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Transforming the Legal Industry
--- The legal industry faces many changes that will give rise to new challenges and opportunities for legal departments and law firms The legal industry is facing a highly dynamic market environment with multiple challenges basically impacting every other area of business and society.  Let's...
Tobias Heining - 25 April 2022
Simmons & Simmons’ first global head of ESG
Simmons Simmons has just appointed its first global head of ESG; this Wednesday Sonali Siriwardena has joined the firm with the great responsibility of bringing together Simmons’ global ESG strategy.  “The opportunity to spearhead the external ESG strategy for Simmons is compelling...
TIL - 21 April 2022
How law firms can combat losing talent with strategies to sustainably retain staff
Across most industry sectors in the UK, staff and skills shortages have plagued businesses throughout the latter half of 2021 and early 2022, so it should be no surprise that the so-called ‘Great Resignation’ has not neglected the legal sector, where graduate starting salaries for lawyer...
Deborah Gray - 12 April 2022
"We believe that climate change is the biggest challenge for our future"
The Impact Lawyers: What objective(s) does CMS pursue through its ESG team? Döne Yalçın: Our stated objective is to fulfil our responsibilities as a company and to align our business and actions with the UN’s Global Compact. As a signatory to the Compact we are strengthening and ...
Döne Yalçın - 06 April 2022
Quinn Emmanuel (and other law firms) acting on pro bono for Ukraine
On further legal procedures related to the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, latest news confirm that the US firm Quinn Emmanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been appointed as counsel to the Ukrainian Mistry of Justice to bring proceedings against Russia, under the European Convention on Human Rights. First ...
Mariana González - 05 April 2022
Blakes elects its new Chair: Geoff Belsher
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), Canada’s top business law firm, has announced that Geoff Belsher has been elected the Firm’s next Chair by the Blakes partnership. Geoff’s term as Chair begins January 1, 2023. Geoff has built a pre-eminent cross-border M&A practice a...
TIL - 31 March 2022
Discover Hogan Lovells, Dentons, Linklaters and Orrick's initiative to help Afghan refugees
Hogan Lovells together with the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD), in association with law firms Dentons, Linklaters, and Orrick launched the Italian Pro Bono Collaboration for Afghan Refugees (Italian acronym CIPBRA) for the protection of Afghan refugees seeking sanctuary in I...
TIL - 30 March 2022
BonelliErede and Zahaf & Partners launch an exclusive cooperation in Libya
The expansion BonelliErede embarked on into Africa and the Middle East back in 2016 has just reached a new milestone: a cooperation with Zahaf & Partners, a leading Libyan law firm with extensive experience assisting institutions and local and foreign companies. The cooperation will enable Bonel...
TIL - 29 March 2022
In the spotlight: BonelliErede's ESG practice
Over the last three years, ESG has risen to the top of board agendas. In fact, it is arguably now one of the main drivers of corporate decisions, as companies are increasingly aware that failing to address ESG aspects can be financially and reputationally detrimental to business.  We at Bonell...
Stefano Simontacchi, Francesca Secondari - 23 March 2022
Simmons & Simmons renews managing partner for two more years
Simmons & Simmons has announced recently that managing partner Jeremy Hoyland will have his term extended by two years. This will mean that his tenure as managing partner now ends in April 2025. Jeremy has been managing partner at the firm since 2011 and is currently serving his third term in t...
TIL - 18 March 2022
How Law Firms Can Overcome Struggles With Data Privacy and Security
Data privacy and security are among the fundamental components of any type of business, not just legal services. Personal information, and data in general, has slowly but surely become the very bloodline and an extremely important asset of every modern business landscape.  *** Within the lega...
Stella Van Lane - 17 March 2022
Dentons hires new partner for Banking & Finance in the UK
Dentons has recruited Simon Prendergast as a partner in the firm's UK Banking and Finance Division. One of the leading asset based lending and receivables financing lawyers in the UK, ranked as a leading individual in both Legal 500 and Chambers, Simon joins the London office from Addleshaw Goddard ...
TIL - 16 March 2022
Cleary Gottlieb hires two top lawyers in Brussels and New York
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced this Tuesday that competition/antitrust lawyer Isabel Rooms will join the firm as a partner in the Brussels office, and tax lawyer Matthew (Matt) Brigham will join the firm as counsel in the New York office. “We are delighted to welcome Isabe...
TIL - 15 March 2022
Permanent Pausing Procrastination: Why You Procrastinate and How to Stop
“I work better under pressure.”  “I need a deadline to do my best work.” Who has said that to themselves?  I hate to break it to you, but it isn’t true. Here’s what actually happens when you procrastinate.  The brain is designed to seek pleasure...
Jennifer Deal - 12 March 2022
Setting the agenda: four things on the minds of the legal community in 2022
With fragmented vaccine roll-outs and new coronavirus variants emerging, 2021 was far from “back to normal” for the business world at large. Throughout the year, the legal world continued to work and handle complex cases remotely, providing quality counsel to clients against a ...
Duncan Weston - 10 March 2022
Exploring the “S” in ESG (and how to improve your strategy)
The criteria ESG has become a crucial factor to bear in mind when it comes to nowadays business strategies. Not only is it a trend but a reality that shows an empirical change in the mindset of investment models. ESG stands for environment, society and government, the three keys for sustainable prac...
Mariana González - 10 March 2022
Emma Burnett (CMS): "CMS Breach Assistant is practical tool for navigating a data breach"
1. What is the purpose of CMS Breach Assistant? For most businesses, the question is not if they will experience a data breach, but when it will happen. When businesses face a data breach or a suspected data breach involving personal data, they need clear guidance on what to do and they need it qui...
Emma Burnett - 07 March 2022
Nelson Mullins adds nine lawyers, opens Cleveland office
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has added nine attorneys to the firm’s national litigation practice, with eight opening a new office in Cleveland and one joining the firm’s Los Angeles office. The group, which includes six partners and three associates, is joining from Tucker ...
TIL - 07 March 2022
How are law firms aiding Ukraine
As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict progresses, so does the the use of force and all that it entails at the humanitarian and geopolitical levels. The rest of the international community has felt obliged to respond, handicap of a globalized world, with multiple coercive measures. Europe and the West ar...
Mariana González - 04 March 2022
Hogan Lovells strengthens its M&A and Private Equity departments. Meet its new partner
Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that Adrienne Ellman has joined the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice group as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Private Equity practices, based in New York. Recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in M&am...
TIL - 02 March 2022
Osborne Clarke opens new office in Poland
Osborne Clarke today launches a new Poland office based in Warsaw. Osborne Clarke in Poland brings together the legal services business of highly-respected multi-professional services firm MDDP, strengthened by a few recognised and rated lawyers joining from well-known national independent firms.&nb...
TIL - 01 March 2022
How internal communication affects the success of law firms
Law is one of the most competitive industries. It’s quite challenging to be the best amongst the best. Therefore, besides the extraordinary services, you need to focus on some other values that will distinct your firm. Since lawyers and associates are continuously competing against one another...
Stella Van Lane - 28 February 2022
How digitisation optimises your workflow: the case of Best Best & Krieger with BigHand
Digital transformation, while sounding somewhat hackneyed by now, is a factor affecting the vast majority of law firms. Best Best & Krieger (BB&K) has made it a priority to digitise and automate its procedures, as well as to set flexible hours for its lawyers.  This US firm has been ab...
TIL - 22 February 2022
In the spotlight: Fieldfisher X, the new legal tech unit
The reality of legal tech is hitting the legal sector hard. Fieldfisher is betting on technology by creating a new legal tech unit based in Berlin: Fieldfisher X.  This new team will be led by Jan Wildhirth, the new legal operations and technology partner. He will be joined by litigation and I...
TIL - 21 February 2022
Gordons appoints Catherine Woodward as head of Diversity and Inclusion
Gordons has appointed commercial litigation solicitor and current Leeds Law Society president, Catherine Woodward, as its head of diversity and inclusion (D&I). The role has been created to place an even greater emphasis by the firm on its ongoing commitment to D&I, and to raise awareness o...
TIL - 21 February 2022
How a professional website helps law firms earn more money, attract clients and increase trust
--- Lawyers and partners of the law companies are aware that the key factors when choosing a company to work with are competence, prominence, reputation, past projects, and, certainly, its professionals   The personal brand of each particular lawyer is also substantial and formed by elements...
Nikita Smotrov - 18 February 2022
Burges Salmon’s Digital Academy Boosts Tech Skills
Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has just been crowned the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2022’ That in itself is a great achievement and is reflected in their dedication to improving the skills of their people. The firm has always recognised the importance of keeping peop...
Joanne Humber, Chloe Parfitt - 17 February 2022
Latham & Watkins hires a leading New York-based partner
Latham & Watkins announced recently that Stephanie Teicher has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Banking and Private Equity Finance Practices, and as a member of the Finance Department. Teicher represents private equity firms, portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, s...
TIL - 16 February 2022
Discover the leadership programme launched by Baker McKenzie and NCS
Innovation is a relevant element in all businesses and law firms are aware of this. Baker McKenzie has therefore recently announced the launch of the second edition of its leadership programme in conjunction with the Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre (NCS). This programme, launched in 2020, aims ...
TIL - 16 February 2022
Parklane Plowden Chambers shows off its renovated office
Parklane Plowden Chambers has reopened following the completion of a six-figure refurbishment of its four-storey, 11,000 sq ft premises on Westgate in Leeds city centre. The chambers’ internal space has been reorganised to create a high-quality working environment for its members and staff co...
TIL - 15 February 2022
Jones Day consolidates its Global Disputes Practice with Courtney Lotfi
Jones Day announced today that Courtney Lotfi has joined the Firm as Of Counsel in its Global Disputes Practice. She is based in Frankfurt. Ms. Lotfi is a seasoned international arbitration counsel with extensive experience in the energy, construction and industrial engineering, life sciences, auto...
TIL - 10 February 2022
Hogan Lovells signs promising New York partner
Hogan Lovells has strengthened its Corporate & Finance department in New York with the addition of Parikshit Dasgupta, the third partner to join the team in the US so far this year.  The department posted strong numbers last year, according to managing partner James Doyle:  "Our Corp...
TIL - 08 February 2022
Norton Rose Fullbright's partnership with Save the Children: a charitable and exciting project
- Law firm supports 40,000 Cambodians to tackle the devastating consequences of climate change --- Norton Rose Fulbright announced this week 'Building Sustainable Communities' as the theme of its 2022 Global Charitable Initiative and will partner with Save the Children to improve living conditions...
TIL - 04 February 2022
In focus: AGM Abogados' expansion into Latin America
At the end of November, AGM Abogados decided to open up to the Latin American market. This innovative Latam desk is led by Julio Menchaca Vite and Julio Rocafull Rodríguez, both members of the M&A team of AGM Abogados. Julio Menchaca, of Mexican origin, is a lawyer admitted to practice in...
Julio Menchaca Vite, Julio Rocafull Rodríguez - 03 February 2022
Mermoz has the key to its antitrust and competition teams: Fourgoux and Djavadi
Jean-Louis Fourgoux and Leyla Djavadi along with their team join Mermoz to build the firm’s antitrust & competition practice. With a strong transactional focus and recognised know-how in private equity in the mid-market segment, Mermoz consolidates its offering with an experienced and repu...
Mermoz Avocats - 03 February 2022
How companies combat unfair competition actions
The frenetic pace at which the Spanish business fabric has to face the constant changes that the labour market itself brings with it represents an opportunity for many companies, but sometimes also a threat. The ever-increasing specialised competition between companies is just one of the challenges ...
TIL - 02 February 2022
In the spotlight: Reed Smith's pro-bono department
- The firm accounted for 27,300 hours in pro-bono services in 2021 - Charity counselling time increased by 24%. --- Pro-bono services are increasingly being taken into account by law firms. Firm culture matters and Reed Smith is clear about that.  The UK-based global firm has just revealed ...
TIL - 02 February 2022
Lunar New Year: 11 original law firm greetings post
The lunar new year begins today, a holiday that lasts about two weeks and is celebrated in East Asia and Southeast Asia. The animal representing the year 2022 is the tiger, replacing the ox, which was last year's animal.  As usual, law firms and companies with international projection have wan...
TIL - 01 February 2022
Leverage Business Process Management in the Delivery of Legal Services
--- Business process management is a very useful element for the success of law firms A lot has been written about how the world has shifted in the era of COVID-19 and how the pandemic pushed law firms to adapt and evolve, serving as a catalyst for some much-needed change.  Despite being com...
Bárbara Gondim da Rocha - 31 January 2022
Lupl: the perfect legaltech for Singaporean lawyers
The legaltech company Lupl has reached an agreement with the Singapore Ministry of Justice to develop a platform that allows different lawyers in Singapore to collaborate.  The result of this agreement is the Legal Technology Platform (LPT) and can be used by lawyers and law firms to improve d...
TIL - 31 January 2022
New global chair of Transportation Industry Group at Reed Smith
- Reed Smith’s transportation practice covers the full spectrum of legal needs for transportation companies --- Reed Smith has announced the appointment of asset finance partner Richard Hakes as the new chair of its global Transportation Industry Group.   Hakes, who is based in Lo...
TIL - 27 January 2022
Promising new US Co-Head of Investigations at Norton Rose Fullbright
Norton Rose Fulbright announces the appointment of Sandeep Savla as co-head of the U.S. Regulatory, Investigations, Securities and Compliance practice.  Savla, a partner in the New York office, will share leadership with Washington partner Kevin Harnisch. Savla's practice focuses on civil and...
TIL - 26 January 2022
Three additions to strengthen Eversheds London and the Middle East
Eversheds Sutherland strengthens its London and Dubai offices. In an encouraging move for the firm, two former Dentons partners, Martin Mankabady and Adriana Cotter, and a former Baker McKenzie partner, Steven Henderson, join the firm.  In particular, Mankabady served as global chair of Denton...
