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
18 Jan 2010
Freshfields takes top spot from Linklaters as international firms edge out independents in Europe.
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK, Russia, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison, Davis Polk and Wardwell, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Cravath Swaine and Moore, Wachtell Lipton Rosen and Katz, CMS Cameron McKenna, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, Sullivan and Cromwell, DLA Piper, Ashurst, Simmons and Simmons, Orrick, Features, Hengeler Mueller, Lovells, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Herbert Smith, Uría Menéndez, Shearman and Sterling, Hannes Snellman, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Gernandt and Danielsson, Vinge, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Loyens en Loeff, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Allens Arthur Robinson, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Dawson, Blake Cassels and Graydon, Mannheimer Swartling, Vinson and Elkins, Roschier, Covington and Burling, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Bredin Prat, Pinsent Masons, Eversheds, Thommessen, Wikborg Rein, Cuatrecasas, Chiomenti, Maples and Calder, Garrigues, Schoenherr, Stibbe, Legance, Fried Frank, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Partners, Grimaldi and Associates, Souza Cescon Avedissian Barrieu e Flesch, A&L Goodbody, Araoz & Rueda, Arthur Cox, BA-HR, Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Cederquist, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, CMS Derks Star Busmann, CMS Hasche Sigle, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, d'Urso Gatti e Associati, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Gleiss Lutz, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo, Gonçalves Pereira Castelo Branco, Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, Homburger, Houthoff Buruma, Kromann Reumert, Lindahl, LINIYA PRAVA, LK Shields, Matheson Ormsby Prentice, McCann FitzGerald, NautaDutilh, NCTM, Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Ogilvy Renault, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Pedersoli e Associati, Plesner Svane Grønborg, Ropes & Gray, Schjødt, Selmer, Setterwalls, SJ Berwin, Wiersholm, William Fry, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wistrand, 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
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
13 Jun 2009
Discomfort between local and foreign firms in Sofia has led to appeals for justice from both sides.
Tags: CEE, Bulgaria, CMS Cameron McKenna, Features, Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati, Spasov & Bratanov
15 Apr 2009
The Austrian Stock Corporation Act amendment will affect a number of shareholders' rights -- Florian Kusznier, Schoenherr
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
19 Jan 2009
Ukrainian firm Magisters to open a representative office in London to service both in and outbound clients.
Tags: CEE, UK, Ukraine, Office moves, Magisters
11 Jan 2009
Corporate and capital markets partner Alexey Kondratchik rejoins Akin Gump's Moscow office.
Tags: Capital Markets, Corporate, CEE, People and moves, Russia, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld
10 Dec 2008
Albanian firm acts for Falcione Group in its winning bid to construct a €1 billion LNG terminal and pipeline.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Albania, Deals, Apicella
02 Dec 2008
Ukrainian firm Magisters merges with Belarus's BelJurBureau to give Magisters its third office in the CIS.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, CEE, Office moves, Belarus, Magisters, BelJurbureau
26 Nov 2008
The government has amended the Stock Exchange Act to allow it to temporarily prohibit short selling -- Abi Winter, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
27 Oct 2008
Herbert Smith Moscow hires finance lawyer Ed Baring from Allen & Overy.
Tags: Banking, CEE, Allen and Overy, People and moves, Russia, Herbert Smith
The government has taken legislative action to quell market turmoil -- Martin Ebner, Schoenherr
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, CEE, Briefings, Schoenherr, Austria
21 Oct 2008
London office leads in €3 billion motorway project in the Bosnian Serb Republic.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Bosnia, Serbia, Deals, Paul Hastings Janofsky and Walker
20 Oct 2008
Romanian firm begins rebuilding strategy after July spin-off.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Corporate, Project finance, CEE, People and moves, Romania, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Peterson
14 Oct 2008
Magisters and Pinsent Masons sign cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan agreement for upcoming PPP projects.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Kazakhstan, Deals, Magisters, Pinsent Masons
13 Oct 2008
Austrian firm advises Securitas on its acquisition of Serbian security company SCP International.
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Serbia, Deals, Schoenherr
30 Sep 2008
Austrian firm advises WAZ on its latest venture into the Serbian newspaper market.
19 Sep 2008
Czech firm Procházka Randl Kubr merges with Bellák & Partners to extend CEE presence.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Office moves, Procházka Randl Kubr, Bellák and Partners
09 Sep 2008
The regulation of employees’ duty of loyalty and the non-competition clause of the labour regime have been refined -- Cristina Metea, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Tuca Zbarcea, Briefings, Romania
08 Sep 2008
The Vienna Stock Exchange has revised its Prime Market Rules to increase investor information on foreign issuers -- Ursula Rath, Schoenherr
15 Jul 2008
Three partners and 10 lawyers leave Nestor Nestor to form breakaway Romanian firm.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, CEE, People and moves, Romania, Office moves, Peli Filip, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Peterson
14 Jul 2008
Monika Wildner returns to Schoenherr's Vienna practice after a four-year stint in-house at Raiffeisen bank.
Tags: Corporate, CEE, People and moves, Schoenherr, Austria
Squire Sanders, Norton Rose and Macfarlanes advise in €175 million facility to GTS Central Europe Group.
Tags: Banking, CEE, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Deals, Norton Rose, Macfarlanes
09 Jul 2008
US firm advises in Sunkar Resources' IPO on London's Aim.
Tags: Capital Markets, CEE, White and Case, Kazakhstan, Deals
07 Jul 2008
Two US and two Italian firms advise in joint venture to run the ISAB oil refinery in Sicily, Italy.
Tags: Corporate, CEE, Russia, Deals, Shearman and Sterling, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Partners, Grimaldi and Associates