02 Aug 2010
Analysis includes a multitude of movements at Clifford Chance, new firms in India and Singapore, and Chadbourne's Latin American hires.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, Project finance, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Baker and McKenzie, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Mayer Brown, Australia, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, UK, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Qatar, UAE, Brazil, Mexico, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Private Equity, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Debevoise and Plimpton, DLA Piper, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Orrick, Features, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Wolf Theiss, Loyens en Loeff, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Allens Arthur Robinson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Denton Wilde Sapte, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Sidley Austin, Thompson and Knight, Reed Smith, Walkers, Winston and Strawn, Greenberg Traurig, Arendt & Medernach, BC Toms & Co, Boekel De Nerée, Clyde & Co, Dechert, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Fulbright & Jaworski, Holland Van Gijzen, Mourant, Patton Boggs, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
01 Jul 2010
Analysis includes Skadden's EU competition boost in Brussels, Simmons & Simmons entry into Beijing and the demand for energy lawyers in the US
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Jun He, Japan, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Czech Republic, Russia, Turkey, UAE, South Africa, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Bird and Bird, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Features, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Hannes Snellman, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Allens Arthur Robinson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Hogan and Hartson, Eversheds, Sidley Austin, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Chiomenti, Reed Smith, King and Wood, Fried Frank, Walkers, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Partners, A&L Goodbody, Arendt & Medernach, Arthur Cox, Balcar Polansky & Spol, Bowman Gilfillan, Clayton Utz, Dechert, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Global Law Offices, Houthoff Buruma, K&L Gates, King & Spalding, Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe, Olswang, Schulte Roth & Zabel, SJ Berwin, William Fry
01 Jun 2010
Analysis includes Kirkland's private equity hires in London, Paul Hastings' raid in Chicago and more lateral hires by Chinese domestic firms.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, McDermott Will and Emery, Private Equity, Bird and Bird, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Features, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, McCarthy Tétrault, O'Melveny and Myers, Webber Wentzel, Pinsent Masons, Havel and Holásek, Eversheds, Reed Smith, Fangda and Partners, McGuire Woods, King and Wood, Walkers, Trowers and Hamlins, Jingtian and Gongcheng, Greenberg Traurig, Bowman Gilfillan, Deneys Reitz, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, Hunton & Williams, Integrites, King & Spalding, Olswang, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Vasil Kisil & Partners, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
04 May 2010
Dealogic's Q1 2010 report report finds Asian law firms leading by value, but Clifford Chance leading by volume.
Tags: Project finance, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, China and Hong Kong, Taiwan, US, Portugal, Spain, UK, Latham and Watkins, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Features, Lovells, Bevan Brittain, Cuatrecasas, Garrigues, Luthra & Luthra
30 Apr 2010
Analysis includes Linklaters suffering in Stockholm, Milbank's significant Sao Paolo hire and Blake Dawson's launch in Tokyo.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Baker and McKenzie, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, Japan, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, UK, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Latham and Watkins, McDermott Will and Emery, Private Equity, CMS Cameron McKenna, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Salans, Orrick, Features, Lovells, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Macfarlanes, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Allens Arthur Robinson, Blake Dawson, Roschier, Shepherd and Wedderburn, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Sidley Austin, Thompson and Knight, Reed Smith, Maples and Calder, J Sagar Associates, Gilbert and Tobin, Dundas and Wilson, Baker Botts, AKD Prinsen Van Wijmen, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Dillon Eustace, Ferrere Abogados, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Mergers & acquisitions
12 Apr 2010
Analysis of the last six months of China (incl. Hong Kong) partner moves, including the rush of corporate hires and Orrick's capital markets push.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, India, Mayer Brown, Australia, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, UAE, Private Equity, Weil Gotshal and Manges, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Simmons and Simmons, Features, Lovells, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Shearman and Sterling, O'Melveny and Myers, Appleby, Chiomenti, Maples and Calder, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Stephenson Harwood, Global Law Offices, Ogier, Talwar Thakore & Associates, Tanner De Witt, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Securitization & structured finance
01 Apr 2010
