Law news

Fieldfisher has launched offices in Warsaw and Krakow with a team from local firms to expand its Central and Eastern Europe presence but the competition is fierce.

      

Over 100 entries have been whittled down to the top 25 women aged under 40 in Mainland Europe tipped to spearhead the next generation of leading partners.

      

The team is led by partner Jules Fabre, who arrives from Pinsent Masons where he led the Paris intellectual property practice.

      

Paul Hastings is strengthening its energy and infrastructure team in Abu Dhabi with the hiring of a fourth White & Case partner, after three of its own London partners headed to Freshfields in a dynamic reshuffling of top talent.

      

The French banking giant has filed a claim worth more than £100 million.

      

While he rebounded in the second round, former Mayer Brown counsel Friedrich Merz's power and influence may be significantly weakened by today's election debacle, some Big Law partners said.        

The highly-rated partner is joining the firm's London office and will focus on serving clients with Luxembourg-based vehicles.

      

Webber Wentzel and Werksmans are representing Johannesburg telecoms giant MTN in a decades-old dispute involving the East Asian Consortium advised by Honey Attorney and Vasco De Oliveira.

      

Other international law firms, including Clifford Chance and Dentons, continue to advise on transaction aspects of the pipeline project, which has raised environmental and human rights concerns.

      

Ipsilon Group CEO Valérie Feray said the acquisition reflects her firm's ambition to be a one-stop shop for big clients from the U.S., Asia and Europe

      

The 80-Lawyer Office transfer makes Linklaters the latest big firm to abandon the CEE region.

      

“There's often a misconception that you can set up in Luxembourg and the funds work will automatically come flowing in.

      

The firm continues its German fightback, adding yet another partner from White & Case.

      

Luxembourg has become a popular base for global law firms in recent years. Here's why.

      

Garrigues employees in Madrid were inaugurating new headquarters when the power went out.

      

Garrigues employees in Madrid were inaugurating new headquarters when the power went out.

      

The new office leader steps into the role with major French restructurings making big news in France.

      

The Kremlin's litigation against companies that left Russia isn't new, but this is the first time lawyers have been threatened along with their clients.