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BLP, Olswang and DLA among firms eyeing tie-ups with Singapore outfits
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), King & Spalding, Olswang, DLA Piper and K&L Gates are among a group of international law firms eyeing tie-ups with local firms in Singapore after missing out on licences to launch their own local practices earlier this y...
24 May 2013 | 00:00
Taylor Wessing, Olswang lead on £1bn London 2012 media centre development
Taylor Wessing, Olswang and Eversheds have taken roles on a deal which will see the 2012 London Olympics press and broadcast centres developed into a new digital quarter in the capital. The project will see iCITY – a joint venture between data ce...
24 May 2013 | 00:00
Olswang and Farrer & Co confirm redundancy figures
Olswang and Farrer & Co have both confirmed the results of redundancy consultations which began earlier this year, with the pair managing to save some jobs. Farrer & Co has made nine people redundant after kicking off a redundancy consultation in Janu...
16 May 2013 | 10:51 | 
Law Student Report 2013 - the long and dwindling road
2013 has been another year of change in the law student body. The number of law students wanting to become solicitors has fallen again for the third year in a row. Now just 60% of law students want to pursue a career as a solicitor, compared to 80% in...
10 May 2013 | 00:00 |
The Transfer Window: recent moves including Latham, CC and A&O
Latham & Watkins has turned to Norton Rose for its latest London partner hire, recruiting banking partner Dean Naumowicz for its City finance team. Naumowicz, who joined Norton Rose as a partner in 2006 from Barclays Capital, focuses on derivatives...
06 May 2013 | 00:00 |
Olswang names executive committee in top-level shake-up
Olswang has shaken up its governance structure to include a second management body to oversee the firm's operations. The new eight-person executive committee, which will come into effect from 1 May, will handle firm strategy, sitting alongside an e...
22 Apr 2013 | 13:46 |
Olswang reappoints Stewart as CEO for second three-year term
Olswang has re-elected chief executive officer David Stewart for a second three-year term at the helm of the firm. Stewart, whose second term will begin on 1 May, will continue to oversee Olswang's executive committee, which drives the firm's strat...
08 Apr 2013 | 10:14 |
Top firms relocate more senior lawyers to Asia as East's rise continues
UK and global law firms are increasingly relocating senior partners and practice group heads to the Asia-Pacific region as they continue to pin their hopes on the market, despite the recent downturn in activity in areas such as capital markets. A ...
28 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Reed Smith, Ashurst and Olswang advise on BBC's Lonely Planet sale
Reed Smith, Ashurst and Olswang are among a number of firms to have taken roles on BBC Worldwide's £51.5m sale of travel publisher Lonely Planet. US media company NC2 Media will acquire the Melbourne-headquartered company at the end of the financi...
25 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Down payment – should firms face up to reality and cut NQ pay?
A report this week by City recruitment company Edwards Gibson arguing that law firms need to reassess pay for junior lawyers is particularly timely, given our cover story today. The recruiter's claim that top law firms should consider substantiall...
22 Mar 2013 | 00:00 |
Olswang makes three partner promotions in London and Berlin
Olswang has promoted three lawyers to its partnership, including two in London, in the firm's latest partner promotion round. Corporate senior associate Nick Crosbie and technology of counsel Matthew Phillips will both be elevated to partner status...
21 Mar 2013 | 12:06 |
Rules of the game - the lawyers making their mark in the sports sector
For decades, sport has continued to confound the laws of economic gravity that seem to so often drag other industries back down to earth. Year after year, broadcasting rights escalate – as do sponsorship deals – and ticket prices jauntily rise ...
08 Feb 2013 | 16:31 |
SJB and Olswang among top firms on Warner's £487m Parlophone purchase
Olswang, SJ Berwin and Jones Day are among the firms landing key roles in the high-profile acquisition of record label Parlophone by Warner Music. The all-cash transaction, valued at £487m, was signed yesterday (7 January). Parlophone, home to t...
08 Feb 2013 | 10:20 |
In depth: Sports law
Sport is now big business from law firms. Legal Week delves into this lucrative industry, with features on buying TV rights and tackling match fixing
08 Feb 2013 | 00:00 |
Growing list of top UK law firms move to cut staff in 2013
With three major law firms announcing sizeable job cuts before the end of January, 2013 already looks near certain to be marked by a fresh run of legal redundancies as the UK economy flirts with a triple-dip recession. As Legal Week went to press, ...
01 Feb 2013 | 00:00 |
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