Osborne Clarke axes senior lawyers
Osborne Clarke is set to make up to 13 senior lawyers redundant across the firm's London, Bristol and Thames Valley offices. The firm has also indicated that it will be…
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Remfry & Sagar IP and corporate head launches new firm
The head of intellectual property litigation and corporate commercial law at Indian firm Remfry & Sagar has left the firm to launch a new Delhi boutique called Groverlaw.…
Edwards Wildman Palmer set to launch in Istanbul
Edwards Wildman Palmer intends to launch a presence in Istanbul after concluding the terms of an association with local M&A and private equity boutique Ismen. The…
BLP set to make over 100 redundancies
Berwin Leighton Paisner is set to make over 100 staff redundant, with 58 lawyers, 44 secretaries and an unspecified number of business support staff at risk as the…
SJ Berwin and KWM set to vote on merger
The respective partnerships at UK firm SJ Berwin and Asia-Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons are set to vote on a global merger in…
Hogan Lovells picks new MP for Asia and Middle East
Hogan Lovells has appointed Patrick Sherrington as the regional managing partner for Asia and Middle East. Sherrington was formerly the co-head of the Hogan Lovells’…
Stephenson Harwood establishes presence in Myanmar
Stephenson Harwood has established a presence in Myanmar via an association with local three-lawyer law firm U Tin Yu & Associates. The association will be managed by…
Poor first quarter results for US legal industry
Citi Private Bank and the American Lawyer have conducted their annual surveys of the leading firms in the US legal profession, reporting marginal growth in the first quarter of 2013. According to The American Lawyer,…
Amarchand hires Delhi litigation partner from Luthra
Amarchand Mangaldas has boosted its Delhi litigation practice with the hire of partner Ajit Warrier from Luthra & Luthra. Ajit…
Osborne Clarke set to make redundancies
Osborne Clarke is set to make redundancies, entering into consultation with 13 fee-earners and confirming that a small number of partners are also being shown the door.…
Indian firm K Law promotes 2 to associate partner
K Law has promoted two senior associates to associate partner level, down from three promotions last year. Corporate lawyers Priamvada Princeton and Abhinav Singh both join the associate…
Sidley Austin hires Morgan Lewis partner in Singapore
New York based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Singapore office with the hire of M&A partner Gregory Salathé from Morgan Lewis.…
Four Australian firms merge to make Rockwell Olivier
The merger of four Australian law firms has resulted in the birth of a new Australian Securities Exchange-listed firm Rockwell Olivier. Sydney firms Argyle Lawyers and…
Jones Day launches in Miami
Jones Day has launched it’s first Florida office with a new base in Miami. The new office will be led by bankruptcy partner Pedro A. Jimenez with the support of international…
SRA asks UK law firms to publish diversity data
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has asked major UK law firms to collect comprehensive data on diversity statistics with a view to making the numbers available to clients. The Authority hopes that publishing the data…