Walder Wyss assists with Keytrade-Arkéa banking merger
After assisting French banking group Crédit Mutuel Arkéa in its acquisition of Belgian online bank Keytrade Bank, including in Switzerland, Walder Wyss has assisted Crédit Mutuel Arkéa over the merger...
View Article‘Best in International Commercial Litigation in Cyprus’ award
Christodoulos G Vassiliades has been named “Best in International Commercial Litigation in Cyprus”award by Acquisition International’s Intercontinental Finance & Law Magazine. Our International...
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises Givaudan on Activ International acquisition
Givaudan SA has acquired Activ International as part of its 2020 strategy to strengthen capabilities in natural flavour solutions to its customers. Activ offers a range of natural and organic flavours,...
View ArticleCollas Crill advises on medical marijuana investment
Offshore law firm Collas Crill has advised FastForward Innovations Ltd on its ability to invest in a Canadian company which will grow and supply marijuana for medicinal purposes under licence from the...
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Ropes & Gray to spin off 100-strong patent prosecution team
Ropes & Gray is to spin-off its patent prosecution practice into a new firm – a move that will affect around 100 lawyers and staff. The independent firm will be set up by Ropes’ co-head of...
View ArticleMills & Reeve boosts London with Maxwell Winward deal
Mills & Reeve is merging with London real estate and construction boutique firm Maxwell Winward, a deal that adds around £6m to its turnover and significantly expands the national firm’s presence...
View ArticleDWF London goes fully ‘agile’ following Triton merger
DWF has become the latest UK law firm to launch an agile working environment in an attempt to accommodate the 215 Triton employees that recently joined the firm’s London office as a result of the...
View ArticleExclusive: Hong Kong ECM heavyweight exits Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis’ Hong Kong equity capital markets rainmaker Dominic Tsun has resigned from the firm, The Lawyer can reveal. Tsun’s departure comes six years after joining the firm’s Hong Kong...
View ArticleMomentum Chicago highlights
Interested in attending Momentum? Join us for a webinar where we walk through a high level agenda for Momentum Chicago and give you a sneak peek into 2017’s most popular sessions! Register for this...
View ArticleMarianne Rau becomes a partner at Arendt
Marianne Rau is now a partner in the Dispute Resolution, in the Administrative Law, Property, Construction & Environment and in the Private Wealth practices. Marianne practices general commercial...
View ArticleNew partner for Carey Olsen in Cayman
Carey Olsen has promoted corporate and finance lawyer Alistair Russell into the partnership. Based in the Cayman Islands Russell joined Carey Olsen in 2013, prior to which he was with Skadden and...
View ArticleConyers’ double-win at Islamic Finance News Awards
Conyers Dill & Pearman received Overall Deal of the Year and UAE Deal of the Year awards for the establishment of DP World’s $3bn sukuk programme at the 11th annual Islamic Finance News (“IFN”)...
View ArticleKinstellar advises on acquisition of Brno shopping centre
Kinstellar has advised Deutsche EuroShop, Germany’s only public company that invests solely in shopping centres in prime locations, on the €374m acquisition of Olympia Shopping Centre in Brno, the...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises PSA on acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall
PSA is to acquire GM’s Opel and Vauxhall businesses in a transaction valued at €1.3bn. Furthermore, PSA together with BNP Paribas will acquire GM Financial’s European operations valuing these...
View ArticleWho’s Who Legal recommends VdA lawyers
Nuno Ruiz and Miguel Mendes Pereira are two of the Portuguese lawyers highlighted in Who’s Who Legal for Competition Law in the 2017 edition. The two partners from Competition & EU are among the...
View ArticleVdA partners with uni for post-grad course on banking law
VdA Academia is partnering with Catholic University of Porto for a post-graduate course on Banking Law and Securities which will be taking place between 17 March and 1 June 2017. VdA Academia will...
View ArticlePwC Legal set for Hong Kong launch
Accountancy giant PwC has expanded its legal offerings to Hong Kong with the hire of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) partner David Tiang and O’Melveny & Myers partner Gigi Woo. The two new hires...
View ArticleFacebook hires Olswang disputes partner in London
Facebook has hired Olswang litigation partner Anna Caddick for its EMEA litigation and regulatory team. Caddick, who has been at the firm since 2009 since joining from communications and IP specialist...
View ArticleLatham grows finreg team again with Linklaters hire
Latham & Watkins has hired yet another magic circle partner, recruiting Linklaters financial regulatory partner Csefalvay. Csefalvay has been a partner in the magic circle firm’s finreg since 2015,...
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International Women’s Day: 60% of business leaders believe managers don’t...
This article was contributed by DWF executive partner and head of retail, food and hospitality Hilary Ross for International Women’s Day 2017 Studies show that diverse firms grow and are more likely to...
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