TIL - 25 January 2022
Linklaters and its focus on innovation: Greg Baker
Linklaters takes a step forward in its strategy towards innovation and creates a global department specialising in this area. A week ago, the international firm announced the incorporation of Greg Baker as its director. Baker has been with the firm since 2018. Baker will work hand in hand with Link...
TIL - 24 January 2022
ESG at Squire Patton Boggs
In Q2 2022 Squire Patton Boggs will implement its Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) strategy which will set out clear commitments from the firm on environmental, social and corporate governance issues. It will build upon well established, firm-wide policies aro...
Tom Hancocks - 24 January 2022
Brown Rudnick reinvents its global Tech practice - 8 signings for excitement
Brown Rudnick has announced the reinforcement of its Tech department with the addition of five new partners and three associates. It is a move that demonstrates the firm's commitment to talent. The partners are David Sorin, Scott Smedresman, Jared Sorin, Joseph Ferino and Matthew Uretsky; and the as...
TIL - 20 January 2022
David Kidman: the magic formula for Simmons' litigation team
Simmons & Simmons has strengthened its litigation department with the addition of David Kidman, who will join the firm's London office on 28 March.  Kidman brings a wealth of litigation experience from his previous role at DWF, where he has worked for the past six years. The head of Simmo...
TIL - 19 January 2022
Norton Rose Fulbright completes new EMA Banking & Finance team
Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its Banking & Finance department with the signing of Madhavi Gosavi as head of the Banking & Finance team for Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA), as well as recently adding four new members to that committee.  Gosavi joined the firm on 1 January 2022...
TIL - 19 January 2022
Promising signing for Orrick's Tech team: Anna Humphrey
Orrick has announced the signing of a technology talent within the legal sector: Anna Humphrey. This new addition will join the firm's London office team, bringing to eleven the number of new recruits the firm has made to work in the British capital.  Humphrey will thus become part of an Orric...
TIL - 18 January 2022
BCLP moves office in Paris
Previously spread over two sites, BCLP is bringing its teams together in a single location. Lawyers and staff will benefit from a qualitative and collaborative environment adapted to contemporary working methods. “This move is a real boost for the firm. It allows us not only to consolidate ou...
TIL - 17 January 2022
Climate change: big firms' actions and policies
Climate change matters. Law firms have demonstrated their ability to keep up with the times, both technologically and organisationally, with the challenges brought about by the pandemic. Caring for the environment is a duty we have to acquire as citizens of the planet, and law firms support this glo...
TIL - 12 January 2022
Shoosmiths explores outside the UK - opens Brussels office
Law firm Shoosmiths has opened an office in Brussels and recruited experienced lawyer Kiran Desai to meet growing client demand for European Union competition, regulatory and trade law advice. Dual-qualified in Belgium and in England and Wales, Kiran was previously the EU competition law leader at ...
TIL - 11 January 2022
Mermoz opens its doors: 25 lawyers and a broad range of expertise for mid-market players
A new player in the legal market, Mermoz is an independent law firm offering a wide range of business law services. With a strong transactional focus and recognised know-how in private equity in the mid-market segment, Mermoz is also a human adventure bringing together 8 partners, 16 associates and ...
Mermoz Avocats - 10 January 2022
About Odesius (2); "Thinking about sustainability means thinking about the future of the company"
1. Why can the SDGs matter to a law firm? Today all businesses, including law firms, have a role to play in helping to make the planet sustainable. It is clear that we are serious about this and it matters more and more to our clients, our employees, our suppliers, our governments.  Sustainab...
Blanca de Eugenio Fernández - 29 December 2021
What to do in the case of a cyber-attack?
With the rise of technology tools and the habit of storing all business data in the cloud, lawyers are now a tempting target for cybercriminals.  In other words, lawyers have to protect themselves to avoid receiving a cyberattack. According to a note published by Diferencia Legal, and citing ...
TIL - 27 December 2021
How to increase happiness among your co-workers?
--- The digital age is making it easier for us to be faster and use multiple tools at once and from anywhere. What technological transformation does not guarantee is the happiness of workers, an issue that law firms should pay close attention to Happiness is a consequence of human-to-human connect...
TIL - 25 December 2021
PRACTICAL GUIDE - How to organize your firm's Christmas lunch or dinner during COVID
1. Assumption of fact Katerine is a senior associate at the law firm of Knight & Lutford, based in Los Angeles, Dallas and Miami. The firm specializes in family law and has a total of 43 employees. All of them are lawyers. Katerine contacted John, the firm's senior partner, in order to arrange...
eVerythink PR Boutique - 24 December 2021
Merry Christmas! 15 original law firms Christmas greetings
Christmas is a special time to spend with family and loved ones. Law firms are congratulating the festive season on social media, posting touching videos full of hope. They send messages that motivate employees and clients to face the final stretch of the year and start the next one with greater mot...
TIL - 23 December 2021
Arch.law breaks into Australia by acquiring Nexus Law Group
Arch.law, a law firm established earlier this year in Manchester (UK), has just established itself as a leading player in the Australian market following the acquisition of Australia's Nexus Law Group. The legal project founded by former DWF Group CEO Andrew Leaitherland now employs 4,300 professio...
TIL - 22 December 2021
Privilege Plus: Discover Ashurst's latest digital toolkit
With legal professional privilege being one of the most common sources of questions for litigators, law firm Ashurst has launched online digital tool "Privilege Plus". This tool will help clients efficiently determine whether a document is protected by English law legal privilege rules.  Priv...
TIL - 21 December 2021
Meet Charles Adams: Clifford Chance's next Global Managing Partner
Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance has recently announced that its partners have elected Charles Adams as the firm's next Global Managing Partner. Charles will commence his four year term on 1 May 2022, when he will succeed Matthew Layton. Charles has been Regional Managing Partner for...
TIL - 17 December 2021
BonelliErede makes up three partners
BonelliErede’s partners’ meeting on Saturday, 11 December approved the promotion to partner of Enrico Chieppa, Giorgio Frasca and Federica Munno, the former a senior counsel and the latter managing associates of the firm. Enrico Chieppa joined BonelliErede in 2005 and is based in Milan....
TIL - 16 December 2021
Is data monetisation relevant? Baker McKenzie thinks so
Large companies do not envisage a future without the use and monetisation of data. With the growing interest in data collection and the creation of strategies around it, countries have been imposing legislation in order to regulate the excessive and uncontrolled use of data. Baker McKenzie, aware o...
TIL - 15 December 2021
Legal Tech: the case of beLab
Abstract beLab is an alternative legal service and Legal Tech provider wholly owned by BonelliErede – the market leader for legal and tax services in Italy. beLab exploits legal technologies for contract and compliance management, e-Discovery, litigation support, investigations, KYC and third...
Alessandro Musella - 13 December 2021
We Always did it Like That! And Other Reasons Why Some Firms Underuse Their Tech Tools
--- Lawyers must educate themselves about new technologies, increasing their confidence about new technological tools and applications for the future So, your firm got a new, shiny legal tech tool? After a few months of back and forth with the vendor, you dotted every “i” and crossed e...
Marko Porobija - 12 December 2021
Case Study: Legal malpractice insurance for law firms
If a firm’s legal malpractice insurance is non-renewed because it has incurred claims, it will be difficult for the firm to obtain quotes for replacement coverage, and any quotes that it does obtain, will likely be for a much higher premium than it paid for its expiring policy. This article ex...
Curtis Cooper - 11 December 2021
How can your firm be selected for the Chambers Global Guide?
--- Steps for your law firm to be eligible for the Chambers Global Guide in 2021 There are several different categories of inclusion in the Global Guide which have their own requirements. Firstly there are rankings on a local jurisdictional level - the Global Guide includes rankings across 200 ju...
Robinson Redmond - 01 December 2021
Data-driven companies need lawyers in their IT Governance
--- Organizations need to be agile, efficient, innovative and resilient if they want to operate with more guarantees in this VUCA context and manage to navigate through current rough seas Information and technology play a key role in order to achieve this goal. In fact, IT governance and managemen...
Miguel González Inés - 23 November 2021
What to consider when you rebrand your law firm logo
--- The logo in a law firm conveys the professional identity of the firm so it is important to take the time to create it Your law firm logo is central to your branding. It will be prominently displayed on everything, from your website and letterhead to any corporate merchandise you create.  ...
Rachel Tombs - 22 November 2021
The Future of Legal Workplace Design: Recreating the Resilient Law Firm
Even before the global pandemic, law firms began questioning the design of their office environments. Over the years, open concept has grown in popularity, and assigned private offices are less common than they used to be. Filing cabinets are being replaced by the cloud and reviewing contracts almos...
Kristin Cerutti - 15 November 2021
Dana Denis-Smith: "Women can embrace being the majority in the legal profession"
1. What encouraged you to create the 'First 100 Years' platform? I found it difficult to understand the context around women not advancing in the legal profession since I started working in law in 2005 – for some reason, progress was always at snail pace but no one was able to explain what wa...
Dana Denis-Smith - 11 November 2021
Bjørnar Alterskjær (CMS Kluge): "Technology is changing how legal services are provided to clients"
1. By integrating Kluge into the CMS orgnaisation, what main objectives do you hope to achieve? Joining CMS with its collaborative international structure gives Kluge the opportunity to strengthen its international capabilities, a natural next step in its century-long legacy. With similar strategic...
Bjørnar Alterskjær - 11 November 2021
Herbert Smith Freehills publishes annual Responsible Business report to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals
We are one year into the UN "Decade of Action", the final countdown to achieving the shared vision to end poverty, rescue the planet and build a peaceful world, through delivering the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At Herbert Smith Freehills we are pleased to play our part and have recentl...
Emma Cooke - 10 November 2021
Law Firms and Remote Work
Remote Work and Hybrid Work Policies Remote work has become a normalized practice for law firms in Canada in light of COVID-19. Many Canadian law firms have provided remote work opportunities even as they implement methods, such as vaccine mandates, to ensure safe workplaces in light of the pandemi...
Eren Erinc - 04 November 2021
Teleworking: Can employees be monitored?
--- Employee performance cannot be measured by remote working and that is why many managers are opting for the OKR (Objective Key Results) methodology to monitor their employees With the implementation of remote working, department heads are concerned about the performance of their employees. Ever...
TIL - 04 November 2021
Legal Core: the union of large law firms in the defense of ethnic diversity
On a special and unprecedented occasion in the legal sector, several of the most important law firms in the UK (Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Herbert Smith Freehills, among others) have joined together to create the Legal Core plat...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 02 November 2021
Will you work in the metaverse? Zuckerberg says yes
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marked the starting point of the metaverse, the parallel virtual universe that aims to replace the use of smartphones.  Can you imagine meeting your colleagues in a virtual room and moving around your living room? It will be possible thanks to virtual reality a...
William Brown - 29 October 2021
Barbara Gruber (Baker McKenzie): "Your own channels are a vital component these days"
1. Has communication become a vital factor for law firms? Professional communication matters for a law firm‘s business. It is a proven method of reaching potential clients, influencing existing ones and engaging with internal audiences. This means it is now indispensable. Since the late &lsqu...
Barbara Gruber - 28 October 2021
Parklane Plowden Chambers renews its brand and website
Leeds and Newcastle-based barristers’ set Parklane Plowden Chambers has revealed an evolved brand identity and a new website to further implement its investment strategy for continued growth. This latest news follows the set’s announcement in July that it is undertaking a six-figure ref...
William Brown - 28 October 2021
Know Hogan Lovells' latest action on climate change
Hogan Lovells will next month host The Great Green Wall panel session at COP26: UN Climate Change Conference 2021, demonstrating its commitment to embedding sustainable business strategies through its advice to clients and responsible business practices within the firm. At the conference, the firm ...
TIL - 26 October 2021
What is Privilege App? Learn about HSF's new in-house tool for in house lawyers
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Alexander Oddy, partner at the Dispute Resolution practice of Herbert Smith Freehills regarding the launch of the new App focused on helping in-house lawyers   1. Why did HSF create the Privilege App? The idea to develop the web app was generated by positiv...
Alexander Oddy - 25 October 2021
What does the future hold for law firm design?
Alongside nearly every industry, law firms had to adapt to remote work overnight in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many found surprising success with this new way of working. Even a couple of years ago, it was rare to work with a law firm that explicitly sought to support different styles of...
Kate Vine, Anne Kniffen, John Sadlon - 22 October 2021
The future of autonomous vehicles in the EU: this is Hogan Lovells' white paper
Hogan Lovells has today shared its recommendations on the future of Europe’s regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs), as the European Commission takes an important first step in submitting a Draft EU ADS Regulation to all 27 Member States ahead of a Public Consultation in November. ...
TIL - 20 October 2021
What working policy will firms adopt after the pandemic?
--- A McKinsey study reveals the uncertainty that companies and their workers have because they do not know what working policy they will adopt in the post-pandemic era   Firms are trying to adjust their remote work policy as outbreaks of the virus are gradually coming under control. While l...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 19 October 2021
Linklaters designates new Global Practice Head for TMT/IP. Discover Julia Schönbohm
Linklaters is committed to reinvigorating its TMT and IP practice with the appointment of Julia Schönbohm as its new global head. Since Schönbohm joined the firm as a partner in 2014, she has been involved in contentious and non-contentious proceedings. Able to practice law in Germany and...
Joe Goodman - 18 October 2021
Danielle Snell (Elit Lawyers): "You can achieve professional fulfillment beyond your wildest dreams"
Danielle Snell launched with her former colleague Robert McGirr a new law firm in Australia, having to face the pandemic at an early stage of her project. She launched Elit Lawyers by McGirr & Snell when she was 30 weeks pregnant and what started as a small dream promoted by two people, in a few...
Álvaro Navarro - 14 October 2021
Freshfields UK launches a revolutionary measure for pregnancy losses
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has just announced an almost unprecedented measure in the legal sector: a two-week paid leave for anyone who has lost a pregnancy before the first 24 weeks.  This measure applies equally to all employees of the firm whose has lost the pregnancy or who has a surro...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 13 October 2021
Can Law Firms Require Their Employees to be Vaccinated?
