Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has announced its partner promotions for 2017, with 45 associates being made up in offices across the world. Of the 45, 18 are female partners, constituting 40% of the total round.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced the appointment of a three-partner bankruptcy team from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, with the team joining the firm’s New York office.
Ahead of the triple merger on 1 May, the CMS global network including Nabarro and Olswang have announced their partner promotions for 2017, with females making up 27% of the worldwide total.
In another active week for lateral hires, firms have expanded their ranks in the UK and internationally. DAC Beachcroft has added to its Manchester office, while ARC Pensions Law, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and McDermott Will & Emery have all also made key hires.
In the middle of a monumental class action against RBS representing around 25,000 claimants, Signature Litigation founding partner Graham Huntley talks to Tom Baker about the firm’s co-operative structure, the market and the pressures facing commercial litigators in 2017.
Pinsent Masons is launching its third international office in less than a year with the opening of a Madrid office in May.
Clifford Chance commercial litigation partner Simon Davis has been elected as the Law Society’s deputy vice president.
Professional services company Capita has finalised its commercial legal panel, with a raft of firms making it onto a 21-strong roster.
Emma Anthony, senior legal counsel of high-end retailer Selfridges, has taken a role at online retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter Group (YNAP) starting in May 2017.
Fieldfisher and Mishcon de Reya have announced their partner promotions for 2017, with the latter seeing three associates being made up. That number is half of last year’s figure, where six associates were promoted.
