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
16 Feb 2010
Bought deals and the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system carry Canada through the recession, and into the US market.
Tags: Capital Markets, North America, Canada, US, Features, Shearman and Sterling, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
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
07 Jan 2010
Mergermarket's report shows Skadden at top of US value table, Blake Cassels & Graydon dominating in Canada and Brazilians strengthening their regional grip.
Tags: North America, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen and Overy, Morrison and Foerster, Baker and McKenzie, Latin America and Caribbean, Kirkland and Ellis, Canada, US, Brazil, 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, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher, Sullivan and Cromwell, Debevoise and Plimpton, DLA Piper, Features, Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, Dewey and LeBoeuf, Shearman and Sterling, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Blake Cassels and Graydon, McCarthy Tétrault, Vinson and Elkins, Covington and Burling, O'Melveny and Myers, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Bredin Prat, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Garrigues, TozziniFreire Advogados, Pinheiro Neto, Fried Frank, Greenberg Traurig, Torys, Souza Cescon Avedissian Barrieu e Flesch, Bennett Jones, Burnet Duckworth & Palmer, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Dorsey & Whitney, Fasken Martineau, Fraser Milner Casgrain, Goodmans, K&L Gates, Macleod Dixon, Motta Fernandes Rocha, Muñiz Ramírez Pérez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, Prieto & Carrizosa, Rodrigo Elías & Medrano, Stikeman Elliott, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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
02 Nov 2009
Recent activity by private-equity houses signals a potential return to the country’s once thriving capital markets.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Private Equity, Features, Pinheiro Neto, Demarest e Almeida
10 Oct 2009
The IFLR1000 launched the 2010 edition in style at the Royal Exchange, London, on October 6.
Tags: Features
08 Oct 2009
The IFLR1000 shows that the top UK firms are extending their lead in the tier-one rankings across ten leading jurisdictions.
07 Oct 2009
After months of research, the 20th anniversary edition of the IFLR1000 is now live.
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
08 Sep 2009
The IFLR1000 reveals the top-ten quotes of the 2010 edition.
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
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
10 Jun 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the two most improved M&A practices in Brazil over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Latin America and Caribbean, Brazil, Features, Mattos Filho Veiga Filho Marrey Jr y Quiroga, Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice, Barbosa Müssnich e Aragão, Pinheiro Neto, Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados, Felsberg e Associados Advogados, Lefosse, Motta Fernandes Rocha
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
20 Mar 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved restructuring and insolvency firm in France over the past five years.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, White and Case, Linklaters, France, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Features, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Willkie Farr and Gallagher, Fried Frank, Fauvet La Giraudière & Associés, Santoni Paccioni & Associés, Veil Jourde
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the most improved restructuring and insolvency practice in Canada over the past five years.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, North America, Canada, Features, Torys, Bennett Jones, Borden Ladner Gervais, Fasken Martineau, Goodmans, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, ThorntonGroutFinnigan
25 Feb 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the six most improved M&A practices in Turkey over the past five years.
Tags: Corporate, Middle East, Turkey, Features, Paksoy, Hergüner Bilgen Özeke, Bircanoglu, Çaga & Çaga, Düren Akol Avukatlik Bürosu, EsinIsmen, Güner Law Offices, Pekin & Pekin, Somay Hukuk Bürosu
19 Jan 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the five most improved firms in the US restructuring and insolvency sector over the past five years.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, North America, Kirkland and Ellis, US, Jones Day, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher and Flom, Weil Gotshal and Manges, Features, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
11 Jan 2009
Exclusive research by the IFLR1000 reveals the four most improved firms in the UK restructuring and insolvency sector over the past five years.
Tags: Restructuring and insolvency, Western Europe, Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May, Allen and Overy, Kirkland and Ellis, UK, Ashurst, Features, Bingham McCutchen, Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft, Sidley Austin
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
13 Nov 2008
Communication and balance are the key to a successful union in Saudi Arabia.
Tags: Middle East, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Features, Al Jadaan and Partners, The Alliance
01 Nov 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.
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