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.
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, BonelliErede and Chiomenti battle it out in pursuit of PE dominance; White & Case provides a blueprint for growth in Sweden; and Wolf Theiss’ new Brussels office highlights the firm’s growing ambitions. […]
The gap in revenue generation between firms in the UK and Germany has widened drastically in the last five years, illustrating the enduring strength of the UK legal market compared to its European competitors. According to data comparing the domestic revenue of The Lawyer’s top 100 firms with a similar ranking published by German publication […]
Ropes & Gray has made its first hires for its nascent Paris office, hiring a private capital-focused team from Clifford Chance. Fabrice Cohen, Emmanuel Mimin and Thierry Arachtingi are set to make the move over to the US firm when it finally opens its doors in the French capital. Rumours of Ropes opening a Paris […]
Katten’s growth plans in London have prompted three of the largest Nordic firms to find a new shared office after the US firm reclaimed the space it was sub-letting to them. The Lawyer understands that Katten was sub-letting space on a long-term basis to Norway’s Thommessen, Denmark’s Kromann Reumert, Finland’s Borenius and Icelandic firm Logos […]
Mayer Brown’s salary hike in Germany now matches magic circle firms, with bonuses for first-year lawyers introduced for the first time too. On 1 January, Mayer Brown’s starting salary in Germany will be brought to a maximum of €155,000, with first-year lawyers also now viable to receive bonuses. That privilege had previously been available to […]
Equity partners at Dentons in Europe have chosen the next regional CEO with the firm’s former Dutch managing partner stepping into the role. Amsterdam-based Wendela Raas will replace Tomasz Dąbrowski on 1 November for the first term in the role. The election was understood to have been contested between Raas and three other equity partners […]
Thoughts and prayers for Danish firm Horten, which is contending with a reputational blow that has created unnerving times for partners. Insolvency partner Nicolai Dyhr, understood to be among the firm’s biggest billers, was sacked in June after being named in a Danish TV documentary investigating white-collar crime. Dhyr vehemently denies the allegations. Nevertheless, 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, Horten’s having a real year to forget as news emerges of its managing partner and co-chair leaving to join one of Denmark’s largest firms; Germany’s GSK Stockmann opens up about some early […]
Two of Linklaters’ Continental European offices are to be boosted with new partner arrivals from Freshfields and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. Both hires join the magic circle firm’s financial regulatory practice. Marc Perrone has joined the firm in Paris from Freshfields, while Mariken van Loopik makes the move over from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in […]
A former Addleshaw Goddard associate has been anointed as Patrick Stewart’s successor to the top legal job at Manchester United. Martin Mosley joined the Premier League club 17 years ago as a legal manager and is understood to have made the step up to general counsel last month. Mosley has worked in a range of […]
Roschier partners have elected Stockholm-based Johan Sidklev as the firm’s new managing partner. Sidklev will replace Helsinki-located incumbent Mikko Manner on 1 December, though tasks are now being handed over from the outgoing leader to the incoming one. Sidklev won the election unopposed, though The Lawyer understands there was a period of informally sounding out […]
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 take a look at the Warsaw firm doing succession right; why Norway’s Thommessen is managing lockstep carefully; and a big change takes place in the London office of an Iberian firm. […]