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
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
22 Apr 2010
IFLR1000 compares its qualitative data with Mergermarket's quantitative analysis of the first quarter of M&A activity in Europe.
Tags: Western Europe, CEE, White and Case, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Allen and Overy, Baker and McKenzie, Kirkland and Ellis, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK, Latham and Watkins, Jones Day, 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, Debevoise and Plimpton, DLA Piper, Norton Rose, Features, Hengeler Mueller, Lovells, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Nabarro, Herbert Smith, Uría Menéndez, Shearman and Sterling, Hannes Snellman, Gernandt and Danielsson, Vinge, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Loyens en Loeff, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Allens Arthur Robinson, Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Freehills, Blake Cassels and Graydon, Mannheimer Swartling, Vinson and Elkins, Roschier, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, Bredin Prat, Pinsent Masons, Havel and Holásek, Hogan and Hartson, Thommessen, Wikborg Rein, Cuatrecasas, Görg, Chiomenti, Garrigues, Schoenherr, Pinheiro Neto, Stibbe, Morais Leitão Galvão Teles Soares de Silva e Associados, Legance, Fried Frank, Demarest e Almeida, Bryan Cave, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Greenberg Traurig, Gianni Origoni Grippo and Partners, Grimaldi and Associates, Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Peterson, Alston & Bird, Borislav Boyanov & Co, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Castrén & Snellman, Cederquist, CMS Adonnio Ascoli e Cavasola Scamoni, CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo, CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre, CMS DeBacker, CMS Derks Star Busmann, CMS Hasche Sigle, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hasche Sigle, CMS von Erlach Henrici, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Dechert, d'Urso Gatti e Associati, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Field Fisher Waterhouse, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Giliberti Pappalettera Triscornia e Associati, Gleiss Lutz, Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard, Haavind, Hammarskiöld & Co, Homburger, Houthoff Buruma, K&L Gates, Kocián Solc Balastík, Kromann Reumert, Lindahl, NautaDutilh, NCTM, Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Raposo Bernardo & Associados, Ropes & Gray, SJ Berwin, Travers Smith, Vieira de Almeida & Associados, Wiersholm, WilmerHale, Wistrand, Mergers & acquisitions
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
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
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