Swedish firm Magnusson is set to open an office in Finland with six new partners, as the firm moves closer to its goal of total regional coverage. Magnusson will open its new Helsinki base on 1 March. The office will initially house 13 lawyers, including six partners, but could grow to between 20 and 25 […]
Finnish firm Hannes Snellman has boosted its recently established Copenhagen office by hiring two partners from local rivals. Peter Lyck, a corporate partner at Bech-Bruun, and Mikkel Fritsch, a junior partner and head of banking and finance at former DLA Piper arm Horton, both join Hannes Snellman’s Denmark base, which opened in September 2010. Lyck […]
Eversheds’ Copenhagen office has been hit by further senior partner departures after the hire of Sam Jalaei by Danish firm Lett. Jalaei will join Lett in January with two associates and one member of support staff, rejoining the firm less than three years after jumping ship for Eversheds in May 2008. He leaves Eversheds just […]
Eversheds has appointed two partners in Copenhagen to replace former senior partner Troels Askerud. Eversheds has appointed two partners in Copenhagen to replace former senior partner Troels Askerud. Partners Sam Jalaei and Nikolaj Juhl Hansen will share the role of senior office partner after Askerud announced earlier this month that he was leaving the firm […]
Eversheds’ Copenhagen managing partner Troels Askerud has announced that he will quit the firm. The details of Askerud’s departure, including his next move, have not been announced but according to legal website RollonFriday three more partners are considering leaving the firm’s Denmark office. Askerud helped found the Copenhagen office and also led the corporate practice […]
Finnish firm Hannes Snellman has launched an office in Copenhagen, widening its coverage of the Nordic market. The Danish office will focus on transactions and conflict management, with plans to grow in M&A, capital markets, and banking and finance. Philip Risbjørn, head of M&A at Danish firm Bech-Bruun, will lead the office and will be […]
Danish firm Danders & More has merged with Copenhagen transaction boutique NSR Advokatfirma. M&A firm NSR Advokatfirma will operate under the Danders & More name and relocate to its premises on 1 October, in a move that is hoped will strengthen Danders & More’s position in both local and international markets. NSR’s entire nine-lawyer team […]
Swedish firm Vinge has closed its London office after deciding not to renew the lease on its New Bond Street office after it expired on 19 October.
DLA Piper loses Bergen office to local firm” />DLA Piper has lost one of its Norwegian offices following the departure of its Bergen lawyers to a local firm. The 30-lawyer branch split from the firm “in recognition of the difference between the Bergen and Oslo practices”, according to a statement from DLA Piper, and will […]
The countries of Scandinavia have been affected to different degrees by the unfolding economic crisis, but all their lawyers are busier than ever. The first report looks at Sweden, the financial centre of the Nordic market, whose government-led sell-off of state-owned entities looks set to dry up in the global liquidity drought. The second report […]
Bird & Bird has boosted its Nordic IP team with the hire of four lawyers across Sweden and Finland. The firm raided Swedish IP boutique Gozzo for name partner Giovanni Gozzo, as well as senior lawyers Ragnar Lundgren and Orjan Grunden, taking all but three of the firm’s lawyers. Meanwhile in Finland, Bird & Bird […]
The Scandinavian market shows no sign of slowing despite concerns over global economic prospects.