Brief Answer The answer in Canada is generally yes, but with a few important caveats: i. Mandatory vaccination policies should be consistent with the employer law firm’s obligations to ensure occupational health and safety;  ii. Reasonable accommodations must be provided to employees i...
Maciej Lipinski - 07 October 2021
Chatbots - Legal friendly?
--- Chatbot technology is based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning taking into account that it complies with all data processing principles and regulations Nowadays, it is difficult to determine whether a natural person or Chatbot is talking to a customer on a Company's website. And n...
Anete Garoza - 29 September 2021
Choose the day you want to have a holiday: HSF's new policy
--- Herbert Smith Freehills launches a revolutionary policy in the legal sector, giving its employees a great deal of freedom to choose their holiday days   Can you imagine being able to choose between working on a public holiday and booking the day you choose not to work?  It's not a ...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 28 September 2021
How to launch a law firm in the midst of a pandemic. Interview with Tugce Avcısert (Avcısert)
1. Why did you decide to create this new legal project? After working in global organizations and top tier law firms for over 10 fruitful years, I have felt the courage to start a new chapter to provide legal services under my own roof, Avcısert Attorneys at Law. It was always my dream to run a ne...
Tuğçe Avcısert - 23 September 2021
Marketing Law Firms During a Pandemic
COVID-19 has changed each aspect of our lives and each segment of the economy. Like other sectors, the pandemic has also disrupted the legal sector. Disruption provides a healthy ground for innovation and creativity. In response to the curveball thrown by COVID, law firms need to pivot their marketi...
Akanksha Bisen - 20 September 2021
Meet the new CMS Co-Head of International Arbitration: Sarah Vasani
--- CMS is positioned as a global reference in International Arbitration   Sarah Vasani, who has spent the past five years working in Addleshaw Goddard's dispute resolution department, has announced the start of her new career as Co-Head of the International Arbitration department at CMS Cam...
TIL - 15 September 2021
Jones Day strengthens Financial Markets department in New York: Dorothy Giobbe
--- Jones Day announced that Dorothy Giobbe has joined the Firm's Financial Markets Practice as of counsel in its New York Office   Ms. Giobbe joins after serving as Executive Director and Assistant General Counsel in the Emerging Technology Practice Group of a global financial services comp...
TIL - 14 September 2021
7 tips to manage your law firm successfully
Many lawyers wonder how to run a law firm, especially in these uncertain times. There is no guide that tells you how to successfully run your law firm, but if it helps, the New York State Bar Associaton presents 7 tips to fear success with your law firm: 1. Create a business plan It is essential ...
Álvaro Navarro - 11 September 2021
DLA Piper creates a new role: Managing Director, Sustainability & Resilience. Discover who will hold this position
--- DLA Piper is committed to creating a new position: Managing Director, Sustainability & Resilience   The international law firm has appointed JP Douglas-Henry to this new and innovative position. Douglas-Henry was, for a number of years, the firm's International Group Head of Litigati...
Joe Goodman - 09 September 2021
Clifford Chance renews the head of Client and Market Development
--- Law firms are constantly changing personnel in key positions. But few are as important these days as marketing and client relations   Clifford Chance has announced the new leadership of a key department for law firms: Client & Market Development.  Mike Kachel and Micol Scabbia ...
TIL - 08 September 2021
Baker McKenzie strengthens its Corporate/M&A practice in Germany. Meet its new lawyer
--- Germany is a country where Baker McKenzie has a considerable presence, especially in the Corporate and M&A sector   Baker McKenzie strengthens its Corporate/M&A department in its Munich office with the addition of Dr. Jakub Lorys, who currently works as a lawyer at Hengeler Muell...
Joe Goodman - 07 September 2021
Case study: office refurbishment of a law firm to improve its culture and employee well-being
  1. Needs of the client: Characteristics of the law firm  - The firm is 30 years old, lead by 16 Partners, Associates, Special Counsel, and Consultants. - They have broad expertise amongst their team in property, commercial, corporate, litigation, family lay, employment, estate planni...
Todd Hammond, Josephine Meldgaard - 07 September 2021
Linklaters commits to the environment by supporting Green Pledge initiative
In a move to raise awareness of the current climate crisis, Linklaters has announced its support for the Campagin for Greener Arbitrations platform by becoming a signatory partner of the "Green Pledge" initiative.  In this way, Linklaters' Arbitration department, and the firm itself in general...
Adelie Cordier - 06 September 2021
Why is Austin a city of opportunities for law firms?
--- Austin has become a crucial hub for technology projects and is of great interest to law firms   Latham & Watkins (LT) has announced the opening of a new office in Austin, Texas, along with the addition of three new partners to lead the emerging companies advisory practice: Samer Zaba...
Joe Goodman - 02 September 2021
King & Wood Mallesons recruits key Asia lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills
--- As Singapore continues to strengthen its position as a crucial business hub in the Asia-Pacific region, many international law firms are looking to increase their implementation and presence in the city   The latest significant development comes from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM): the ...
Joe Goodman - 01 September 2021
Why some law firms are closing their offices in Hong Kong: The Orrick case.
Orrick has announced major strategic changes in the Asia-Pacific region. After announcing the closure of its Hong Kong office, the firm has quickly followed up with another major announcement: the opening of a new office in Singapore. This reflects the firm's interest in maintaining its presence in...
Joe Goodman - 30 August 2021
Social Media for Lawyers
--- Social Media is a place to show leadership and connect with customers through a good strategy One of the greatest inventions of the modern time is the internet whose impact on society has been hugely phenomenal. With the internet, came social networks such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and In...
Adedunmade Onibokun - 21 August 2021
The connection between Open Finance, Personal Financial Management and Investment
--- Open banking data promotes customer access to Personal Financial Management (PFM) and facilitates cooperation between banks and third-party service providers I believe you must have heard these statements: "In the future, banks will resort to Open Banking", "Banks must open up customer informa...
Allen PakChing Lau - 14 August 2021
FrontFoot law: how to launch a law firm during the Pandemic
--- David Curtain explains how he managed to launch FrontFoot, a new law firm, in the midst of a pandemic   What is the purpose of FrontFoot Law? Our mission is to identify and implement the legal operations and technology improvements best suited to our clients’ specific circumstance...
David Curtain - 04 August 2021
New White & Case's partner in Silicon Valley: Laura McDaniels
White & Case LLP has announced the addition of Laura McDaniels as a partner in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Employment, Compensation & Benefits (ECB) practices in the firm's Silicon Valley office. The Global Head of the M&A department John Reiss has acknowledged M...
TIL - 03 August 2021
Cybersecurity Within Law Firms - Strategy to Protect Sensible Data
Abstract A strong cybersecurity strategy can help protect your brand and the trust of your clients in your firm. This is where the 3Ps - people, processes, policy - come into play and aid in drawing up an action plan that can be followed by law firms everywhere.   1. Introduction We have be...
Alexandra Ivan - 30 July 2021
CMS appoints for the first time a woman as Executive Director - Isabel Scholes
CMS has appointed Isabel Scholes as Executive Director, who will take up this important role at the firm from 1 October 2021. The former CMS Director of Business Development, Marketing and Communications will succeed Matthias Lichtblau, who has held this position since 2013.  As Executive Dire...
TIL - 29 July 2021
Case study: creating a warm and welcoming office for a law firm in Texas
--- Dick Clarke + Associates creates sustainable and comfortable building for law firm Coffin Renner LLP   1. Client's needs Coffin Renner LLP is a law firm that specializes in representing gas, electric, and telecommunication companies in regulatory proceedings in Texas. Their practice foc...
Dick Clark + Associates - 26 July 2021
Discover Reedsmith tech tool: E-Discovery App
--- On the occasion of the 1st Annual Study of Juridical Technological Innovation, The Impact Lawyers interviews the participating law firms to discuss the benefits that these technological tools bring to their work   1. What differentiates E-Discovery App from other Apps available in t...
Dave Cohen - 22 July 2021
Discover Hogan Lovells tech tool: EBA Outsourcing Solution
--- On the occasion of the 1st Annual Study of Juridical Technological Innovation, The Impact Lawyers interviews the participating law firms to discuss the benefits that these technological tools bring to their work   1. What differentiates EBA Outsourcing Solution from other technological t...
Rachel Dabydoyal, John Salmon - 22 July 2021
Technology Certification: Competency = Competitive Advantage
--- Law firms look to thrive in the digital world by instructing their lawyers in technological matters with LTC4 certificate For all its upheaval, the pandemic has had a few benefits, like exposing the actual state of technology competence in the legal industry. While professional guidelines like...
Joanne Humber - 09 July 2021
Case study: office renovation for a Brazilian law firm
--- GDL Arquitectura remodelled the office of a Brazilian firm, making it more innovative and welcoming 1. Client's needs Legal consultancy company dedicated to business issues with an emphasis on tax, corporate, labor and civil matters.  Area increase to receiving customers in order to hap...
Gabriel de Lucca - 08 July 2021
CMS: post-pandemic economic stability and driver of legal innovation
--- CMS has managed to stabilise its financial accounts in 2020, in addition to increasing its partner promotions. Despite a tumultuous 2020 for all law firms, CMS has managed to stabilise its global revenues, as well as registering new investments.  CMS, a globally significant firm with mor...
TIL - 07 July 2021
Offices of Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie and Kim & Chang renovated by MCX Interior
--- Law firms renovate offices to make them more open and sustainable The working environment is vital for lawyers. Offices, spaces where lawyers used to go every working day of the year, are now becoming less and less available due to remote working.  New models of office attendance require...
Álvaro Navarro - 06 July 2021
Case Study: Law Firm Data Protection & Cybersecurity Awareness
--- Law firms are constantly fighting for their clients and defending their clients' interests. However, they sometimes forget that they are always at risk – the cybersecurity risk.  Law firms face many cybersecurity challenges, but safeguarding their clients' confidenti...
Vlad Styran - 01 July 2021
1st Annual Study of Juridical Technological Innovation (JTI): The law firms with the highest technological projection in 2021
--- Over the last year and a half, lawyers have become aware of how important the use of technology is in their professional work. Terms such as "Blockchain", "Artificial Intelligence", "Smart Contracts" or "Digitalisation" are used by today's most relevant law firms.  The quality of profess...
TIL - 30 June 2021
The 4 keys to Creating a succesful Practice
--- Eva Guerra details the 4 keys to creating a successful practice: change the way of thinking, accepting to make mistakes, looking for new opportunities, and asking for support   1. Change the way you think The way you think creates your success. If you find yourself blaming other people ...
Eva Guerra - 27 June 2021
Key Elements to a Successful Employee Onboarding Strategy
--- Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker, CEO and president of Linwick & Associates, breaks down the most important elements of an onboarding process in your firm A new hire will form an opinion of your company as soon as the first interaction takes place. This can be when they are with the HR repr...
Dr. Lisa J. Lindsay Wicker - 23 June 2021
Climate change: why include environmental clauses in contracts?
--- Environmental clauses in new contracts are becoming more and more common With climate change awareness among the vast majority of firms in the legal sector, there are countless initiatives, led by law firms, which advocate for the creation of new contracts that are environmentally sustainable....
Adelie Cordier - 14 June 2021
The benefits of technology in Law Firms
--- Implementing technology in law firms is the opportunity that they should take advantage of to offer the best service compared to their rivals The legal sector is facing new challenges. The world is going through a process of digitization, which has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Joe Goodman - 12 June 2021
Will the 4 working days be implemented in law firms?
--- Many law firms are considering implementing a four-day working week 4 Day Week Campaign is a platform supported by several British organisations to promote the reduction of weekly working days. According to this platform, the establishment of 4 working days a week would benefit society and the...
Adelie Cordier - 09 June 2021
Discover the new e-learning programme launched by Linklaters
--- Linklaters launches e-learning programme with Forage to bring US students closer to the law More and more law firms are making use of technological tools to enhance the talent of their employees. In this case, we will describe the virtual programme launched by Linklaters, in partnership with F...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 07 June 2021
Discover Reed Smith's employee 'Family Support Initiative'
--- Reed Smith continues to promote the Family Support Initiative, a tool launched in August 2020 to inform and support employees with children Through this initiative, which is almost a year old, Reed Smith lawyers can enjoy the flexibility to reduce their working hours, know what resources the f...
Joe Goodman - 03 June 2021
Relationship marketing and professional services firms
--- Relationship marketing is the answer to the needs of customers and the way to optimize the performance and growth of professional services firms  Marketing is the art of giving clients what they what profitably. To be a successful marketeer you need to tap into the needs and wants of the ...
Claire Rason - 30 May 2021
The Dialogue You Need to be Having Regularly With Your Team
--- Maintaining a dialogue with your work team once per quarter can guarantee the success of your company by creating an environment that invites cooperation and teamwork. One of the key things that lacks in most firms is that informal deeply engaging discussion between the owner and their immedia...
Brian Maphosa - 24 May 2021
Why half of Millennials are stressed most of the time?
--- The Global Millenial Survey 2020 conducted by Deloitte reflects the views of Millenials and Gen Zs, pointing out their values and beliefs as well as concerns. This year, the report includes data both pre-pandemic and during the COVID-19 crisis  Key findings regarding the impact of COVID-1...
TIL - 18 May 2021
From Baker McKenzie: "We have implemented actions and initiatives to facilitate education on anti-racism"
--- A professional from recognized law firm Baker McKenzie responds to The Impact Lawyers´ questions about Race and Ethnicity policies   Do you have a policy within your firm at a global level to prevent and detect racist cases, both with your staff and with your clients? Across the F...
TIL - 15 May 2021
Contract management: the key to your income
--- According to a study on contract management, most organizations lack knowledge in this area and choose to work with external providers of this service One of the biggest causes of lost profits has been the failure of many organisations to manage contracts. A study conducted by EY Law and ...
