Alex is The Lawyer’s international editor. He joined in 2017 as a reporter covering litigation and the Bar, leaving in 2019 and returning in 2021.
Cliff, Masters, both of you over here. We don’t want any more of this, right? You’re on your last warnings. Any more of this and you’ll both be going into the book, is that understood? This is how we imagine the referee would berate Manchester City general counsel Simon Cliff and Premier League CEO Richard […]
City Football Group’s general counsel has written directly to the 19 other Premier League clubs, alleging that the League has misled them following a judgment handed down yesterday. Simon Cliff’s letter, first reported by The Times, details the club’s objections to the Premier League’s statement following yesterday’s Associated Party Transactions (APT) judgment. In it, he […]
Do you have an idea in your mind for your firm’s perfect headcount size? The more lawyers you have under your roof, the more revenue you can generate. On the flip side, you’re also paying more salaries and the associated costs. That balancing act is never going away. Spain’s Uría Menéndez, however, can tell you […]
DLA Piper’s global co-CEO elect Charles Severs is set to begin his term two months earlier than planned. The new date will see Severs begin his term in November, replacing the outgoing Simon Levine who has been in the firm’s top job for a decade. Corporate partner Severs joined DLA in 2003, having spent the […]
Geradin Partners has kept up its blistering expansion push by opening its third office this year in Helsinki. The firm has hired two partners from Roschier – Mikko Alkio and Christian Wik. They join Geradin today, marking the office’s launch in the Finnish capital. A further four colleagues will join of various seniorities, with more expected […]
Media and reputation firm Schillings has opened its first European office outside of the UK by launching in Dublin. The office will offer advice in crisis management, risk mitigation and “opportunity harnessing” with further service lines in “intelligence, law, communications, diplomacy and security to handle high stakes situations”. Schillings CEO David Imison said of the […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has ditched its German brand heritage as it attempts to transform its image into one that better positions it as a member of the global elite. The firm has reached the end of a rebranding exercise when it mulled whether to drop Bruckhaus and Deringer from its name, nearly 25 years since it […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, we explain why hearing the names of a select group of elite firms is piquing our interest; and what can be taken away from Hogan Lovells’ Warsaw retreat. US firms are dictating […]
Eversheds Sutherland has anointed its next co-CEOs for the international and US sides of the business, as Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman prepare to step down. Eversheds Sutherland partners have decided that managing partner Keith Froud will take the reins from Ranson, while Austin-based global energy co-head Lino Mendiola will replace Wasserman in the US. […]
Latham & Watkins has lost another member of its Continental European transactional team, with a leveraged finance partner joining A&O Shearman in Paris. Michel Houdayer has made the move to A&O Shearman today (16 September). He was a Latham lifer, having joined the firm in 2002 and spent almost a decade in the partnership having […]
The Lawyer’s European Awards is back this year to crown the crème de la crème of the European legal market. We received a huge number of entries from firms across the Continent, seeking to pick up some of the most prestigious prizes in the profession. The event will be held in-person at the JW Marriott […]
Dentons has moved swiftly to name its successor as European litigation head, after its former group leader spearheaded an eight-lawyer defection to Italian firm Chiomenti. Rome-based Roberto Fabio Lipari will take the reins to lead the firm’s disputes team across Continental Europe and Central Asia. Lipari joined Dentons five years ago as a partner, having […]