Revolving Doors: Paul Hastings lands Kirkland M&A heavyweight as Clifford Chance adds laterals in New York
Leading this week’s high-profile moves, Paul Hastings strengthened its corporate M&A practice with the hire of Eric Schiele from Kirkland…
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NRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committee
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has today (24 September) formalised its leadership structure, with interim global managing partners Jeff Cody and…
Norton Rose and DLA post rising revenues as global footprint drives growth
Norton Rose has reported an 8.7% increase in global revenue, marking a turnaround from two years of declining revenue. Profit…
Business and human rights laws: CS3D and other important developments
After a protracted and hotly contested legislative process, the forthcoming EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) is set to…
Leadership round-up: Shebson wins second term at HFW as Norton Rose Fulbright names new global chair
HFW has re-elected managing partner Jeremy Shebson for a second four-year term, effective 1 April 2023. Shebson, who was originally…
NRF called to Qualcomm’s £480m class action defence as Quinn’s London team drops out
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has been called up to a new-look legal team for Qualcomm as it defends itself from…
Guest post: COP26 heats up and global temperature pledges spur optimism
As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference gathers momentum, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental team, finds optimism…
Sponsored briefing: German interlocutory injunction proceedings in patent matters under review of CJEU
Clemens Rübel discusses patent matters under review by the CJEU in Germany The requirements of granting interlocutory injunctions in patent…
Sponsored briefing: Corporate criminal liability in Germany
Alexander Cappel discusses how the German legal landscape is going to change based on the future Corporate Criminal Liability Act…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Real Estate Team of the Year
After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Insurance Team of the Year
The entries have been assessed, the shortlists have been drawn up and our panel of general counsel judges have had…
Martyr bows out after two-decade reign as NRF chooses new chief executive
The reign of one of global law’s longest-serving leaders will come to an end shortly with Peter Martyr completing his final term…
NRF asks staff to cut working hours by a fifth and defers partner pay in re-introduction of financial crisis-era flexi scheme
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is asking its staff to agree to a 20% cut of weekly working hours and delaying profit…
Dealwatch: Big-ticket M&A back on track as Cleary and NRF lead on Alstom’s €6.2bn rail acquisition
Amid a relative dearth of substantial European buyouts recently, the proposed €6.2bn acquisition by France’s Alstom of the rail business…
LLP: CMS lifts profit amid Hong Kong and Istanbul restructuring as year-end move dampens NRF’s turnover
Operating profits at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang rose 20% to £192.8m after the firm restructured its Hong Kong and Turkish…
International round-up: Squires enters Italy as NRF shuts Bahrain outpost
Squire Patton Boggs has entered the Italian legal market with a four-partner Milan base while Norton Rose Fulbright has become the…
NRF London partner promotions flat at eight in North America-focused round
Norton Rose Fulbright has promoted 48 lawyers to partner and five to the South African partner-equivalent role of director, increasing…
Revolving doors: DLA wins back Proskauer real estate partner as Macfarlanes and Dentons make City hires
City lateral recruitment picked up pace again last week as DLA Piper won back a real estate partner from Proskauer Rose,…
Norton Rose enters associate pay war putting NQs in line for £114k paycheque
Top-performing newly qualified (NQ) solicitors at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) will be in line to take home up to £114,000…
Dealwatch: Paul Hastings and Slaughters react on nuclear sale as Magic Circle duo imbibes Greene King takeover
August has proved to be active with big-ticket deals prompting inbound investment to the UK with the disposal of John…