TIL - 14 May 2021
Design your documents to make them more efficient and transparent
--- The Impact Lawyers interviews Luca Visconti, CEO of HUE, about designing documents to make them more efficient and transparent Law firms pay a lot of attention to their clients, but often do not invest time in the design of the documents they produce, either for internal use or for presentatio...
TIL - 09 May 2021
Adhurst appoints Linda Grace new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach
--- Learn more about Linda Grace, the new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach The Global Law Firm, Adhurst, has appointed Linda Grace as the new global head of Adhurst Advance Reach, the firm´s flexible resourcing platform. Since it was launched in 2019, the platform has been requested by m...
TIL - 06 May 2021
Ethnic minorities in the legal sector: reality or utopia?
--- The most relevant law firms are worrying about the hiring of ethical minorities like the case of Hogan Lovells In an eminently globalised market, the recruitment of international lawyers is the order of the day. But when it comes to the recruitment of black and minority ethnic lawyers in the U...
TIL - 05 May 2021
Recruiting as a cycle
--- The selection process of many companies should include a third phase in order to retain candidates for the future Many companies have a standard employee selection process: they do several rounds of interviews and then keep the ones they think are the best fit for the Firm. How many companies ...
TIL - 29 April 2021
DWF changes its internal structure. Discover its new services
--- DWF announces the launch of a new integrated legal management structure within the firm The reason for the integration of this new structure is to re-launch the firm as one of the most relevant legal service providers in the market.  This new measure also entails the reduction of four of...
TIL - 27 April 2021
Why is the LATAM and Caribbean market interesting? Know the Dentons case study
--- The British firm Dentons shows its expansion into the Latin American and Caribbean market Why might the Latin American and Caribbean market be of great interest to large law firms? Dentons and its numerous offices in these two regions answer the question: the luxury real estate market.  ...
TIL - 26 April 2021
Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons... How are firms fighting climate change?
--- The most prestigious law firms such as Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills fight against climate change In commemoration of World Earth Day, it is necessary to highlight the efforts made by law firms which, through a policy of environmental awareness, carry ou...
TIL - 22 April 2021
What is the Alliance for Asian American Justice? Discover its aim
--- In the face of increasing violence against Asian Americans in the United States, many actors in the legal sector - including some 40 law firms - have announced the creation of the The Alliance for Asian American Justice This pro-bono initiative is committed to the defence of Asian Americans an...
TIL - 21 April 2021
Simmons Simmons promotes 13 new partners
--- Simmons Simmons has recently announced the promotion of 13 of its lawyers to the rank of partner This round of promotions applies to lawyers located in eight different offices of the firm.  Interestingly, six of the 13 promoted lawyers are women, indicating Simmons Simmons Simmons' commi...
TIL - 19 April 2021
Why is Linklaters reinforcing its Corporate/M&A practice in France?
--- Linklaters strengthens its presence in the Corporate and M&A practice in France after hiring a new partner in its Paris office This signing has resonance as he came from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was a partner since 2016. Florent Mazeron is therefore the British firm's new ...
TIL - 16 April 2021
RegTech: Innovation powered by Gadens and Lawcadia
--- Innovation within the legal sector is exemplified by a number of initiatives driven by law firms In Australia, law firm Gadens has launched RegTech, an innovative online platform based primarily on a reporting system for potential regulatory non-compliance issues that will assist Australian fi...
TIL - 15 April 2021
Paul Hastings' latest recruit strengthens its presence in Asia Pacific
Paul Hastings continues to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region with the recent addition of Sarah Zhu as counsel in the Hong Kong office Zhu has an extensive background in compliance and white-collar litigation. She also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings.  "In the ...
TIL - 14 April 2021
The inevitable physical reconversion of law firms
--- New trends in office space indicate that law firms are increasingly fitting out their offices for coworking and client meetings, or dispensing with office space altogether Firms that have established a "hybrid" teleworking model are the biggest promoters of office refurbishment. With fewer law...
Álvaro Navarro - 14 April 2021
Artificial Intelligence in law firms. Simmons Simmons case
--- Simmons & Simmons has recently announced the launch of Rocketeer, a platform specialised in the field of the trademark registration market and which is built on artificial intelligence It is a tool that will revolutionise the field of intellectual property in the legal sector. Rocketeer c...
TIL - 14 April 2021
Gender equality: Meet the initiative that unites law firms
--- Clyde & Co has joined the DIS (German Arbitration Institute) / ERA Pledge Gender Champion initiative in order to raise awareness of gender equality in international arbitration Specifically, through this initiative, law firms and organisations that join the initiative appoint Gender Champi...
TIL - 13 April 2021
How to increase positivity in the office?
--- One of the negative effects caused by the pandemic has undoubtedly been a drastic reduction in direct contact between co-workers and with customers The lack of human connection outside our homes has increased levels of anxiety and depression, weakening socialisation and interpersonal relations...
TIL - 12 April 2021
Internal podcasts for lawyers? It can be possible!
--- Interview with Molly Beck, CEO of private podcasting software: Messy.fm The Impact Lawyers has the pleasure to publish an interview made with Molly Beck, CEO of Messy.fm, an award-winning private podcasting software is trusted by dozens of teams across the Fortune 500, plus thousands of SMBs a...
TIL - 10 April 2021
Three reasons that lead lawyers to leave law firms
--- Lack of interest, underutilisation of talent and lack of connectivity are reasons why lawyers leave law firms Law firms are companies that generally undergo a lot of staff turnover. This can seriously affect the viability of the law firm itself, as many departments embark on lengthy projects t...
TIL - 09 April 2021
Discover "desk hoteling" and the benefits for your law firm
--- A large percentage of offices are becoming co-working spaces for lawyers   Is this beneficial for law firms?  According to a study by Global Workplace Analytics, employees in the most modern firms spend almost half of their time working in an office and the other half at home. What...
TIL - 07 April 2021
Simmons & Simmons: 3 new partners to conquer the Netherlands
--- The Dutch market is one of the most attractive spots for law firms that want to expand their presence in Europe. Let's talk about the expansion in this country by Simmons & Simmons The UK firm, with considerable international expansion, has recruited three new partners for the Amsterdam of...
TIL - 06 April 2021
Baker McKenzie strengthens its Competition practice. Discover its new partner
--- Competition law is one of the areas most in demand by prestigious international firms. Baker McKenzie has hired Swedish national Sibel Yilmaz as a partner in its growing EU competition practice "Sibel is a talented and experienced lawyer with a strong reputation in the market. I have known Sib...
TIL - 03 April 2021
Strengthening of Pinsent Masons: promotes 19 of its partners
--- Pinsent Masons has announced a surprise round of promotions for 19 of its partners, increasing the number of such promotions by two compared to last year  The majority of these promotions took place in the UK offices, with 13 partners entering this round. Partners in the United Arab Emira...
TIL - 31 March 2021
Discover the Freshfields Diversity Scholarship Programme 2021
--- Freshfields has launched its 2021 Diversity Fellowship Programme Freshfields has demonstrated its commitment to employee diversity by announcing the completion of its 2021 Diversity Fellowship Programme, which includes three students from Columbia Law School, Georgetown University Law Center a...
TIL - 16 March 2021
Linklater's Race Action Plan
--- Linklaters has published a plan to increase the diversity of black lawyers in its international staff, and since this is an issue that concerns the management of this law firm, it has designed an action plan structured in 5 points  1.To create an inclusive culture Establish a Black Div...
TIL - 16 March 2021
Alfonso López-Ibor (L-I Lawyers): "Foreign firms investing in other countries tend to be financially stronger"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Alfonso López-Ibor, Director Partner of López-Ibor Lawyers, on the firm's internationalization strategy  This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalization of law firms. What is the strategy you ha...
TIL - 09 March 2021
Empowering Women. Learn about Hogan Lovells' Empowering Women and Girls initiative
--- Hogan Lovells launched its Empowering Women and Girls initiative Lila Ji is from Tilonia, a small, rural village in Rajasthan, one of the poorest states in India. She’s illiterate. She’s also trained as a solar power engineer at Barefoot College. Women from rural communities around...
Yasmin Waljee OBE - 08 March 2021
Clifford Chance chooses to challenge for International Women's Day
--- Leading international law firm Clifford Chance is celebrating International Women's Day 2021 with a month-long campaign of online events and initiatives that champion equality and celebrate advocates for gender parity across the firm Clifford Chance has been a longstanding advocate for women l...
Kaitlin Scagluso - 08 March 2021
Antoni Gómez (Auren): "We offer to our clients a coordinated approach and a common methodology"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Antoni Gómez, Chair of Auren International. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? We have given...
TIL - 02 March 2021
Latham Watkins increases its membership, adding 19 new counselors to the partnership
--- On Monday, 19 counselors from Latham & Watkins were promoted to the firm's partnership The vast majority of these legal professionals are experts in the Corporate, Litigation, Finance and other departments. These appointments are not the only ones to have been made in the last six months....
TIL - 01 March 2021
Elisa Lemus (Barrilero): "It is essential to know the local reality of the environment very well"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Elisa Lemus, Head of Barillero y Asociados International Desk. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? O...
TIL - 01 March 2021
Legal sector crisis: Did all law firms see their profits fall in 2020?
--- Many law firms have seen their profits reduced because of the pandemic. This is a fact that has been repeated in many legal media outlets It is rarer to see other firms that have nevertheless increased their annual turnover. This is the case of Hogan Lovells.  The international British f...
TIL - 26 February 2021
Your law firm without COVID. Find out how to prevent the spread of the virus in your office
--- Numerous international governments have published COVID-19 prevention measures for employers and employees to consider for the return to face-to-face office work The following are the most common internationally mandated measures for any firm to implement: - Assign a co-ordinator at the workp...
TIL - 26 February 2021
Carmen Bascarán (ONTIER): "Firm with a unique business model and a purely entrepreneurial management"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Carmen Bascarán, Managing Director at ONTIER. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why?  ONTIER is ...
TIL - 23 February 2021
BonelliErede focuses on Africa and the Middle East
--- BonelliErede is focusing its attention on the African and Middle East markets with the incorporation of two of counsel who will work to promote the Italian firm's brand in these regions. Specifically, BonelliErede has 49 professionals in Africa They are Calvin Walker and Ezequiel Sánche...
TIL - 23 February 2021
Norman Heckh (Ramón y Cajal): "Independence, far from weakening us, has made us stronger"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Norman Heckh, Director of the International Committee of Ramón y Cajal Abogados. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the firm's internationalization strategy? Ramón y...
TIL - 22 February 2021
Adolf Rousaud and Ignasi Costas (DWF-RCD): "Joining DWF gave us the possibility of having group infrastructure on 4 continents"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Adolf Rousand and Ignasi Costas, Co-Directing Partners of DWF-RCD. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? In December ...
TIL - 19 February 2021
Is there a lack of communication between employees in your law firm? Learn how to communicate!
--- Working remotely is a standard issue in law firms and many are already opting for mixed models for their workers Countless firms are realising that teleworking saves costs on office space and maintenance, electricity, cleaning, etc., saving organisations $11,000 per employee per year, accordin...
TIL - 18 February 2021
Reed Smith and its commitment to inclusion and diversity
--- Reed Smith, a firm known for its commitment to inclusion and diversity, has announced a partnership agreement with the Black Young Professionals (BYP) platform, with the aim of increasing the number of black candidates to work at the firm  Created in 2016, BYP is an initiative that seeks ...
TIL - 18 February 2021
Julio Veloso (BROSETA): "Be clear about one's own capacities (and limitations) and the priority objective of the actions"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Julio Veloso, Partner and Head of Internationalisation of BROSETA. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? BR...
TIL - 17 February 2021
Meet Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, next chair of Hogan Lovells
--- Hogan Lovells has recently appointed Marie-Aimée de Dampierre, partner in the Paris office and current regional managing partner for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, as the firm's next chair. She will hold the position for the next three years, effective 1 May 2021 Mair...
TIL - 17 February 2021
Alejandro Touriño (Écija): "The culture of the firm is very strong. We are not a normal law firm"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Alejandro Touriño, Managing Partner of Écija. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? ...
TIL - 16 February 2021
8 tips: Improve the quality of your services. Win customers over
--- Law firms continuously provide services to their clients, and often do so under tight time constraints, directly impacting the quality of the services they provide  Therefore, they should consider a few simple tips to improve the development of their own organisation in order to increase ...
TIL - 15 February 2021
Why don't we work 4 days a week?
--- First there has been the rise of teleworking and now many voices are calling for a 4-day working week, extending weekends from 2 to 3 days. The relevant question is whether such a plan would boost workers' efficiency and productivity  Have you considered implementing this measure in your ...
TIL - 15 February 2021
Álvaro Ramírez de Haro (Pérez-Llorca): "The management of multi-jurisdictional operations are important"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Álvaro Ramírez de Haro, partner in charge of the London office of Pérez-Llorca. This interview and others can be found in the Survey on the internationalisation of law firms What is the strategy you have followed in opening of...
TIL - 15 February 2021
Jaime Folguera (Uría): "In other jurisdictions with which there are less affinities it is more difficult to establish"
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes an interview with Jaime Folguera, partner at Uría Menéndez. This interview and others can be found in the Study on the internationalization of law firms is the strategy you have followed when opening offices abroad? Why? Uría Menéndez's...
TIL - 11 February 2021
Survey: internationalisation of Spanish law firms
--- The Impact Lawyers publishes a survey on the internalization of several of the most renowned law firms in Spain Through this survey, The Impact Lawyers interviews the heads of each of the participating law firms to obtain answers about the strategies undertaken and the challenges they have fac...
TIL - 09 February 2021
Your law firm could increase its revenue by 3.5% by 2021
--- Over the past half year, law firms have been forced to implement numerous strategies to address the challenges due to the devastating effects of COVID-19, leading to a sharp improvement in law firm performance, according to the Peer Monitor Index report by Thomson Reuters Specifically, law fir...