Analysis includes Herbert Smith's triple strike on Linklaters in London, Latham & Watkins' Houston opening and management re-shuffles in Asia.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Mayer Brown, Kirkland and Ellis, China and Hong Kong, Canada, US, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, UAE, Brazil, BVI, Mexico, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Private Equity, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, De Gaulle Fleurance et Associés, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Orrick, Features, Howrey, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Harneys, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Wolf Theiss, Magisters, Loyens en Loeff, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Blake Cassels and Graydon, McCarthy Tétrault, Vinson and Elkins, Covington and Burling, O'Melveny and Myers, Pinsent Masons, Hogan and Hartson, Eversheds, Sidley Austin, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Appleby, Maples and Calder, Schoenherr, Galicia y Robles, Fried Frank, Stephenson Harwood, Arnold and Porter, Greenberg Traurig, Grimaldi and Associates, Baker Botts, British Virgin Islands, Alston & Bird, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Dechert, Dias Carneiro Advogados, Felsberg e Associados Advogados, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Global Law Offices, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, K&L Gates, Khaitan & Co, Krogerus, Lindahl, Macchi di Cellere Gangemi, Ogier, Olswang, SJ Berwin, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Travers Smith, Voicu & Filipescu, Zhong Lun Law Firm, Construction & real estate, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
02 Mar 2010
Analysis includes A&O's blitzkrieg in Australia, K&L Gates and Salans' raids in Europe and Mayer Brown's US capital markets push.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Japan, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Poland, Qatar, UAE, Latham and Watkins, Private Equity, Bird and Bird, CMS Cameron McKenna, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, Salans, Features, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Denton Wilde Sapte, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Cassels and Graydon, McCarthy Tétrault, O'Melveny and Myers, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Hogan and Hartson, Chiomenti, P+P Pöllath + Partners, Proskauer Rose, Fried Frank, Walkers, Stephenson Harwood, Austria, Atsumi & Partners, Clayton Utz, Field Fisher Waterhouse, K&L Gates, Ogier, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Pedersoli e Associati, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Stikeman Elliott, Studio Grande Stevens, Tanner De Witt, Construction & real estate, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
01 Feb 2010
Analysis includes White & Case's heavy EMEA losses, a corporate hiring spree in the US and Shearman's local HK hires.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Investment funds, Project finance, Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, US, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, McDermott Will and Emery, Private Equity, Cravath Swaine and Moore, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Sullivan and Cromwell, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Orrick, Features, Hengeler Mueller, Lovells, Bingham McCutchen, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Shearman and Sterling, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Vinson and Elkins, O'Melveny and Myers, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Mayer Brown JSM, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Cayman Islands, Appleby, Reed Smith, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Stephenson Harwood, Greenberg Traurig, Grimaldi and Associates, K&L Gates, NCTM, Ozannes, Patton Boggs, Ughi e Nunziante, WilmerHale, Securitization & structured finance, Mergers & acquisitions
12 Jan 2010
Latham & Watkins takes top spot for 2009 globally, while independent firms rate well regionally.
Tags: Project finance, Western Europe, CEE, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Korea, US, Italy, Spain, UK, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Sullivan and Cromwell, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Norton Rose, Features, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Allens Arthur Robinson, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Dawson, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Sidley Austin, Chiomenti, Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Co, Garrigues, J Sagar Associates, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Kim and Chang, Gilbert and Tobin, Bracewell & Giuliani, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, DSK Legal, Johnson Winter & Slattery, Luthra & Luthra
01 Jan 2010
Analysis includes Magisters' latest Moscow lateral, Arnold & Porter's NY hires and Ashurst's Hong Kong expansion.
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, North America, White and Case, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, India, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, China and Hong Kong, US, Belgium, Germany, UK, Russia, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Bird and Bird, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Orrick, Features, Bingham McCutchen, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Magisters, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Sidley Austin, Cayman Islands, Maples and Calder, J Sagar Associates, Winston and Strawn, Arnold and Porter, Greenberg Traurig, Alston & Bird, Khaitan & Co, Mourant, SJ Berwin
01 Dec 2009
The IFLR1000 looks at the hectic Iberian market, Zili Shao's in-house move and Torys' Toronto hires.
