Bird & Bird, often known as ‘TwoBirds’, is predominantly known for its large and impressive intellectual property practice – so large, in fact, that for many years the department had a whole office to itself on Fetter Lane, while the rest of the firm was housed in various offices over the road. This situation did not help the image of the IP lawyers being detached from the rest of the firm in their ivory tower. After years of waiting, all
Bird & Bird, often known as ‘TwoBirds’, is predominantly known for its large and impressive intellectual property practice – so large, in fact, that for many years the department had a whole office to itself on Fetter Lane, while the rest of the firm was housed in various offices over the road. This situation did not help the image of the IP lawyers being detached from the rest of the firm in their ivory tower. After years of waiting, all TwoBirds lawyers finally moved in together in one purpose-built office at the end of 2016.
From 1996 to 2022 the firm was led by CEO David Kerr. In that time, the firm was transformed, largely through international expansion. Between 2000 and 2005 the firm opened in Paris, Stockholm, The Hague, Madrid, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Rome, Milan and Beijing. In the following five years came Lyon, Bratislava, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Helskini and, Shanghai. The firm entered the US in 2017 with a San Francisco launch.
| CEO | Chair | |
| 1996 | David Kerr | |
| 2001 | Hamish Sandison | |
| 2007 | Michael Frie | |
| 2016 | Massimiliano Mostardini | |
| 2020 | Graeme Maguire | |
| 2022 | Christian Bartsch |
