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.
Last week’s The Lawyer Podcast was a good’un, eh? Lofty metaphors about the flapping wings of a butterfly, searing insights contrasting London with New York, and explosive statistics about how seriously the European firms are taking London. Give it a listen, and you’ll hear how European law firms are sensing a moment to pounce on opportunity […]
Bird & Bird CEO Christian Bartsch has set out the firm’s new five-year strategy, with the financial goal of hitting the €1bn revenue milestone by the end of the 2029/30 financial year. The firm’s most recent financial results saw it post €573m, meaning that Bird & Bird will need to grow its topline by 74.5 […]
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has been hit by a second mass defection in Italy this week, seeing a 15-lawyer team leave to join BonelliErede just days after another group moved to Hogan Lovells. The BonelliErede joiners will strengthen the firm’s risk, compliance and investigations (RCI) group, as well as its IP, privacy and IT team […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, it looks as though the days of just having your bonuses linked to billable hours are almost over in Europe as firms increasingly seem to be moving away from that sole […]
Hogan Lovells’ office relocation could be delayed by up to 12 months following the discovery of priceless Roman relics in the foundation of its future London home. An archaeological dig carried out by Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) underneath the development of 21 Holborn Viaduct uncovered what has been described as “exceptionally important” Roman artifacts. […]
BonelliErede has enacted a trio of radical overhauls affecting partner remuneration, associate progression into the partnership and how partners should approach their retirements in one of the most significant policy shifts in its history. The new measures decided by BonelliErede’s new-look management committee represent an early marker of how they will look to reform the […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, we tell you why New York is out and London is in, at least to the European elite; what the future holds for Ireland’s IP scene; and why Poland’s legal market […]
Not a lot of great news about the UK economy nowadays, is there? It’s all recession this, interest rates that. Everyone’s having a hard time of it and it’s no surprise that legal leaders have been hedging their UK businesses against turgid growth, while simultaneously exploiting gains being made in other parts of the world. […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this week’s edition, we tell you why you should be so terrified of the Big Four’s deep pockets; how Loyens & Loeff revitalised its London office and now stands stronger than ever; and what […]
It’s a regional special this week, with insight into three firms in the North West.
CMS is keen to maintain its momentum in Scandinavia by expanding into Denmark after its mergers with firms in Norway and Sweden over the last two years, The Lawyer understands. Sources in the Danish market say that partners from CMS have been making themselves clear that Denmark is now firmly on the agenda and that […]
Spanish Euro 100 firm Pérez-Llorca has handed new managerial roles to two partners, giving each a remit over the firm’s domestic and international growth respectively. The new responsibilities have been given to Madrid-based corporate/M&A partners Julio Lujambio and Iván Delgado who have been named executive partner and international executive partner, respectively. Pérez-Llorca said that Lujambio […]