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The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide
Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was ...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Bird & Bird enters Denmark through alliance with local boutique
Bird & Bird has entered Denmark through a formal alliance with a local firm in a bid to expand its offering in the north European IT and media sectors.The strategic cooperation agreement with Danish boutique Bender von Haller Dragsted (BvHD) adds to t...
26 Jan 2012 | 11:44
Bird & Bird adds two partners in London with Olswang and DLA hires
Bird & Bird has made a pair of lateral partner hires for its City base, including Olswang's former head of commercial litigation, Steven Baker. The top 15 UK firm has also hired a partner for its real estate practice, with Ed Cooke joining from DLA...
18 Jan 2012 | 10:50 | 
Bird & Bird grows fee-earner headcount by 3% as European offices expand
Bird & Bird was one of few firms to grow headcount in 2010-11 while also increasing turnover, its annual limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filing has highlighted. The document, published on Companies House, shows that the top 15 City firm i...
21 Dec 2011 | 10:53 |
Stephenson Harwood adds two partners in Asia with Bird & Bird and Bakers hires
Stephenson Harwood has made a double corporate partner hire in Greater China, including a partner from UK rival Bird & Bird. Bird & Bird corporate partner Matthew Wong has joined the top 30 City firm in Hong Kong, while Baker & McKenzie special counse...
08 Dec 2011 | 12:23 |
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Bird & Bird boosts City energy with hire of former Dundas practice chief
Bird & Bird has bulked up its City energy team with the hire of former Dundas & Wilson infrastructure co-head Andrew Renton. Renton joined Bird & Bird's international energy and utilities group this month after his departure from Dundas' London off...
07 Dec 2011 | 11:39 |
Bird & Bird becomes latest UK firm to target Morocco with alliance deal
Bird & Bird has become the latest firm to enter the Morocco market after sealing an alliance with Casablanca's El Amari & Associates. El Amari's founding and managing partner, Mohieddine El Amari, has an existing relationship with Bird & Bird, havi...
07 Oct 2011 | 10:37 |
US firm Edwards Wildman's City base hires third 2Birds partner this year
Edwards Wildman Palmer has made its third London partner hire from Bird & Bird this year, as the US firm completes a rebrand in the wake of its merger with Chicago's Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon. The firm, formerly known as Edwards Angell Palmer &...
07 Oct 2011 | 09:11 |
Linklaters and Bird & Bird lead on Investec deal in Takeover Code first
Linklaters and Bird & Bird have taken lead roles on Investec's £233m acquisition of UK stockbroker and fund manager Evolution Group. The South African financial services group was advised by Linklaters on the deal, which was agreed last week after...
05 Oct 2011 | 11:10 |
Bird & Bird Paris partner duo exit to join Salans
Two senior Bird & Bird partners have left the firm's Paris office to join Salans in the French capital. Intellectual property (IP) partner Isabelle Leroux and tax partner Anne Quenedey joined Salans on 1 September, bringing with them three associat...
15 Sep 2011 | 15:03 |
Hogan Lovells media team joins Bird & Bird's new Hamburg base
Bird & Bird has more than doubled the size of its new Hamburg office with the hire of an 11-lawyer media and telecoms team from Hogan Lovells. The team is led by media and competition partner Stefan Engels, who co-heads Hogan Lovells' international...
30 Aug 2011 | 18:16 |
Bird & Bird takes lead role as holiday company goes into administration
Bird & Bird has been handed a lead role on the administration of tour operator Holidays 4 UK. The Brighton-based travel company, which has more than 12,000 customers currently abroad, went into administration today (3 August), with PricewaterhouseC...
03 Aug 2011 | 16:10 |
Bird & Bird to target international expansion and key clients in three-year plan
Bird & Bird has put international expansion and client relationships at the centre of its three-year strategic plan. The firm is earmarking Asia and the Middle East as targets for growth, with team expansion and office launches forming key parts of...
28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Edwards Angell adds partner in London with Bird & Bird hire
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge has added a partner to its London intellectual property (IP) department with the hire of Richard Graham from Bird & Bird. Graham, who joined the US firm's information technology and outsourcing function within its IP p...
25 Jul 2011 | 14:49 |
Bird & Bird, Clydes and Freshfields emerge as star performers over five-year run
Bird & Bird, Clyde & Co, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and DLA Piper have emerged among the best-performing firms in the top 25 over the last five years, but Legal Week research confirms that many smaller firms have outpaced their larger rivals in gr...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
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