TIL - 08 February 2021
40% of Companies Facing Enforcement Investigations Due to Poorly Implemented Tech
--- A landmark survey of more than 1500 compliance leaders around the world has revealed major risks associated with digitalization, with 41 percent of those surveyed admitting their organization has already experienced enforcement investigations by regulators because of technology that was poorly ...
Baker Mckenzie - 08 February 2021
Only 30% of law firms use document management systems in the cloud
--- LOGICFORCE, a legal IT (Information Technology) consultancy, recently published the results of a survey of mid-sized law firms designed to assess the current state of law firms' use of technology, as well as their protocols             This year's report by L...
TIL - 07 February 2021
Top 4 Tips for Building Resiliency Into Your Law Firm in 2021
--- The key to a prosperous year in the face of uncertainty is to ensure that your firm has the technology and processes in place that will enable firm employees to handle all essential functions remotely  We’ve finally left 2020 behind us and we are in a new year – and hopefully ...
Nicole Black - 04 February 2021
Pinsent Masons opens office in the Netherlands deepening its presence in Europe
--- Pinsent Masons has this week announced the opening of an office in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, its first office in this European country The international firm has recruited Wouter Seinen, a lawyer specialising in Data Protection and TMT (Technology, Media and Communications), to head the offi...
TIL - 04 February 2021
Cleary Gottlieb - one of the ‘Best Place to Work’ for LGBTQ lawyers
--- Cleary Gottlieb has been named as one of the best firms to work for LGBTQ lawyers, according to a report by Human Rights Campaigning (HRC) Specifically, HRC has made this report through the 2021 Corporate Equality Index, which is a survey conducted in the United States and collects information...
TIL - 03 February 2021
Angelino Alfano and Enrico Vergani made partners at BonelliErede
--- BonelliErede’s partnership has expanded with the appointment of Angelino Alfano and Enrico Vergani as partners, both of whom were formerly of counsel at the firm. The two appointments, effective as of 1 January, were approved at the partners’ meeting yesterday  Angelino joined...
TIL - 02 February 2021
Are Labour Costs in Your Legal Practice Giving You Sleepless Nights?
--- The impact of labour costs on your business’ profitability can have a devastating impact. Labour costs are frequently one of the most significant expenditures for a business owner This has become even more critical during these epidemic days where businesses are having to find that extra...
Brian Maphosa - 01 February 2021
Baker McKenzie advises Administrators of Paperchase Products Limited on sale of key business assets
Geoff O'Dea, Priyanka Usmani and Will Sugden of Baker McKenzie LLP have advised Zelf Hussain, Robert Lewis and Rachael Wilkinson of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as joint administrators of Paperchase Products Limited, an international retail chain of stationery stores. The Administrators were appointe...
Baker Mckenzie - 30 January 2021
The legal sector joins forces and donates more than 70,000 euros to the Food Bank Foundation in Madrid
--- Last November, the legal sector launched a social initiative through which 72,693 euros were raised The initiative, organised in conjunction with the Madrid Food Bank and aimed at professionals and employees of the participating law firms, consists of the sale of shopping baskets through a web...
TIL - 29 January 2021 Spain
FeeSolve (Fieldfisher), the platform that facilitates the practice of litigation funding
--- Fieldfisher has recently launched FeeSolve, a platform that enables the assessment of commercial claims in order to facilitate the choice of litigation funders among different legal proceedings The platform is the latest development of the firm's innovative self-funded risk management and fund...
Adelie Cordier - 22 January 2021
ECIJA reaches 127 partners with the promotion of two new lawyers in Latin America
--- Adalberto Méndez and María Dolores Echeverría have been appointed partners at ECIJA Mexico and Chile to strengthen the Corporate/M&A, Employment Law, Information Technology, Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility areas One year after joining ECIJA Mexico as B...
TIL - 22 January 2021
How artificial intelligence can reduce lawyers' work time
--- Law firms like large companies are using artificial intelligence programs to automate their work. In particular, there are programs that analyze algorithms and relevant information in documents, reducing the search work of lawyers Concept of the software Leverton is a patented, award-winning ...
TIL - 22 January 2021
The method of success of ... Hogan Lovells
--- Hogan Lovells is a unique firm, born out of the merger of two large US and European firms in 2010  HOW DOES HOGAN LOVELLS DIFFER FROM OTHER FIRMS? We combine the strengths and experiences of both firms and are one of the 10 largest law firms in the world. We are more than 2,600 lawyers c...
TIL - 21 January 2021
Linklaters: More than 680 green bonds and 130 social bonds issued globally so far in 2020
A total of more than 680 green bond issuances have been launched globally so far since the start of the year raising a total of $227.6 billion, according to *research by global law firm Linklaters. Green bonds finance environmentally friendly projects, including energy efficiency, pollution preventi...
TIL - 18 January 2021
"More cost-effective processes will lead to cheaper and more accessible legal services for all"
The Impact Lawyers Magazine had the pleasure to conduct an email interview with Joe Mallet, US firm trainee. Why did you decide to become a lawyer? My decision to become a lawyer was informed by a range of experiences. As a school leaver, the practical experience of working in a call centre for a ...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 18 January 2021
WFW advises Everwood on €25m 50 MW Cartuja PV project financing
Watson Farley & Williams ("WFW") advised Everwood Capital ("Everwood") on the €25m financing granted by Liberbank for the 50 MW Cartuja photovoltaic (“PV”) plant, currently under construction. The transaction closed on 31 December. The photovoltaic plant, developed by Abei Ener...
TIL - 17 January 2021
How to invest in renewable energies in the United States? Pay attention to the advice of Norton Rose Fulbright
Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. took a major step forward in July 2020 when it made its first investment in a US company. Specifically, Kansai bought a stake in the Aviator Wind Project in Texas. Norton Rose Fulbright advised Kansai, which acquired a 48.5 percent stake in Aviator Wind Holdings LL...
Adelie Cordier - 15 January 2021
Marina Tavassi joins BonelliErede
BonelliErede has strengthened its commercial, competition and industrial law practices with the addition of Marina Tavassi as of counsel at the Milan office. Her experience in the Italian judiciary dates back to 1977. She has served as President of the Court of Appeal of Milan (2016–2020), Pr...
TIL - 14 January 2021
The method of success of ... Ceca Magán
HOW DOES CECA MAGÁN DIFFER FROM OTHER FIRMS? Ceca Magán is a firm with its own style that identifies the market and our clients, which we call the #CecaStyle, based on Quality, Experience, Competitiveness and Agility. We always try to take care of our clients' affairs hand in hand wit...
TIL - 11 January 2021
Hogan Lovells appoints first pro bono partner in Europe
Hogan Lovells has appointed International Pro Bono Director Yasmin Waljee OBE to partner, the first pro bono partner in Europe. Her appointment reinforces the firm’s commitment to being a responsible business, and recognises the immense contribution she has made to developing the firm's pro bo...
TIL - 09 January 2021
Is your law firm just a “deadline-meeter”?
Most firms limit themselves to being “deadline-meeters”: they receive a case and provide the required service. But these firms lack direction—a position in the market that can reduce their strategic risk— that is, the uncertainty about what could happen to them in the medium ...
Francesc Domínguez - 01 January 2021
Cuatrecasas hires nine new partners in Chile, Colombia and Mexico
Law firm hires new partners Manuel Quinche, Alessia Bello and Juan Felipe Vera (Bogotá), Roberto Guerrero (Santiago) and Javier Díaz de León (Mexico City). Tomás Kubick, Macarena Ravinet, Alfonso Ugarte and Josefina Yávar will join the Corporate and Commercial Pra...
TIL - 28 December 2020
BigLaw’s Big Changes
Vast, global law firms, with upwards of 1000 partners and thousands of staff in cities around the world, have been a feature of the legal scene for years. After a tough global recession in 2008, these businesses bounced back, continuing to expand, acquire or partner with firms in every corner of the...
Duncan Weston - 25 December 2020
Baker McKenzie continues transactional practice growth with leading financial sponsor partner hire
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired highly regarded financial sponsor and M&A partner Nick Rainsford from Ashurst, as part of the Firm's strategy to grow its transactional teams.  Nick is a highly experienced transactional lawyer who has built an excellent reputation in M&...
TIL - 23 December 2020
The method of success of ... Simmons Simmons
1. How Simmons Simmons differs from other law firms? Simmons & Simmons is a unique international firm whose lawyers, working from different jurisdictions, are fully integrated into international teams, thanks to a large communication and consolidated work network. With an international marketi...
TIL - 22 December 2020
Why Squire Patton Boggs is a recommended firm in Asia?
Squire Patton Boggs practices and lawyers have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Chambers Asia Pacific. Also, Squire has been ranked as a "recommended firm" in several practice areas:  Australia Construction Employment: Western Australia Real Estate India Capital Markets (Inter...
TIL - 21 December 2020
BCLP Appoints Jason Marty Chief Operating Officer
International law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) today announced the appointment of Jason Marty as Chief Operating Officer, effective March 1, 2021. Marty will join from Baker McKenzie, where he has held a number of senior leadership positions, most recently serving as global COO. After ne...
TIL - 18 December 2020
Garrigues, chosen by Comunidad #PorElClima for its commitment to sustainability
The public authorities, companies and citizens that form part of this platform have included the firm and its ‘Becoming net zero’ initiative among the 101 Examples of Actions by Businesses #ForTheClimate ‘Becoming Net Zero’, Garrigues’ initiative for energy efficie...
TIL - 18 December 2020 Spain
Las grandes firmas españolas se unen para colaborar con el Banco de Alimentos
La crisis de la pandemia ha agravado la vida de muchos ciudadanos en todo el mundo. En especial, la Covid-19 está agravando la crisis alimentaria en numerosos países. En España, muchas familias están pasando por dificultades económicas, lo que dificulta su acc...
TIL - 17 December 2020 Spain
The method of success of ... DENTONS
1. HOW DOES DENTONS DIFFER FROM OTHER FIRMS? Dentons is the largest law firm in the world. We have 10,500 lawyers in more than 180 offices on all continents. However, our goal is not size per se (you can also say: "our ultimate goal is not to be the biggest," but to use this size to better serve o...
TIL - 17 December 2020
Norton Rose Fulbright appoints Shauna Clark as its Global and US Chair
Norton Rose Fulbright announced this thrusday that Houston partner Shauna Clark will become its Global and US Chair, effective January 1. She will succeed Durban partner Andrew Robinson in the global position, which rotates across regions annually, and San Antonio partner George Scofield in the US ...
TIL - 11 December 2020
McCarthy Denning boosts its international energy credentials with new Partner Henry Davey
Next generation City of London law firm McCarthy Denning has welcomed Henry Davey as a new Partner to its international Energy Practice. Henry, an established energy corporate M&A lawyer, was most recently a Consultant at Squire Patton Boggs, and prior to that, a Partner at Herbert Smith Freehil...
TIL - 10 December 2020
Clifford Chance advises on Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE's tender offer and new benchmark issue
Clifford Chance Europe LLP has advised Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE ("URW"), the premier global developer and operator of flagship destinations, on its tender offer in relation to five series of notes (the "Target Notes") issued under its Guaranteed Euro Medium Term Note Programme (the "EMTN Program...
TIL - 08 December 2020
Fieldfisher JAUSAS strengthens its Administrative and Regulatory Law area with two new partners
Fieldfisher JAUSAS has strengthened the area of Administrative and Regulatory Law with the addition of two new partners. Ramón Vázquez del Rey and Silvia Mañá join the Madrid and Barcelona offices, respectively, with the aim of expanding, complementing and promoting this ...
TIL - 03 December 2020 Spain
Legal Advisors and Baker McKenzie advise on Gulf Insurance Group's acquisition of AXA's Middle East insurance business
Legal Advisors, Abdulaziz Alajlan & Partners alongside Baker McKenzie, London have advised Gulf Insurance Group (gig), one of the leading insurance service providers in the Middle East and North Africa, on the acquisition of AXA’s insurance operations in the Gulf region for a value of US$ ...
TIL - 02 December 2020 Saudi Arabia
Employers Focused on Extended Remote Work, Impact of Presidential Election, Littler Survey Finds
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has released the results of the Littler Employer Pulse Survey Report. The survey was completed by representatives of nearly 1,100 companies in mid-October – seven months after the remote-work pivot n...
Littler - 30 November 2020 United States of America
Discover the legal accelerator created by Allens-Linklaters and Collective Campus
The law firm Allens has opened the registration for its new legal accelerator called "Auctus - Allens Legal Accelerator". This innovative project will be carried out with the innovation consultancy firm Collective Campus. The accelerator offers innovators and entrepreneurs in Australia and internat...
William Brown - 27 November 2020
Cuatrecasas finalizes integration of law firm GBP Legal and hiring of lawyer José Ramón Berecibar as partner
Cuatrecasas finalizes the integration of GBP Legal, a Bilbao-headquartered boutique law firm focusing on advisory services in corporate, M&A, business restructuring, finance and securities markets law. It currently advises some of the leading Basque corporations—including various listed an...
TIL - 17 November 2020 Spain
The Innovations Lab of DAC Beachcrof develops digital animation solution to make insurance claims easier
Two new products have been launched by the Innovations Lab of international law firm DAC Beachcroft, that have been developed in its claims research and development hub and have the aim to guide and support clients and their customers through the insurance claims journey. The Customer Care package ...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 16 November 2020
DWF and its economic recovery
DWF has announced signs of economic recovery as a result of its cuts. Its second quarter earnings (to 31 July) rose by 20% to £84.3m.  In this quarter, DWF reported a loss of £600,000, against £1.9 million of pre-tax profits in the same period last year. Even so, the firm de...
TIL - 14 November 2020
How the legal market has been strengthened in the Baltic region
A large law firm is emerging in the market of the Baltic region with the merger of the law firms Walless (law firm from Lithuania), Derling Primus (from Estonia) and Primus Derling (from Latvia).  These three firms will unite all their lawyers under the name of WALLESS Baltic, which will becom...
Adelie Cordier - 13 November 2020
Does slavery still exist in the workplace?
