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
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
27 Nov 2008
Spanish firm to open its second office in Morocco.
Tags: Africa, Morocco, Office moves, Garrigues
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
10 Nov 2008
US firm's three-partner office becomes latest entrant to bustling Abu Dhabi market.
Tags: Capital Markets, Project finance, Middle East, UAE, Private Equity, Office moves, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld
03 Nov 2008
Algerian firm aligns with France's Reinhart Marville Torre to boost finance capabilities.
Tags: Banking, Project finance, Africa, Expansion and strategy, Algeria, Office moves, Reinhart Marville Torre, Hamouche Law Firm, RMTA
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
03 Oct 2008
UK firm opens its first Latin American office due to recent market growth.
Tags: North America, Allen and Overy, US, Office moves
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
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
03 Jul 2008
Baltics firm to service the Belarusian market from its Vilnius office.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, CEE, Expansion and strategy, Lithuania, Office moves, Belarus, Raidla Lejins and Norcous
02 Jul 2008
Spanish firm swallows local firm Mares & Asociatii to become first Iberian firm in Bucharest.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Romania, Office moves, Garrigues
01 Jul 2008
Latest entrant into Brazil plans to capitalise on increasingly regional deal flow.
Tags: Latin America and Caribbean, Expansion and strategy, Brazil, Office moves, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett
23 Jun 2008
New desks introduced to support French clients operating in the region.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Turkey, Office moves, Salans
19 Jun 2008
Austrian firm's 11th office to be headed by ex in-house lawyer Richard Clegg.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Bulgaria, Office moves, Wolf Theiss
11 Jun 2008
Spanish firm wins approval to launch in China to advise on Spanish and Portuguese law.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, China and Hong Kong, Office moves, Cuatrecasas
South African merger in response to the falling numbers of firms on company panels.
Tags: Africa, Expansion and strategy, South Africa, Office moves, DLA Piper, Cliffe Dekker, Hofmeyr Herbstein and Gihwala
Viennese firms to merge under CMS banner to boost southeastern Europe push.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Office moves, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Dallmann and Juranek, Austria
09 Jun 2008
Firm has received licence to practise and will open third Chinese office later this year.
Tags: Corporate, Asia-Pacific, China and Hong Kong, Office moves, Weil Gotshal and Manges
03 Jun 2008
Full-service office to eventually grow to two partners and four associates.
Tags: Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, UAE, Office moves
Kuwaiti firm signs association agreement with Denton Wilde Sapte and recruits a team from Bryan Cave.
Tags: Banking, Corporate, Middle East, Expansion and strategy, Kuwait, Office moves, Denton Wilde Sapte, The Law Offices of Dr Ahmad Al-Samdan
29 May 2008
Low-key Romanian alliance "a pleasant surprise" for UK firm.
Tags: CEE, Allen and Overy, Expansion and strategy, Romania, Office moves, RTPR
But relationship with Salah Al-Hejailan's firm still unclear.
Tags: Middle East, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Expansion and strategy, Saudi Arabia, Office moves, The Law Firm of Fares Al-Hejailan, The Law Firm of Salah Al-Hejailan
28 May 2008
Strategic expansion into China for Paris-founded firm.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, China and Hong Kong, Office moves, Salans
27 May 2008
Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and Bucharest offices to merge and focus on regional clients.
Tags: CEE, Linklaters, Expansion and strategy, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic, Office moves
15 May 2008
Second UAE office will open this month with Neil Brimson at the helm.
Tags: Middle East, Expansion and strategy, UAE, Office moves, Herbert Smith
14 May 2008
Singapore firm joins growing number of foreign offices opening in Gulf region.
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Expansion and strategy, Singapore, UAE, Office moves, WongPartnership
08 May 2008
Markian Silecky closes shop and joins Salans following "termination" of association with US firm.
Tags: CEE, Expansion and strategy, Ukraine, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Office moves, The Silecky Firm
06 May 2008
US firm opens in Kyiv for the second time after association agreement with local firm expires.
Tags: Project finance, CEE, Expansion and strategy, Ukraine, Squire Sanders and Dempsey, Office moves, The Silecky Firm