, boosting the firm’s presence in the Swiss financial centre to 130 lawyers.