It is a question that perhaps not many professionals ask: Does slavery exist in the middle of the 21th century? Ashurst has published a statement on modern slavery, specifically supporting the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (UK) and the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Australia), whose precepts seek to eradicate...
Utkarsh Gambhir - 10 November 2020
Lizanne Thomas elected Fellow of American College of Governance Counsel
Lizanne Thomas, a partner in Jones Day's M&A Practice, is one of the 22 lawyers recently elected to the sixth class of Fellows of the American College of Governance Counsel, the organization for leading corporate governance lawyers from the United States and Canada. The sixth class, which includ...
TIL - 10 November 2020 United States of America
How Deloitte provided travel for medical professionals in California by donating Southwest Airlines ticket balances
Deloitte is the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and number of professionals, and one of the “Big Four” accounting organizations. In response to the current COVID-19 crisis, the firm donates unused ticket balances on Southwest Airlines to Californian health w...
TIL - 10 November 2020 United States of America
Deloitte advances its technological growth and acquires Kemp Little
Deloitte has acquired London-based technology firm Kemp Little, in a deal described as a "watershed" for its growing legal arm.  This agreement doubles the number of staff in the Deloitte Legal team in the UK to 170 lawyers. This has been one of the largest agreements between one of the big f...
TIL - 04 November 2020
Robin Adelstein named Global Head of Antitrust and Competition of Norton Rose Fulbright
Norton Rose Fulbright has a new US Head of Antitrust and Competition: Robin Adelstein, who came to the firm five years after serving as North American General Counsel of the Sandoz division of Novartis, one of the world´s largest healthcare companies. In 2018, Adelstein assumed leadership of t...
TIL - 02 November 2020
Chambers: Fieldfisher awarded again as a Band 1 law firm in the Capital Markets ranking
The firm's equity capital markets team has secured its top ranking for Capital Markets: AIM in the Chambers UK 2021 guide for another year and is placed second overall by number of AIM-listed clients in the Q4 2020 AIM Advisers Rankings Guide. Fieldfisher has cemented its reputation as a leading le...
TIL - 29 October 2020
Baker McKenzie hires its first Chief Sustainability Office
Baker McKenzie has named Paris-based Partner Alyssa Auberger as its first Chief Sustainability Officer. Alyssa will be responsible for leading the Firm’s global Sustainability strategy which is core to the Firm’s overall priorities for the next decade. After beginning her legal career i...
TIL - 26 October 2020
Could a virtual Justice system become the norm?
Angela Savin, Partner in KPMG’s Legal Services Tax Disputes Practice, represented her client at the Supreme Court’s first remote case by video link last week in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Angela comments:  “A great deal of care went into ensuring everyone felt t...
Angela Savin - 25 October 2020
The new legal department launched by KPMG
As General Counsel and in-house legal teams contend with the increasing pressures facing their organizations in the wake of COVID-19, there is an urgent need to rethink delivery models and transform legal function operations. While the move to digitize and automate the legal function was already und...
TIL - 15 October 2020
Baker McKenzie reinforces its London Data Protection and Cybersecurity Practice
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie has hired Paul Glass from Taylor Wessing, where he was partner in the Commercial Technology & Data group and led the firm's Cybersecurity practice. Paul will join the Data and Technology team on 19 October to lead the London Data Protection and Cyber practi...
TIL - 12 October 2020
DLA Piper advises to a relevant real estate investment firm to acquire an American airport parking facility
DLA Piper represented Green Courte Partners, LLC (Green Courte), a Chicago-based private equity real estate investment firm and owner of The Parking Spot, the nation's leading near-airport parking company, in the recent acquisition of an 869-space parking facility serving Salt Lake City Internationa...
TIL - 11 October 2020
A fruitful pro bono project in conjunction with large law firms
An ambitious pro bono project, the Greece Pro Bono Collaborative (GPBC), which provides crucial assistance to asylum seekers in refugee camps in the Greek Islands has been announced as the winner of the Innovation in Social Responsibility award in the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe...
TIL - 03 October 2020
New expansion in the insurance industry in Israel
The international insurance company Kennedys has signed with the Israeli law boutique Zelichov Ben-Dan & Co to hire four of its partners to provide insurance advice in the Middle Eastern country. This new Kennedys office will specialize in legal insurance advice related to dispute resolution. I...
TIL - 02 October 2020 Israel
Why has the number of law firm mergers dropped significantly?
Law firm merger activity continues to slow amid the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of law firm mergers in the first three quarters of 2020 is down from the same period in 2019, according to the merger research team at Fairfax Associates. In the third quarter of 2020, we tracked six c...
TIL - 01 October 2020 United States of America
7 trends in the sports industry, according to Hogan Lovells
With the end of the first wave of the pandemic, many countries authorised the practice of sport, both professional and amateur. The sports sector is one of the most prosperous in recent decades, and the Hogan Lovells' Sports, Media & Entertainment group has published, trough a press release, the...
TIL - 28 September 2020
Asian leadership: two reasons why the Asia-Pacific region will be prosperous to invest
Keeping an eye on Asia's future: 4 of the 5 largest economies in the world will come from that region in 2024. If there is currently a region in which to invest, it is the Asia-Pacific. According to the World Bank and the Global Fund International, the five economically largest countries will be Ch...
TIL - 22 September 2020
Cuatrecasas advises Grupo Bel to become a shareholder in a large Portuguese media corporation
Cuatrecasas has advised Grupo Bel on the negotiations for entering as shareholder in Global Media Group, a media corporation that owns 19 Portuguese media outlets such as Diário de Notícias and TSF, and holds a stake in the news agency Lusa.  The legal team that advised Grupo Bel...
TIL - 22 September 2020 Portugal
Linklaters: law firm of the year in Africa according to IFLR Africa Awards 2020
Linklaters has been designated as the international law firm of the year at the IFLR Africa Awards 2020. The judging panel had been composed of editors and journalists from IFLR. “The IFLR awards recognise legal innovation in cross-border transactions. To be considered, all deals must have cl...
TIL - 21 September 2020
Gide advises a big health and provident insurance company on its acquisition of CGRM
Gide has advised the health and provident insurance wholesaler SPVIE Assurances on its acquisition of CGRM, a subsidiary of Gras Savoye Willis Towers Watson that specialises in the management of complementary health insurance. Gide's team advising SPVIE Assurances comprised partner Axelle Toulemond...
TIL - 19 September 2020
Why is the Government of Singapore funding the technological upgrading of law firms?
If you are working in a law firm that has an office in Singapore, you cannot fail to be interested in the technology program for firms launched by the Singapore Ministry of Law in May 2019, which ends in January 2021. This program costs the first year of investment for the implementation and improv...
Álvaro Navarro - 18 September 2020 Singapore
What work Jones Day does in the Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP Project in Saudi Arabia?
Jones Day has acted as legal counsel on the financial closing of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s largest privately-financed sewage treatment plant, the Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP.  The project forms part of the Saudi Government’s Vision 2030 and will bring significant benefits to the city ...
TIL - 17 September 2020 Saudi Arabia
King & Wood Mallesons: top 1 law firm in Asia Pacific
King & Wood Mallesons has been named the number one law firm in the Asia Pacific region, according to Acritas's 2020 Asia Pacific Law Firm Brand Index. The firm has replaced Baker McKenzie as the top firm on this list. In third place is Herbert Smith Freehills. The high performance of King &...
TIL - 15 September 2020
Rasha Gerges Shields: co-chair Los Angeles Police Commission's Advisory Committee on Building Trust and Equity
Rasha Gerges Shields, partner Jones Day's Los Angeles Office, has been selected to serve as co-chair of the Los Angeles Police Commission's newly formed Advisory Committee on Building Trust and Equity. Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners announced in July a series of reforms to enhance accoun...
TIL - 14 September 2020 United States of America
The current situation of M&A in the Energy Sector
The Pandemic has affected most of the world's economies, especially that of the United States. Now, it is necessary to look at the evolution of the markets and it is important to observe the viability of a large part of the transactions. The Winston & Strawn LLP team is aware of the trends that ...
TIL - 12 September 2020 United States of America
10 actions for change
In the wake of the tragic killing of George Floyd, Herbert Smith Freehills began a deeper conversation with its lawyers about improving ethnic diversity across the firm, and how it could work harder to build a supportive, respectful environment where everyone could thrive. The firm has unveiled 10 ...
TIL - 11 September 2020
CMS's expansion in the Middle East
CMS is deciding to expand in the Middle East and has demonstrated this by opening a new office in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Through this opening, CMS has six offices in the region, located in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Iraq.  The attorney appointed to lead this new office is ...
TIL - 10 September 2020 United Arab Emirates
How do large firms move into the recruitment market?
Law firms are trying to come out stronger despite the difficulties the pandemic has presented them with in recent months.  In this regard, it has been noted that large firms continue promoting and signing talent within the legal sector.  Thus, we will now summarise the activity of three ...
TIL - 08 September 2020
How are the lawyers at Baker McKenzie returning to the offices?
In August, we proceeded with a ‘soft’ re-opening of our office space. This has been limited to allow 20 people in to the building on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Access to the office has been limited to those whose roles cannot effectively be discharged from home, or those who feel a ...
Baker Mckenzie - 04 September 2020
Large law firms are making working hours more flexible
Squire Patton Boggs has decided to abolish working hours in the UK and is beginning to test improved flexible working while adopting an open floor plan at its new London headquarters, which opens this week. Around 170 lawyers are moving into the firm's new headquarters. "In our planning for the ...
TIL - 04 September 2020 United Kingdom
Notorious lawyer returns to Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced the returning of Brian Benczkowski as a partner in the Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group, after serving two years as Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division. &...
TIL - 03 September 2020
Cleary Gottlieb: International Arbitration Team of the Year by 2020 Legal Business Awards
Cleary Gottlieb has been named the international arbitration team of the year at the 2020 Legal Business Awards.  The firm was lauded for securing one of the largest commercial arbitration awards ever made in 2019.  “Cleary’s technical excellence and understanding, its absolu...
TIL - 03 September 2020
Baker McKenzie strengthens its position by hiring major specialists
Baker McKenzie is reinforcing its Geneva team with five experts in the fields of White-Collar Crime/Compliance & Investigations, Real Estate and Tax as of 1 September 2020, thereby underlining the importance of the Geneva office for the French-speaking Swiss market. The existing team of Simon N...
TIL - 02 September 2020
Jones Day advises Shiloh Industries, Inc. in Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement with Grouper Holdings
Jones Day is advising Shiloh Industries, Inc., an environmentally focused global supplier of lightweighting, noise and vibration solutions, in its stalking horse stock and asset purchase agreement with Grouper Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of MiddleGround Capital LLC pursuant to which Grouper will acq...
TIL - 02 September 2020
Dentons focuses on Africa with its newest hire
Dentons intends to expand into the African market by hiring Dr. Albrecht Conze, an experienced diplomatic, to work as a Of Counsel in the Berlin office.  Conze has a complete professional career in the diplomatic world having served for over thirty years in Germany and in the European and Unit...
TIL - 01 September 2020
RPC law firm has been designed TMT Team of the year by Legal Business Awards 2020
British law firm RPC's TMT team, led by partners Mark Crichard and Charles Buckworth, advised LINK on the hugely-complex tender process for outsourcing all telecoms and technical infrastructure that sit behind its network (as well as the provision of settlement services) – a network that handl...
TIL - 01 September 2020
Jones Day advises a French company to introduce to the German Hydrogen sector
Jones Day represented Électricité de France SA (EDF) through its affiliates, Hynamics SA and EDF Deutschland, in its inaugural and groundbreaking investment in Germany’s hydrogen sector. EDF has formed a joint venture to construct a 30MW hydrogen electrolysis plant from renewable...
TIL - 31 August 2020 Germany
ECIJA El Salvador strenghts the Department of Technologies incorporating Karla Alas
Through this movement ECIJA El Salvador adds a partner to its team and strengthens a key department for the firm. As a result of this incorporation, ECIJA's office in El Salvador has a team of 5 partners and 9 lawyers, all of whom have the experience and academic skills to ensure that their clients ...
TIL - 31 August 2020 El Salvador
Relevant promotion of a woman to a leadership position in a magic circle UK law firm
Freshfields Druckhaus Deringer LLP has announced the promotion of Georgia Dawson as a Senior Partner of the firm. Dawson was currently serving the firm as a management partner and the leader of the firm's Asian department in the litigation department.  As a result of this promotion, Dawson wil...
TIL - 27 August 2020
How to plan your law firm's succession
The question of succession and renewal of staff in law firms is complicated, regardless of whether it is a large law firm, such as a medium-sized one, or a one-person firm. To help overcome this problem, Kathy Fortin and Arthur G. Greene attempt to provide ideas and solutions to all lawyers in thei...
TIL - 24 August 2020
Advantages of working with midsize law firms
According to a White Paper with the title “HOW TECHNOLOGY LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD FOR MIDSIZE LAW FIRMS. Forward-Looking Firms Can Compete for Biglaw Business” published by Thomson Reuters, there are various benefits of working with midsize law firms, which corporate clients are beginni...
TIL - 20 August 2020
Ashurst joins consortium to develop Automated Intelligent Regulation Platform
On the 28th of July 2020, international law firm Ashurst announced that they join a major cross-sector consortium made up of businesses and universities in order to deliver the AIR (Automated Intelligent Regulation) Platform, an AI-driven data access platform for regulated industries.  Cross-i...
Christine Fuessel - 18 August 2020
Clifford Chance presents document automation platform CC Dr@ft
CC Dr@ft is the name of the new document automation platform of Clifford Chance, a multinational law firm headquartered in London. It delivers document automation and counts with a solution design as well as onboarding and maintenance service.  Users of CC Dr@ft can rely on the help of the fir...
TIL - 13 August 2020
Eversheds Sutherland makes a profit and retains talent
Eversheds Sutherland has announced the recording of profits for the past financial year, despite the devastating consequences of the pandemic. In the case of this law firm, neo profit increased by 5% to £109 million in the financial year ending in 2020. Revenue increased by 8% to £592 m...
