18 Jun 2008
Tightening panels and a rash of legal mergers mean niche practice is no longer an option for many firms.
Tags: Africa, Expansion and strategy, South Africa, DLA Piper, Features, Webber Wentzel, Eversheds, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, Cliffe Dekker, Routledge Modise
11 Jun 2008
Denton Wilde Sapte's Kuwaiti debut has met with virtual indifference from local firms – and with good reason.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Features, Denton Wilde Sapte, Bryan Cave, Abdullah Kh Al-Ayoub and Associates, Stephenson Harwood, Dixon and Dixon, Al-Sarraf and Al-Ruwayeh
03 Jun 2008
Clients want to pay more, and for fewer services. It's a "sweet shop" for lawyers – but only half will get to tuck in. Lukas Becker reports from Abu Dhabi.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Sovereign funds, UAE, Latham and Watkins, Simmons and Simmons, Features, Herbert Smith, Trowers and Hamlins
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
28 May 2008
International firms are resisting the temptation to force open the Brazilian market. Richard Pinto reports from São Paulo.
Tags: White and Case, Allen and Overy, Latin America and Caribbean, Expansion and strategy, Mayer Brown, Chadbourne and Parke, Brazil, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Features, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados
27 May 2008
Legal partnerships in Saudi Arabia should be based on capability, not celebrity. Lukas Becker reports from Riyadh.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Norton Rose, Features, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Law Office of Hassan Mahassni, The Law Office of Dr Mujahid Al-Sawwaf
23 May 2008
Candice Mak finds out which clients firms in North Korea are targeting, and how.
Tags: Project finance, Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, Features, Chiomenti, North Korea
19 May 2008
Argentine lawyers desperately need something – anything – to happen to their economy. Richard Pinto reports from Buenos Aires.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Latin America and Caribbean, Argentina, Features, Estudio O'Farrell, Bruchou Fernandez Madero y Lombardi, Errecondo Salaverri Dellatorre Gonzalez y Burgio, Marval O'Farrell y Mairal
Candice Mak talks to one of only three foreign firms in North Korea about opening an office and doing business in the isolationist nation.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, Features, Chiomenti, North Korea
Not all Saudi Arabian firms are desperate for an association agreement – foreign firms need to bargain harder in the country's second city. Lukas Becker reports from Jeddah.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Features, The Alliance, The Law Office of Hassan Mahassni, The Law Office of Dr Mujahid Al-Sawwaf
13 May 2008
Communication and balance are the key to a successful union in Saudi Arabia. Lukas Becker reports from Riyadh.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Features, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Alliance
07 May 2008
Regulation is tightening for shariah financing, but UK firms are still competing aggressively – and with a variety of tactics. Lukas Becker reports from Dubai.
Tags: Capital Markets, Banking, Project finance, Middle East, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Bahrain, UAE, Features, Lovells, Denton Wilde Sapte
06 May 2008
Latham & Watkins is taking a typically audacious approach to the region. Lukas Becker reports from Dubai.
Tags: Project finance, Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Sovereign funds, UAE, Latham and Watkins, Private Equity, Features
The Asian clean-energy market has "accelerated out of nothing", demanding a wide range of skills from legal counsel.
Tags: Project finance, Clifford Chance, Baker and McKenzie, Asia-Pacific, Indonesia, India, Australia, China and Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Features, Herbert Smith, Melli Darsa Law, Hadiputranto Hadinoto and Partners
02 May 2008
To stay in Hungary and the region, Linklaters and Freshfields would have had to readdress their entire ethos.
Tags: CEE, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Features
28 Apr 2008
Listings have been in short supply, but Spacs, restructuring and the mid-cap market hold hope for capital markets specialists.
Tags: Capital Markets, North America, US, Features
22 Apr 2008
South African firms claim they offer a viable link into a tricky region.
Tags: Corporate, Africa, Expansion and strategy, South Africa, Features, Webber Wentzel, Eversheds
The surge in sovereign investment means firms are repositioning themselves to attract new work. Very quietly.
Tags: Investment funds, Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Sovereign funds, China and Hong Kong, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Features
17 Apr 2008
To penetrate Algeria’s energy market you need patience, contacts – and an ounce of courage.
Tags: Project finance, Africa, Expansion and strategy, Algeria, Simmons and Simmons, Features, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Ghellal and Mekerba, Thompson and Knight
10 Apr 2008
The regional consolidation of Central European companies is restoring the niche for independent law firms.
Tags: CEE, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Private Equity, CMS Cameron McKenna, Features, Havel and Holásek
A gentler pace might be just what private-equity lawyers need.
Tags: North America, US, Private Equity, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, Features, Bingham McCutchen
31 Mar 2008
Spanish law firms' love affair with securitization has cheapened - and could be on the rocks.
Tags: Capital Markets, Western Europe, Spain, Features
Belarus is now a legitimate legal destination. But don't expect bargain rents and droves of cheap talent.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Features, Belarus
28 Mar 2008
The merger of law firms in Central America seems to be one more step towards a regional alliance.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Expansion and strategy, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Features
25 Mar 2008
Confidence in private equity is falling, making life difficult for law firms. It's time to "reposition, retool and react".
Tags: CEE, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Private Equity, Features
10 Mar 2008
The work may be the same, but sovereign wealth funds are attracted to good old-fashioned client-handling skills, not just impressive CVs.
Tags: Middle East, Sovereign funds, UAE, Features
07 Mar 2008
Investors are increasingly looking at Ukraine and the Balkans for real-estate work, bringing both benefits and challenges to law firms.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Features
03 Mar 2008
Funds offer a lifeline to financial law firms as traditional credit lines dry up.
Tags: Investment funds, North America, Sovereign funds, US, Features
31 Jan 2008
How working at Chadbourne & Parke, Morrison & Foerster and Jones Day compares to non-US firms.
Tags: Morrison and Foerster, Expansion and strategy, Chadbourne and Parke, Jones Day, Features
US capital markets practices in Asia face a dual challenge: less outbound work, and UK firms with US-qualified lawyers.
Tags: Capital Markets, Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, China and Hong Kong, Features