BPP continues to lure Kaplan clients as it wins Mayer Brown’s business
Despite already having a relationship with The University of Law (ULaw), Mayer Brown has become the latest firm to opt…
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Asia: Mayer Brown to form local JV in Hong Kong as Cleary takes Shearman partner
Mayer Brown‘s Asia arm is in the final stages of forming an association with the Hong Kong office of Chinese…
PwC Legal hires Mayer Brown’s former German chief in financial services drive
PwC Legal has expanded its German legal team with the hire of Mayer Brown banking and finance partner Jorg Wulfken…
Dealwatch: Freshfields and Mayer Brown win roles on Blackstone’s Centre Parcs sale
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Mayer Brown have won key spots on Blackstone’s sale of a majority stake in Centre Parcs…
Mayer Brown teams up with ULaw to launch first ‘direct to solicitor’ apprenticeship
Mayer Brown has announced that it will be the first City law firm to offer the University of Law’s (ULaw)…
Competing moves: Mayer Brown hires BLP’s competition head as CMA recruits from Freshfields
Mayer Brown has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) head of EU and competition, David Harrison, ten years after he joined…
Targeting Paris: Mayer Brown boosts its French corporate team with Davis Polk’s Pérès
Mayer Brown has bolstered its European corporate team with the hire of two former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer lawyers, including one…
Launching in Mexico City: Mayer Brown plans new oil and gas outpost
Mayer Brown is looking to become the latest law firm to try and capitalise on Mexico’s liberalising economy, chasing oil…
World’s largest airport operator: Mayer Brown and Davis Polk help Spain’s €4.3bn AENA float take-off
Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell have won roles advising Spanish airport operator Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea)…
US results round up: Cooley sees 19% turnover jump as Mayer Brown PEP grows 12.8%
In the latest round of 2014 financial results for US firms, Cooley has revealed turnover growth of 19% with revenues…
Trainee retention: Slaughter and May keeps on 88% of its spring 2015 qualifiers
Slaughter and May has become the third Magic Circle firm to announce the retention level of its spring 2015 qualifying…
Growing the team: Mayer Brown hires DLA Piper’s head of structured trade finance
Mayer Brown, as it eyes an increase in cross-border asset-based lending (ABL) throughout Europe, has boosted its City banking and finance team with…
Dealwatch: Mayer Brown, Macfarlanes and Gateley act on City Link administration
Mayer Brown, Macfarlanes and Gateley are all acting on the administration of parcel delivery company City Link following its collapse…
‘How not to conduct investment banking’: Addleshaws defeats Mayer Brown in UBS Commercial Court derivatives battle
Banking giant UBS has been defeated in the Commercial Court today (4 November) over a $340m dispute it mounted against…
Revolving doors: US sees spate of lateral hires
Lateral hires last week have seen Mayer Brown, DLA Piper and Reed Smith make key hires in their US practices,…
Mayer Brown cuts trainee intake by half and retains 67% while Weil retains 100% of trainees
Mayer Brown will be cutting its September 2016 trainee intake by half, taking in just ten applicants compared to their…
US results season: Sidley posts a 7% increase in turnover as Mayer Brown sees a return to 2007 PEP levels
A year of expansion has seen top 15 Global100 firm Sidley Austin post solid 2013 results, with revenue up by around 7%…
LLP latest: Mayer Brown sees revenue dip by 9.5% as Pinsents gains £20m from McGrigors merger
Mayer Brown has released its LLP results for the year ending 2012/13 for the UK business, reporting a 9.5% loss…
Revolving doors: Key hires for Mayer Brown, Sullivan & Worcester, Harbottle, DWF, Irwin Mitchell and Burness Paull
Mayer Brown is continuing to beef up its City offering with its seventh partner hire in two months, as Allen…
Strategy review sets expansive course as Mayer Brown aims to galvanise its business
Eight months in the making, Mayer Brown’s revamped international strategy will now see the US law firm re-group around its large…