Tags: Western Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, India, Australia, Kirkland and Ellis, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Finland, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, South Africa, McDermott Will and Emery, Bird and Bird, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Norton Rose, Simmons and Simmons, JeantetAssociés, Salans, Orrick, Features, Lovells, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker, Herbert Smith, Uría Menéndez, Magisters, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Roschier, O'Melveny and Myers, Eversheds, Sidley Austin, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Duane Morris, Stibbe, Proskauer Rose, Fried Frank, Winston and Strawn, Cliffe Dekker, Greenberg Traurig, Torys, Al Tamimi & Company, Barrocas Sarmento Neves, Beiten Burkhardt, Bennett Jones, Brandford-Griffith Baverez Pasturel, DLA Phillips Fox, Fulbright & Jaworski, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, PLMJ, SJ Berwin, Talwar Thakore & Associates
05 Nov 2009
The IFLR1000's analysis includes Ropes & Gray's London hires, Latham's new US regulatory counsel and Weil's raid on Simmons in HK.
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Asia-Pacific, Mayer Brown, Australia, Japan, Kirkland and Ellis, Chadbourne and Parke, China and Hong Kong, US, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, UK, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, UAE, South Africa, Latham and Watkins, McDermott Will and Emery, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Weil Gotshal and Manges, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Simmons and Simmons, Orrick, Features, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Uría Menéndez, Loyens en Loeff, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Denton Wilde Sapte, Covington and Burling, O'Melveny and Myers, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Winston and Strawn, Stephenson Harwood, Greenberg Traurig, Baker Botts, Bonn Schmitt Steichen, DLA Phillips Fox, SJ Berwin
06 Oct 2009
With Russian companies looking outside London for potential listings, firms with broad international practices are set to benefit.
Tags: CEE, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Asia-Pacific, China and Hong Kong, Russia, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Features, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton
28 Jul 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved restructuring and insolvency practices in ten countries.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, CEE, Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Australia, China and Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, US, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, UK, Features
15 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved M&A practice in Taiwan over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Taiwan, Jones Day, Features, Lee and Li, Chen & Lin, LCS & Partners, Lexcel Partners, Russin & Vecchi
09 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved local and two most improved foreign firms in Singapore over the past five years.
Tags: White and Case, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, Allen and Gledhill, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Rajah and Tann, Shook Lin and Bok, Drew and Napier, Colin Ng & Partners
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals that Buddle Findlay and Chapman Tripp are the most improved insolvency and restructuring firms in New Zealand over the past five years.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Asia-Pacific, New Zealand, Chapman Tripp, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Bell Gully, Buddle Findlay, DLA Phillips Fox, Russell McVeagh
06 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the two most improved project finance practices in Australia over the past five years.
Tags: Project finance, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Features, Allens Arthur Robinson, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Dawson, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Deacons
08 Dec 2008
Fickle junior lawyers are leaving Singapore’s law firms in the lurch.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, Singapore, Features, WongPartnership, Drew and Napier, KhattarWong
12 Nov 2008
UK firm's new office to add to its existing branch in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tags: Corporate, Asia-Pacific, Vietnam, Office moves, Lovells
11 Nov 2008
New team to focus on Indian capital markets, M&A, finance and dispute resolution work.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Clifford Chance, Asia-Pacific, India, Singapore, Office moves, Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Co
03 Nov 2008
DLA Piper hires Martin David from Linklaters to head its south-east Asian Finance and Projects department.
Tags: Banking, Project finance, Linklaters, Asia-Pacific, People and moves, Singapore, DLA Piper
21 Oct 2008
Three partners leave Trilegal to launch corporate finance firm Phoenix Legal.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Asia-Pacific, India, People and moves, Office moves, Trilegal, Phoenix Legal, Kochhar and Co
15 Oct 2008
Several new Acts bring clarity to a market that is emerging from political uncertainty -- Albert T Chandler, Chandler and Thong-Ek
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Asia-Pacific, Briefings, Thailand, Chandler and Thong-Ek