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DLA-owned holding company LawVest gears up for ABS launch
LawVest, the holding company part-owned by DLA Piper, is gearing up for a formal launch of its legal services operation later this month. The much-touted company, which was initially set up in May last year to take advantage of opportunities presen...
10 Feb 2012 | 00:00
DLA Piper posts 15% global revenue hike to reach new $2bn-plus high
DLA Piper saw global revenues soar past the $2bn mark in 2011 to set a new firm record, reports The Am Law Daily. The firm's total revenue jumped 14.6% to an all-time high of roughly $2.25bn (£1.42bn) during the year, while average profits per par...
09 Feb 2012 | 00:00 | 1 comment
DLA LLP filings show turnover increase and £1.7m pay for top earner
DLA Piper’s International limited liability partnership (LLP), which covers all operations outside North and South America, reported revenues of £619.9m during the financial year ending 30 April 2011.
03 Feb 2012 | 15:31
The Transfer Window: a round-up of recent moves including SJB, Eversheds and BLP
SJ Berwin has added another energy partner to its London headquarters with the hire of Stuart Jordan from Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM). Jordan, who has been at GTM since late 2010 when he joined from DLA Piper, is an engineering and construction s...
31 Jan 2012 | 10:19
DLA signs up DWF Liverpool corporate chief
DLA Piper has expanded its northwest corporate team with the appointment of Gareth McIntegart, the former head of corporate in DWF's Liverpool office. McIntegart, a former in-house lawyer at BAE Systems, will join DLA's Liverpool base on 31 January...
25 Jan 2012 | 14:51
A&O, Hogan Lovells and DLA score roles on Peacocks collapse
Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and DLA Piper have all picked up roles in relation to the latest problems on the high street - acting on the administration of Peacocks and associated sale of Bonmarche. A&O is advising collapsed fashion chain Pea...
25 Jan 2012 | 11:03
DLA names new US management as Knowles takes new term at top
DLA Piper has set out its new US leadership team, with the appointments coming as joint chief executive and managing partner Nigel Knowles takes up another term at the helm of the firm. Knowles took up his latest leadership term at DLA on 1 January...
19 Jan 2012 | 11:14
Freshfields, DLA and Travers head up PE buyout of legal outsourcer CPA
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper and Travers Smith have won lead roles on the sale of legal process outsourcer CPA Global to private equity firm Cinven, reports the Am Law Daily. London-based mezzanine lender Intermediate Capital Group (IC...
19 Jan 2012 | 10:49
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 | 
DLA Piper seals hire of Orrick's former London chief Bartlam
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's former London head Martin Bartlam is set to join DLA Piper after tendering his resignation earlier this week. Finance partner Bartlam, who is joining DLA's structured finance team, headed up Orrick's London office be...
17 Jan 2012 | 12:07
DLA and Dechert settle dispute over move of senior litigation partner
DLA Piper and Dechert have settled their long-running dispute over the latter's hire of former DLA litigation co-head Neil Gerrard. A source close to the situation told The Am Law Daily that the parties settled both a UK arbitration and a US litiga...
13 Jan 2012 | 09:00
DLA seals hire of five-partner Hogan Lovells Washington DC energy team
Hogan Lovells is set to lose five highly-regarded energy partners in its Washington DC office to DLA Piper, including global energy co-chief Kevin Lipson. The five-partner team, which focuses on the natural gas sector, has been hired with a remit t...
06 Jan 2012 | 10:34 |
Trio advise on £570m deal to extend Nottingham's tram system
Hogan Lovells, CMS Cameron McKenna and DLA Piper have taken lead roles on a £570m extension to Nottingham's tram network, which was given final approval this week (15 December). Hogan Lovells advised the bank consortium providing senior debt funding ...
21 Dec 2011 | 10:35 |
Education and Training Initiative of the Year: DLA Piper
DLA Piper secured the Education and Training Initiative of the Year Award for the imaginative training programme that was implemented to support the roll out of a new budgeting tool. Following its introduction, usage of the tool increase eightfold in ...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Olswang brings in DLA partner for Singapore office launch
Olswang has hired a partner from DLA Piper for its Singapore arm as the firm gears up for its official office launch in the New Year. Jonathan Choo joined the top 40 firm as a partner and local head of dispute from DLA Piper, where he was of counse...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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