TIL - 08 August 2020
When will the lawyers from the big law firms return to their offices?
Because of the economic devastation caused by COVID-19, many companies have been forced to close offices, lay off staff and cut salaries. Many other firms have also chosen to cut partners' salaries. These include many UK law firms. Withers originally had 57 staff on leave and 21 have been brought b...
TIL - 07 August 2020 United Kingdom
Schoenherr promotes arbitration lawyer expert Victoria Pernt to counsel
Austrian law firm Schoenherr has announced the promotion of Victoria Pernt as a counsel as of 1 August 2020. Pernt is an arbitration expert and she joined this law firm in 2015 to work as a lawyer in the dispute resolution department.  Victoria Pernt's experience spans many fields and industri...
TIL - 04 August 2020 Austria
Shearman & Sterling announces new tool on global COVID-19 legislation
Shearman & Sterling has announced the launch of the COVID-19 Legislation Tool, an online resource that compiles the latest information on COVID-19 legislation worldwide. This Tool aims to help lawyers and companies stay up-to-date on thousands of legislative responses. The firm’s COVID-19...
TIL - 03 August 2020
Jonathan Bloomer joined as the new Chairman of DWF
DWF has announced its new Chairman: Jonathan Bloomer. This appointment will take effect on August 1, 2020. When Sir Nigel Knowles began his tenure as DWF's CEO, he intended to promote Chris Sullivan to Deputy Chairman, so the law firm began looking for a new chairman.  Jonathan Bloomer is Cha...
TIL - 31 July 2020
Hogan Lovells has been recognized as a UK Top 50 Employer for Women
Hogan Lovells is listed for the fifth consecutive year in the UK's Top 50 Employers for Women, in an award organized by The Times.  This recognition has been received with joy by the British law firm and this is how Susan Bright, Hogan Lovells Global Managing Partner for Diversity & Inclus...
TIL - 30 July 2020 United Kingdom
The Magic Circle law firms show a decline in profits
Three of the most recognized law firms in the UK: Freshfields, Allen & Overy and Linklaters (known as the ‘Magic Circle’) have announced a fall in profits for the year ending 20 April 2020, due to the unpredictable consequences of COVID-19. Freshfields revealed a net profit of &poun...
TIL - 29 July 2020
Heike Wagner: new chair of the CMS Council
CMS announced a few days ago the appointment of Heike Wagner as chair of the CMS Council. This appointment will take effect on 1 October 2020, replacing Robert Bosman. “During his 13-year tenure of the CMS Council, Robert has been a highly popular, diligent and inclusive Chair, supporting the...
TIL - 28 July 2020
DAC Beachcroft and Cognia Law work together to optimise Cognia Flex platform
On the 20th of July 2020, international law firm DAC Beachcroft announced their collaboration with leading law company Cognia Law. They work together on the optimisation of Cognia Law´s flexible resourcing platform Cognia Flex, which supports leading law businesses in securing and managing tea...
TIL - 28 July 2020
Osborne Clarke advises Octopus Renewables on acquisition of UK rooftop solar assets
As to a press release of international legal practice Osborne Clarke from the 21st of July 2020, the firm has advised Octopus Renewables on its acquisition of a 9.1MW portfolio of operational residential UK rooftop solar assets.  Octopus Renewables is the specialist clean energy investor arm o...
TIL - 27 July 2020 United Kingdom
Linklaters named “Americas Law Firm of the Year-Overall” by Americas Law Firm
Recognized law firm Linklaters has been named the “Americas Law Firm of the Year-Overall” by news service GlobalCapital. This award honours the institution and firms that have a positive impact on the global derivates market. Each award was judged according to the nominees’ innova...
TIL - 26 July 2020
Jones Day has been included again as a leading international arbitration firm by Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 30
Jones Day has been recognized as one of the Worlds leading firms for international arbitration in the 2020 edition of the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 30. The American law firm was included in this ranking for fifth consecutive year. Gar has noted that clients appreciate the work of Jones Day fo...
TIL - 25 July 2020
Manuel Olivencia Award recognizes good governance in management of COVID-19 in it´s third edition
On the 21st of July 2020, the jury of the Manuel Olivencia Award (Cuatrecasas Foundation) has announced the third edition of the awards. In the focus of this year will be the assessment of the best management shown by listed companies during the COVID-19 crisis.  Factors that will be assessed ...
TIL - 25 July 2020
Alex Stathopoulos (Orrick, San Francisco): appointed to the Labor & Employment Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association
Orrick senior associate Alex Stathopoulos (actually based in San Francisco) has been appointed to the Labor & Employment Executive Committee for the California Lawyers Association (CLA) during the next 3 years. Alex will contribute to CLA’s mission of “providing leadership and extra...
TIL - 22 July 2020 United States of America
Acquisition of eBay Classifieds Group by Adevinta creates the world´s largest online classifieds group
On the 21st of July 2020, Adevinta ASA (ADE) announced the signing of an agreement to acquire 100% of eBay Classifieds Holdings Inc, the global classifieds arm of eBay Inc, for a headline value of approximately 9.2 billion US dollars.  This deal leads to the creation of the largest online clas...
TIL - 22 July 2020
Helena Samaha (President and CEO of Lex Mundi): "Equisphere is about matching Lex Mundi’s capabilities exactly to a client’s requirements"
Helena Samaha, first female president in Lex Mundi´s history, comments on The Impact Lawyer´s questions regarding the association and its new launch Equisphere. Lex Mundi is the world´s largest law firm network, providing information to its members about developments in local and g...
Christine Fuessel - 21 July 2020
600 home proud offices for Houthoff during coronavirus crisis
We went from five offices to over 600 home offices. Fortunately the transition of the past months went smoothly for us. Our people are resourceful and quickly adapted to the new situation, but it wasn’t all fun. We all really missed the dynamics of working in our offices and being surrounded b...
Edward de Bock - 20 July 2020
Cuatrecasas counsels Partners Group on 2020´s largest transaction in Portugal´s agro-industrial sector
On the 18th of July 2020, Cuatrecasas announced that they have counselled The Partners Group on the acquisition of Rovensa, with an enterprise value of around 1 billion euros, making it the largest transaction of the year in the agro-industrial sector in Portugal.  The deal was closed at a dif...
TIL - 20 July 2020 Portugal
Doyles Guide of Leading Arbitration Barristers in Australia, 2020
Doyles Guide has announced the list of Leading Arbitration Barristers in Australia, 2020, where there are Senior Counsels and Junior Counsels from large law firms. The 2020 listing of leading Australian Arbitration Barristers details Senior Counsel and Junior Counsel identified by clients and peers...
TIL - 17 July 2020
Noel J. Francisco, Former United States Solicitor General, returns to Jones Day
Jones Day has announced that Noel J. Francisco will rejoin the firm’s Washington office after serving three years as the 48th Solicitor General of the United States. “The partners, lawyers and professional staff of Jones Day have always held Noel in the highest regard both professionall...
TIL - 16 July 2020 United States of America
Larger law firms are freezing and cutting the salaries of trainees and junior lawyers
In view of the consequences of what has happened in recent months, law firms have taken measures to mitigate losses and have temporarily reduced the salary of some of their lawyers, but have also frozen the salary of trainee lawyers.  In this case, the British firm Bird & Bird has announce...
TIL - 15 July 2020
Sean Suber: new member of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms' Program
Winston & Strawn litigation associate Sean H. Suber has been selected as a member of the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms Pathway to Partnership Program. The cause of this announcement is because “of his extraordinary talent, top-notch skills, demonstrated leadership, and...
TIL - 15 July 2020 United States of America
Almost half of legal practitioners are concerned about the future of their profession
Nearly a half of international lawyers do not expect a bright future for their profession, a quarter of them are concern due to the impact of digitalization and the implementation of artificial intelligence and technology in the legal sector, according to the results published by The Mosaic Mood Ind...
TIL - 14 July 2020
Which countries and jurisdictions are most ready for autonomous vehicles?
The viability of autonomous cars is becoming a reality. Increasingly, many countries are establishing regulations for this emerging sector.  According to a study by KPMG entitled KPMG Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), the countries that are most prepared for autonomous vehicles are: ...
TIL - 13 July 2020
New Global Race & Ethnicity Task Force formed by Baker McKenzie
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announces their global task force on racial and ethnic diversity that will work across the firm´s 77 offices in 46 countries, with the aim of helping implement and operationalize programmes to advance racial and ethnic diversity. Some of the planned acti...
TIL - 08 July 2020
Herbert Smith Freehills promotes nearly 50 lawyers to senior associate
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the promotion of 49 Australian lawyers to the position of senior associate.  Among the lawyers promoted are in the Competition, Corporate, Disputes, Employment, Real Estate & Projects practices, Regulation & Trade departments, among others. Fifty ...
TIL - 06 July 2020 Australia
Are larger law firms cutting their lawyers' salaries?
Due to the consequences produced by COVID-19, many large firms have implemented measures to maintain their sustainable economy. One of the most notorious measures is the reduction of salaries among lawyers.  In this case, Simmons & Simmons announced a 20% reduction in salaries as of July. ...
TIL - 06 July 2020
New managing partner for Houthoff
On the 1st of July 2020, Houthoff, a leading Dutch law firm with global reach, announced that Hans Londonck Sluijk joins the firm´s board, replacing Gerhard Gispen who passed away unexpectedly on the 13th of May. With the appointment of Mister Londonck Sluijk, the board consists of three manag...
TIL - 02 July 2020
Chambers and Partners has recognised Woodsford as one of the world’s leading litigation funders
Chambers and Partners has recognised the increasing presence of Woodsford Litigation Funding worldwide. Woodsford is one of only four funders ranked in the USA, UK and Asia-Pacific. ItsCEO, Steven Friel, has been recognised as a ranked individual, and this year he is joined by Woodsford CIO, Charlie...
TIL - 01 July 2020
Slaughter and May advises INEOS on the acquisition of BP’s global petrochemicals business for an amount of $ 5 billion
British law firm Slaughter and May announced its advising to British multinational chemical company INEOS on the acquisition of BP’s global Petrochemicals business for US $ 5 billion, and also on related financing arrangements.  “This is another significant step as we steadily work...
TIL - 01 July 2020
Cherine Foty (Jones Day) has been selected to the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen
Global Disputes Senior Associate in the Paris Office of Jones Day Cherine Foty, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen for the 2020-2022 term. ArbitralWomen is an international non-governmental organisation for the promotion of women and diversity in international disp...
TIL - 30 June 2020
Ashurst: Real Estate Team of the Year at Legal community Forty Under 40 Awards
The renowned law firm Ashurst has been named Real Estate Team of the Year at the Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards. In particular, the Real State department of Ashurst's Milan office, headed by lawyer Andrea Caputo, has been awarded.  "We are delighted to have received this market recogni...
TIL - 29 June 2020
What the large law firms say about racial equality
Over the past month, several large law firms have shown their support for race equality in the wake of the tragic events in the United States at the end of May. Linklaters In that sense, Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters' Senior Partner and Senior Champion for Race & Ethnicity, said in an article wit...
Álvaro Navarro - 26 June 2020
Sonia Baldia: new counselor at The Impact Lawyers
The Impact Lawyers has announced the incorporation of Sonia Baldia as a new counselor of the magazine. She will contribute to the magazine by writing regarding International Commercial Practice Sonia Baldia is a partner in Baker McKenzie's North American International Commercial Practice in Washing...
TIL - 25 June 2020
Latham & Watkins launches Virtual Experience Program to test and train your legal skills
The recognized firm Latham & Watkins has launched a virtual program where attorneys and legal practitioners could gain experience working on simulated legal tasks. This program has been developed by InsideSherpa. This initiative was developed without the COVID-19 crisis in mind. This Virtual Ex...
TIL - 25 June 2020
Jones Day Latest Arrivals: Former FTC Trial Counsel Lin Kahn and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Huie
Jones Day has announced the arrivals of former Federal Trade Commission attorney Lin Kahn as a partner in the Firm’s San Francisco Office, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Huie as of counsel in its San Diego Office. Ms. Kahn is part of Jones Day’s Antitrust Practice and Mr. Huie...
TIL - 24 June 2020 United States of America
ECIJA lands in Brazil and Ecuador, consolidating its position as the largest Spanish firm in Latin America
With this move, ECIJA has now 119 members and over 600 professionals, with a presence in 15 countries and 26 offices Just five months after its entry in Mexico, ECIJA continues its ambitious expansion strategy in Latin America, now with the integration of the Brazilian firm CTA and the Ecuadorian f...
TIL - 24 June 2020
Woodsford reinforces in Singapore's legal market by hiring a dispute resolution expert
Woodsford Litigation Funding (Woodsford) expands into the Singapore market by bringing dispute expert Franca Ciambella as a consultant into the firm. Ciambella's areas of expertise include technology law, fintech, corporate and commercial law. She has also had experience as a mediator in disputes r...
TIL - 23 June 2020 Singapore
Alston & Bird announces launch of Women in Cyber™ Network, aiming to connect female professionals within the Spectrum of Cyber Services
The international law firm Alston & Bird LLP, with headquarters in the US, and more than 800 lawyers in 12 different offices around the world, launched a new, innovative programme within the practice area of cybersecurity. The firm is known to be a leader in the area of cybersecurity and data p...
Christine Fuessel - 23 June 2020
Youth Rights Resource Compass released by Baker McKenzie and partners helps young people navigate through the COVID-19 crisis
On the 11th of June 2020, leading global law firm Baker McKenzie announced the release of the Youth Rights Resource Compass, a website that seeks to help children and youngsters all around the globe inform themselves about what is still accessible to them during the times of the coronavirus crisis. ...
Christine Fuessel - 22 June 2020
Legal Innovation Flourishes in Kazakhstan
AIFC's Seven Pillars Law collaborates with Singapore's GLS Group to deliver ground breaking legal innovation to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Seven Pillars Law, one of the most advanced law firms in Central Asia, has taken another huge stride in the Kazakhstan legal market through its association wi...
