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Cuatrecasas unveils new office heads for London and New York
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira has named new heads for its offices in London and New York.
Sharing the secrets
2011 will bring with it a huge change to Luxembourg’s tradition of banking secrecy. Tom Phillips and James Swift look at what that will mean for the status of the offshore financial centre
Postcard from...Brussels
“I only meant to stay for six months” is a common refrain among non-Belgians here in Brussels, a city where people come for work and stay for the lifestyle in a place that has much more to offer than waffles, chocolate and Tintin. Brussels is a good city to visit, but a great place to live.
After the magic is gone
An exodus of magic circle firms from Hungary has changed the face of its legal market considerably. Tom Phillips asks five key players in the region for their view on the new legal landscape.
Striking accord?
As Greek lawyers are forced to down tools in protest over the government’s austerity measures, not everyone agrees that this is the best course of action.
Norton Rose's Paris employment chief defects to local firm Franklin
French firm Franklin has beefed up its Paris employment practice with the hire of Norton Rose’s French employment chief.
French resistance
The French economy is in recovery and its lawyers are looking ahead to rosier times. By Tom Phillips
Deutsch courage
The past two decades have seen enormous transformations within the German legal system, not least with the ever-changing appetite for mergers. James Swift examines a market on the verge of its latest mutation
Bingham bridges Continental divide with launch of new Frankfurt office
A German presence will enable Bingham to focus on major financial centres.
The pain in Spain
The recession may have come late to Spain, but as James Swift reports, it has not escaped unscathed and nor has its lawyers
Making the leap
Traditionally known as a cautious market, Portugal is now awash with changes, with Spanish firm launches, major partner moves and new boutiques. James Swift reports
When in Rome
New Europe-wide regulations to harmonise non-contractual obligation laws have had the opposite affect, says Paula Jefferson and Sarah Wright
Class half empty?
Have the wranglings over the introduction of Italy’s class action law eroded its effectiveness? asks James Swift
Walkers raids MOP for imminent Dublin launch
Offshore firm Walkers is set to launch an office in Dublin, taking three partners from Irish firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice (MOP).
Dechert raids Invesco to build Dublin office
The head of legal at Invesco Perpetual is leaving the fund management house to join Dechert’s fledgling Dublin office.
Taylor Wessing engages BRIC ‘territory partners’
Taylor Wessing has put growth in the BRIC territories (Brazil, Russia, India, China) at the forefront of its international plans with the appointment of ’territory partners’ to oversee development in key jurisdictions as the firm examines the possibility of opening new offices.
Hogan Lovells loses another Moscow partner
Hogan Lovells has lost another partner from its Moscow office, this time to US firm Baker Botts.
Volcanic ructions
The latest report into the Icelandic banks saga could fuel a busy year for law firms’ litigation teams. Tom Phillips investigates
The Baltic triangle
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania may be viewed as one by outsiders, and indeed often act as one when it comes to business, but each brings something different to the table.
