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Joanna Ludlam will launch the firm's London Public Law and Crisis Management practice. Mishcon de Reya has also hired a partner from Hausfeld.

Total announced European M&A deal value was up about 19% in 2024, as European Central Bank rate cuts helped revive a market ‘stifled' by borrowing costs.

Reed Smith has a new London managing partner while Gibson Dunn continues with co-partner roles.

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Quinn Emanuel also lost its Brussels managing partner to an antitrust boutique and appointed a new office managing partner in the city.

Morrison Foerster also hired private equity partner Scott Jalowayski last week in Singapore.

“It is one thing if Continental Europeans get access to equity capital. If the Americans ever get it, this will be over in a week because they are just so entrepreneurial."

Birkenstock's German law firm SKW Schwarz argues the iconic sandals qualify as ‘art' under copyright law but rival shoe retailers in the German Federal Court aren't sold on the idea.

The claim is understood to be the largest fatal accident claim in English history.

The banking giant has filed two lawsuits, one in Greece for 916m and one in the U.K., against WeRealize, in an ongoing legal dispute over their co-owned business, Viva Wallet.

Spain's Perez-Llorca and Go mez-Acebo & Pombo and Italian firms BonelliErede and Chiomenti also promoted lawyers to their partner ranks.

U.K. lawyers have been heavily involved in some of the most significant EU antitrust battles since 2020, when Brexit took effect, an investigation by Law.com International found.

The rules over gender balanced boardrooms represent another regulation on the minds of general counsel and in-house lawyers heading into 2025.

Brussels-based partners at elite law firms including Gibson Dunn and White & Case—who have acted for multinationals such as Google and Microsoft—share their Do's and Don'ts for litigating the biggest cases at the European Court of Justice.

The Dutch office plans to expand into litigation, focusing on opportunities linked to its data security practice while maintaining a specialized approach.

The closure of this firm's London office follows the decision by peer firm Armstrong Teasdale to shutter its own London base in 2024.

The top candidate in Germany's February 23 election is a former senior counsel at Mayer Brown and ex-chief of Blackrock's German advisory board. His rivals? Another lawyer and an ex-Goldman Sachs analyst.

Sidley Austin has hired Brussels-based competition partner Elisabetta Righini, marking the ninth Latham partner to join Sidley in Europe since August.

African disputes lawyers predict a 2025 surge in litigation driven by energy and tax sector reforms, environmental claims, and evolving technology, with South Africa's Eskom restructuring and tax changes in Nigeria and Kenya among key contributors.

Ashurst has bolstered its Germany practice, aiming to expand its advisory capabilities and client base in key sectors like cross-border transactions.