TIL - 22 June 2020 Kazakhstan
Are large law firms returning to offices?
Large international law firms are taking steps to return their employees to the offices once the COVID-19 pandemic has stabilized. In particular, Dentons announced a few weeks ago the return of its lawyers to the London offices, which took place on June 15, while Linklaters and Allen & Overy an...
TIL - 19 June 2020
International law firm Cleary Gottlieb has been named 2020 IFLR Americas Law Firm of the Year once again
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP is a renowned white shoe law firm that is headquartered in New York City, USA. The international law firm has offices in a great number of countries all around the world, including various locations in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East...
TIL - 18 June 2020
Chambers USA ranks Hogan Lovells Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice as a Top-Tier Practice for 9th Consecutive Year
Chambers USA have released their annual lawyer rankings for the sector Privacy and Data Security. Every year, Chambers USA ranks the top lawyers and law firms across all the United States of America. Law firms that have a national presence are also ranked in their Nationwide tables, which focus on t...
TIL - 17 June 2020 United States of America
Macpherson Kelley (Australia) has announced its ‘biggest’ promotion round ever
Australian law firm Macpherson Kelley has announced the promotion of 15 lawyers, two of them have been promoted to Principal.  Macpherson Kelley CEO Steve Parker said the promotions reflected the depth of Macpherson Kelley's talent and the commitment of the firm's lawyers to deliver outstandin...
TIL - 15 June 2020
The beginning of the end; preparing for life (and work) after lockdown
It has become increasingly clear over the past few weeks that the world is not about to return to normal. With many months likely before an effective vaccine or treatment for Covid-19 will be available, governments and businesses, law firms included, need to identify a strategy for exiting the lockd...
Jo Ludlam, Julia Wilson - 12 June 2020
Gide advises French bank group Crédit Agricole CIB on acquiring a stake in Cobase
International law firm Gide announced in a press release from the 11th of June, 2020, that they counselled Crédit Agricole CIB, a French bank group, on the acquisition of a stake in Cobase, a Dutch multibank platform, alongside Nordea, the largest financial group in Northern Europe.  Th...
TIL - 11 June 2020
About FinReg Tracker by Davis Polk
In order to support the efforts of the government in maintaining the financial system and the economy, Davis Polk announced that they offer their FinReg Tracker daily email now to all at no cost.  Launched for the first time ten years ago for a small audience of clients, this email update will...
TIL - 11 June 2020
New online COVID-19 chatbot for NHS 24, Baker McKenzie advises on launch
NHS, Scotland's national telehealth and telecare organisation, has launched an online chatbot called “Ave” that aims to give people across the country access to help and information about the novel coronavirus. The launch has been supported by six organisations, leading global law firm B...
TIL - 10 June 2020
Osborne Clarke advises foodservice business Compass Group on its acquisition of food technology start-up Feedr
As to a press release from the 10th of June, 2020, international legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised Compass Group UK and Ireland, part of the publicly listed Compass Group PLC, on its acquisition of Feedr.  Compass is known as a leading foodservice business that is specialising in provi...
TIL - 10 June 2020
KPMG adds Family Office and Private Client Legal offering to their Legal Services practice
As announced in a press release on the 9th of June 2020, KPMG LLP welcomes two new members to its team in London to head up its new Family Office and Private Client Legal offering: Alice Killingbeck and Harriet Kwarteng, both joining from PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  Alice is a private client lawy...
TIL - 09 June 2020
Jones Day Advises GenScript Biotech Corporation (Hong Kong) on $423.8 million Initial Public Offering
Jones Day acted as the US and Hong Kong legal advisors of GenScript  Biotech Corporation (Hong Kong: 1548) (“GenScript Biotech”) in relation to its (a) approximately US$423.8 million initial public offering of 18,425,000 American depositary shares and spin-off listing of its subsidi...
TIL - 09 June 2020 Hong Kong
Petition of Families and Friends of the Victims of Flight ET302 in relation to the denial of financial assistance for Boeing provided by CARES Act
Relatives and friends of the 157 mortal victims of the crash of flight ET302 (a Boeing 737 MAX 8), a tragedy that occurred on the 10th of March 2019 in Ethiopia, have filed a petition at the US Treasury. In concrete, they have petitioned Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to withhold financial assista...
Christine Fuessel - 09 June 2020 United States of America
Herbert Smith Freehills advises on global transaction of CIP Capital and People 2.0
International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills announces that they advised New York-based CIP Capital on the acquisition of Entity Solutions Group (“ESG”) by one of its portfolio investments, People 2.0 Global LLC (“People 2.0”), a global tech-enabled workforce deployment pla...
TIL - 08 June 2020 United States of America
Allens advises Australian Real Estate company Vicinity Centres on $1.4 billion capital raising
Recognized Australian law firm Allens had advised Vicinity Centres on its capital raising which is expected to reach $1.4 billion. Vicinity is one of the largest listed managers of Australian retail property dedicated to asset management platform and retail assets under management across 64 shopping...
TIL - 08 June 2020 Australia
Bowmans newest expansion: Malawi and Zambia
African law firm Bowmans has announced its expansion to Malawi and Zambia, less than one year after it announced the opening of a new office in Muritius and allying with Assefa & Associates Law Ofice in Ethiopia.  The move has been described as "a bold step in uncertain times" Chairman and...
TIL - 03 June 2020
Jones Day Welcomes Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Cybercrime Unit Amy Harman Burkart as Of Counsel in Boston
The global law firm Jones Day announces the arrival of Amy Harman Burkart to Jones Day’s Boston Office as of counsel in the Firm’s Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Practice. Ms. Burkart comes to Jones Day from the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston, where she has...
TIL - 02 June 2020 United States of America
Guide with key considerations for investors in the event of nationalization in response to the COVID-19
Baker McKenzie publishes guide with key considerations for investors in the event of nationalization  In their guide titled “Preserve, Protect, Defend. Global Nationalization Risk: Practical Considerations for Investors”, global law firm Baker McKenzie explains why investors must t...
Baker Mckenzie - 30 May 2020
Baker McKenzie advises Uniper as it signs charterparty on the LNG Terminal in Wilhelmshaven
Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie advised LTW (LNG Terminal Wilhelmshaven GMBH), a fully owned subsidiary of Uniper (a leading international energy company headquartered in Düsseldorf), on its agreement with MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., Tokyo) to continue their efforts for MOL to own and...
TIL - 28 May 2020
BonelliErede appoints two new partners in Ethiopia for Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office
In a press release issued on the 26th of May 2020, BonelliErede announces two new appointments for Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office, who they are cooperating with.  Leading Ethiopian law firm Tameru Wondm Agegnehu Law Office in cooperation with BonelliErede strengthens its ranks with the appoi...
TIL - 28 May 2020 Ethiopia
Call for applications for the fifth, largely digitalized edition of Cuatrecasa´s accelerator programme for startups
Cuatrecasas announced the launch of the fifth edition of Cuatrecasas Acelera, the accelerator programme they offer for legaltech startups and startups with high legal complexity and for which they are currently seeking six new startups. The selected startups will receive a “wallet” with ...
TIL - 28 May 2020 Spain
Baker McKenzie advises on €290 million project financing of the 25-year PPP to treat municipal waste in Serbia
On May 26th, 2020, leading global law firm Baker McKenzie issued a deal release highlighting the EUR 290 million project financing of the 25-year Public-Private-Parntership (PPP) to develop a new system to treat the municipal waste of the Serbian Capital City Belgrade, on which they advised Suez, IT...
TIL - 26 May 2020
Once again, Garrigues tops the Mergermarket ranking in Spain in 2019
With a total of 136 deals amounting to 17,994 million euros, the firm leads the TTR ranking in terms of value and number of deals.  Garrigues leads the ranking of legal advisors on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2019, in terms of both number of transactions and value. The firm closed a ...
TIL - 25 May 2020
WilmerHale forms task force in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
WilmerHale has formed a task force to lead the legal and strategic counselling of clients around the world in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The task force consists of WilmerHale lawyers in multiple key disciplines and is led by Partner Alejandro Mayorkas. Before joining Wi...
TIL - 25 May 2020
Shearman & Sterling is one of the top project and infrastructure finance law firms 2019, according to IJGlobal
Shearman & Sterling has been ranked among the top project and infrastructure finance law firms in 2019, according to IJGlobal’s 2019 league tables, having scored top ten finishes across multiple categories. Among them, the firm ranked No. 1 in the “Power Project Finance” catego...
TIL - 24 May 2020
Gide advises Venture Capital firm 360 Capital on structuring its fifth fund
Leading international law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel acted as counsel to Venture Capital firm 360 Capital on structuring Capital Fund V, which is dedicated to breakthrough innovations and available in France, Italy and Spain, as announced in a press release of Gide on May 19th, 2020.  The initia...
TIL - 19 May 2020
New Art Award partnership for Clyde & Co with mental health charity Perspective Project
On the 18th of May 2020, international law firm Clyde & Co has announced a new partnership for its annual Art Award programme in the UK that is part of the firm´s global corporate responsibility work. The new Art Award partner is Perspective Project, a charity which approaches mental healt...
Christine Fuessel - 18 May 2020
Adam Eastell joins Baker McKenzie´s Corporate team in London
With the hire of Adam Eastell, the leading global law firm Baker McKenzie continues the rapid growth of its London transactional practice. Adam Eastell is a prominent corporate and M&A lawyer, who joins the corporate team in London from Eigen Technologies, and prior to that was a Partner at Slau...
TIL - 18 May 2020
Clifford Chance advises Vauban Infrastructure Partners in a joint-venture with Bouygues Telecom to develop FTTH implementation in medium-density locations in France
The renowned international firm Clifford Chance has advised the French company Vauban Infrastructure Partners on the signing of a strategic agreement with Bouygues Telecom, through a dedicated joint venture, for the operation of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) lines in French areas previously deployed and ...
Álvaro Navarro - 06 May 2020 France
Gide and Willkie advice Group Air France – KLM on support mechanism
As to a press release from the 29th of April, 2020, the international law firms Gide Loyrette Nouel and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have advised Group Air France – KLM and Air France on a 7-billion-euros financing to keep up with the COVID-19 crisis.  The support mechanism, which re...
Christine Fuessel - 30 April 2020
Dentons advises on £1.1 billion landmark acquisition of Imperial Brands´ hand-rolled cigars businesses
As to a press release of Dentons, the world´s largest law firm, from April 28th 2020, they have advised private equity purchasers on the acquisition of Imperial Brands´ hand rolled cigars business for an amount of £1.1 billion, including the brands Cohiba, Montecristo and Rome...
Christine Fuessel - 29 April 2020
Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & Brause combines with Dentons in Uruguay
Jiménez de Aréchaga, Viana & Brause and Dentons launch their previously announced combination in Uruguay. The new name of the firm in Uruguay is Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga. The combination positions Dentons Jiménez de Aréchaga as the largest global law ...
TIL - 23 April 2020
Pedro Rufino Carvalho appointed as the new co-head of Herbert Smith Freehills´ Latin America Practice group
As of a news release of Herbert Smith Freehills from April 6th 2020, the law firm has appointed partner Pedro Rufino Carvalho as co-lead of their Latin America Practice. Based in the London Area, he will lead the group together with partner Christian Leathley, the firm´s Head of International ...
TIL - 10 April 2020
Morgan Lewis advises in ventilator technology licensing agreement with Airon and GE Healthcare
The production of ventilators is a critical COVID-19 need, which Morgan Lewis is helping to address by guiding Airon Corp in their collaboration with GE Healthcare, as announced on the firm’s website on April 2nd 2020. Airon is a privately held company specializing in high-tech pneumatic life ...
Christine Fuessel - 08 April 2020
Highlights of the Pulse of Fintech report of 2019 by KPMG
According to the Pulse of Fintech H2, a bi-annual report on global and regional Fintech investment trends that is published by KPMG, global Fintech investment in 2019 fell just shy of 2018’s record with $135.7 billion invested across 2,693 deals.  Some of the most important global highli...
TIL - 25 March 2020
Aviva plc exits Indonesia, advised by Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May advised Aviva plc on its exit from Indonesia by selling its entire shareholding in its joint venture in Indonesia, PT Astra Aviva Life, to Aviva’s joint venture partner, PT Astra International Tbk. The transaction is expected to complete in Q4 2020 and is subject to certain ...
TIL - 12 March 2020
Brian P. Kavanough joins Sidley Austin as new litigation partner in Chicago
Brian P. Kavanaugh has joined the firm Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago as a partner in its global Litigation group. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he was a litigation partner and one of the leaders of its Data Security & Privacy practice.  Mr. Kavanaugh previously served as a m...
TIL - 06 March 2020
Dentons advises South Africa's Standard Bank on the issue of US$200 million green bonds
Recently, the world's largest law firm Dentons has advised longstanding client The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (SBSA) on the issue of US$200 million green bonds due 2030.This transaction, which represents SBSA's inaugural green bond issue, is the largest green bond issued by an African bor...
TIL - 06 March 2020
Addleshaw Goddard hires technology expert Dr Nathalie Moreno into their leading data protection team in London
Nathalie is an experienced commercial lawyer, who advises technology-enabled businesses, from multinational clients to start-ups, on IT transactions, commercial agreements and privacy both in Europe and globally. Thus, Addleshaw Goddard adds new international capabilities to its team by hiring her f...
TIL - 06 March 2020
Baker McKenzie advises Brazil’s Grupo SBF on its purchase of Nike’s Brazilian operations
Brazil’s Grupo SBF has hired Baker McKenzie in Dallas and New York and Trench Rossi Watanabe* in São Paulo to buy sports retailer Nike’s Brazilian operations, in a deal worth 900 million reais (US$213 million). Once approved by Brazil’s antitrust watchdog, the deal gives Gr...
TIL - 03 March 2020
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