Dentons has hired the former head of EU competition law at Scottish firm Brodies, Mark Clough QC, to its Brussels office as senior counsel. Clough headed Brodies’ competition team from 2011 until May this year (21 January 2011). Before joining Brodies he was a partner at Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst, having joined the latter firm […]
Claimant litigation firm Hausfeld has hired Michelin Group Europe general counsel Laurent Geelhand to launch a Brussels office. Geelhand joins Hausfeld after 16 years at Michelin. While at the company he focused heavily on antitrust work, turning the firm’s European legal department into a profit centre by systematically pursuing actions against suppliers and recovering close to […]
As Fiat, Apple and Starbucks earn the Duchy a rap on the knuckles for its tax rules, will the government’s efforts to diversify the economy take firmer root? Over the years Luxembourg has attracted thousands of fund structures, companies and other financial institutions to its well-kept streets. Its regulatory structures and low tax rates have […]
Speechly Bircham has made its first foray into overseas markets, opening offices in the financial services centres of Zurich and Luxembourg. The moves, which were announced last week (TheLawyer.com, 1 June), mark a new stage in Speechly’s development following its 2009 merger with West End firm Campbell Hooper. That tie-up propelled Speechly into the UK top 50, boosting a number of practice areas, including […]
It’s all talk and no action as far as Belgium’s vacant government is concerned, but as Joanne Harris finds, the legal market is soldiering on As you are reading this, it has been almost 250 days since Belgium last had a government. The prime minister, Yves Leterme, resigned in late April 2010 after the liberal […]
Hogan Lovells’ staff in Brussels will be brought under one roof later this year in what will be a test case for the firm’s ongoing integration strategy. The Brussels team is currently spread across the former Lovells headquarters at Avenue Louise and the legacy Hogan & Hartson office at Rue de l’Industrie. All 51 staff, […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has built up its Brussels IP practice with the hire of former Allen & Overy (A&O) of counsel Thierry van Innis.
US-style class actions have been avoided… for the time being, says Kit Chellel
It has been a diplomatic incident waiting to happen for decades. Germany’s efforts to claw back tax from citizens who hold bank accounts in Luxembourg has been an ongoing bone of contention, but recessions have a habit of strengthening people’s resolve, and political pressure from the G20 countries appears to have driven the first wedge […]
Speechly Bircham is to launch its first international offices, opening in Luxembourg and Zurich at the end of a year that saw turnover grow by 2 per cent. The firm’s foray overseas has seen it hire a two-partner team of local lawyers to launch in the Grand Duchy. Banking partner Françoise Pfeiffer, who was formerly […]
Stibbe has filled in a gap in its Luxembourg office with the hire of tax partner Ayzo van Eysinga from Loyens & Loeff. The Herbert Smith alliance firm opened in Luxembourg six months ago. Van Eysinga is the third partner in the office, joining corporate specialist Dirk Leermakers and investment management partner Gérald Origer. All […]
US firm Crowell & Moring has hired the founder of Sidley Austin’s Brussels office, Laurent Ruessmann. Ruessmann, who helped set up Sidley’s Brussels base in 2003, will head Crowell’s European trade practice. His focuses on trade, customs and trade-related regulatory matters. “Laurent is a star for clients seeking international trade and regulatory counsel, and we’re […]