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Bird & Bird relaunches trade and customs practice with Steptoe hire
Bird & Bird is relaunching its dedicated trade and customs practice with the hire of a partner from Steptoe & Johnson in London. The firm brought in Iain MacVay earlier this week (4 July), with the hire making MacVay the sole partner dedicated to t...
07 Jul 2011 | 00:00 | 
Five firms win first-time spots on new Santander UK legal panel
Bird & Bird, Wragge & Co and Taylor Wessing are among five firms to have been added to Santander’s own-account panel in the UK following a three-month competitive tender process. Santander turned to online procurement company Aquanima to handle t...
07 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Bird & Bird revenue growth continues with 6% rise for 2010-11
Bird & Bird has increased revenues once more in another year of growth for the expansive firm. The top 15 City firm increased total revenues by 6.3% to £214.6m over the 2010-11 financial year, while profits per equity partner (PEP) edged up margin...
06 Jul 2011 | 12:53 |
Berrymans and Shoosmiths head up female-friendly partnership rankings
Bird & Bird has emerged as the UK top 20 law firm with the largest percentage of female partners, with Hogan Lovells topping the rankings within the top 10. Legal Week research into female representation at partner level across the 50 largest UK la...
23 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
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Bird & Bird brings in tax partner from LG
Bird & Bird is set to target standalone UK tax advisory work after sealing the hire of a second City tax specialist. The law firm has recruited LG partner Julian Hickey to practise alongside UK tax head Mathew Oliver – currently the firm’s only...
09 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Bird & Bird lands first-time Hewlett-Packard Euro panel role
Bird & Bird has been handed a first-time appointment to Hewlett-Packard’s (HP’s) EMEA panel, following a review of the technology giant’s roster of legal advisers. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have also been appointed, ...
12 May 2011 | 00:00 |
Bird & Bird's construction and engineering co-head exits firm
Bird & Bird has lost a construction and engineering partner in London with Colin Hall set to join Winckworth Sherwood next week (1 May). Hall, joint head of construction and engineering at Bird & Bird, was one of the partners that joined the UK top...
27 Apr 2011 | 11:47 |
Bird & Bird to launch new base in Hamburg with hire of local team
Bird & Bird is set to launch a six-lawyer office in Hamburg next month. The office, which will open on 1 May, will be the firm's fourth in Germany and its first new base in Europe since September 2008, when the firm launched in four Central and Eas...
19 Apr 2011 | 11:05 |
Bird & Bird promotions round sees just two additions to partnership
Bird & Bird has made up just two partners in a significantly diminished partner promotions round for the firm. Both of the new partners are based in the firm's City HQ and are both female. Sophie Eyre, a member of the international dispute resoluti...
15 Apr 2011 | 11:42 |
Leading City firms review student support ahead of tuition fee hikes
Seven of the UK's 20 largest law firms by revenue are planning to review the financial assistance they offer to future trainees in the wake of planned hikes in university tuition fees. Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Herbert Smith, Hogan Lovells, Ever...
31 Mar 2011 | 00:54 |
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Bird & Bird receives £400k from Sir Stelios after unpaid fees claim
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has paid Bird & Bird almost £400,000 to settle a claim brought against him by the firm over unpaid legal fees. Bird & Bird sued Sir Stelios in November last year for around £389,000 of unpaid legal fees run up easyGroup I...
11 Mar 2011 | 11:47 |
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Bird & Bird bolsters energy group with two partner hires from SNR Denton
Bird & Bird has strengthened its energy practice with a double partner hire from SNR Denton in the UK. The top 20 UK law firm has hired SNR Denton’s joint London heads of climate change, renewables and cleantech, Matt Bonass and Michael Rudd, to ...
10 Mar 2011 | 09:53 |
Bird & Bird signs up Orrick partner for Paris corporate team
Bird & Bird has bolstered its corporate team in Paris with a double hire from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's France arm. Partner Arnaud Larrousse and associate Arnaud Fayolle - who has joined Bird & Bird as senior European counsel - have worked to...
04 Mar 2011 | 12:42 |
Olswang opens in Paris with partner hires from Dechert and local firm
Olswang is launching an office in Paris with the hire of Dechert's local banking and finance head, as well as bulking up in Madrid with a double partner hire from Bird & Bird. The firm is set to launch in Paris in the coming weeks after hiring Step...
02 Feb 2011 | 15:19 |
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