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Clydes ramps up expansion plans with Beijing and Australia launches targeted
Clyde & Co has added Beijing, Australia and Mexico to its list of international targets, as the insurance leader ploughs ahead with plans to expand in the US. The firm is currently weighing up office launches in Beijing and Australia in a bid to ta...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Herbert Smith in talks to build global platform with top-tier Australian firm
Herbert Smith has become the latest UK law firm to set its sights on the coveted Australia market, with the firm entering into merger talks with Freehills. The two firms are holding exploratory discussions about a tie-up, with all options under con...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 1 comment
Hot commodities - lucrative mining work fuels interest in Canada's top law firms
"Although most leaders of large Canadian firms publicly play down their interest in cross-border mergers, no-one is ignoring what’s happened this year..." - Canada’s mining companies are highly desirable targets, and so are the country's law firms...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | 
Minter Ellison recruits Mayer Brown corporate partner for London base
Australia's Minter Ellison has added a third partner to its London office with the hire of Mayer Brown corporate specialist Michael Wallin. Wallin, who will join the firm next month (1 November), is Australian-qualified and will work with Minter's ...
26 Oct 2011 | 11:57 |
Norton Rose's second Canada deal wins plaudits, but can it sustain global growth?
Coming barely four months after it formally merged with Canada’s Ogilvy Renault, last week’s announcement that Norton Rose had sealed a second tie-up in the country led some rivals to question why the firm needs 700 lawyers in a nation that was un...
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Norton Rose set to continue global push following latest merger deal
Norton Rose looks set to maintain its global growth drive after adding a second Canadian firm to its international network in a tie-up that has gifted the fast-growing firm its first presence in South America. The merger with Canada’s Macleod Dix...
06 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Norton Rose seals South America entrance with new Canada tie-up
Norton Rose has confirmed that it is to add a second Canadian firm to its international network, with Calgary-based Macleod Dixon to merge with the firm on 1 January 2012. The move, news of which first emerged in the Canadian press yesterday (3 Oct...
04 Oct 2011 | 10:07 |
Asia growth and partner shake-up on agenda as Ashurst seals Blakes deal
Ashurst will move to ramp up its lawyer headcount in Asia and shake up its partner remuneration over the next three years in the wake of its ambitious tie-up with leading Australian firm Blake Dawson. The City law firm, which agreed the union with ...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Finally, a decisive step: Ashurst’s long journey to a globally transformative merger
After more than a decade overshadowed by strategic angst and a string of aborted merger attempts, Ashurst has finally travelled halfway around the globe to secure what it hopes will be a transformative deal. The firm’s tie-up with Australian lead...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
The new equation - Ashurst does the math on a fast-changing world
What is the world coming to when Ashurst – of all firms – pulls off a deal that is both globally transformative (for it) and hugely illustrative of the current shifts in the international market? True, you wouldn’t necessarily know the deal carr...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Blake Dawson hires for Asia employment launch ahead of potential Ashurst tie-up
Blake Dawson is set to launch an Asian employment practice with a partner hire from Australian rival Freehills. Employment partner George Cooper will join Blake Dawson's Singapore office from mid-October, and will head up the new employment practic...
22 Sep 2011 | 14:15 |
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Independent law firm network Lex Mundi names Clayton Utz partner as new chair
Clayton Utz partner Simon Truskett has been elected chair of independent law firm network Lex Mundi. Truskett, a senior partner in the Australian firm's corporate and M&A group, was elected to the role by the international network's board of direct...
21 Sep 2011 | 13:59 |
The rush down under – how Australia belatedly met global law
When Squire Sanders & Dempsey became the latest international law firm to enter the Australian legal market last month, the move had as much to do with Asia as it did Perth’s booming energy and resources sector. Given the strong trade flows between ...
14 Sep 2011 | 16:25 |
Norton Rose boosts Australia corporate and banking teams with double partner hire
Norton Rose has made a duo of lateral hires in Australia with the addition of a corporate and a banking partner. Gilbert & Tobin partner Martyn Taylor is joining Norton Rose Australia's corporate group in Sydney, while Corrs Chambers Westgarth bank...
14 Sep 2011 | 12:21 |
Slaughters adds third New Zealand firm to secondment network
Slaughter and May has agreed a new secondment arrangement with New Zealand firm Chapman Tripp. The pair have been in discussions over the last few months and have decided to enter into a non-exclusive programme that will see junior lawyers from eac...
09 Aug 2011 | 13:26 |
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