Sofia Lind

April 16, 2008 | National Law Journal

Salans has hired a senior in-house lawyer as a partner in Russia, with Xavier Poulet-Mathis joining the firm's real estate practice in Moscow. Poulet-Mathis moves after a spell as head of legal affairs at Bouyguesstroi, the Russian subsidiary of French construction giant Bouygues Batiment International. Poulet-Mathis had led the legal affairs division at Bouyguesstroi since 2004. The hire brings the number of partners in Salans' Russian real estate team to five.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

April 01, 2011 | Law.com

Some British law firms may have to renegotiate their outsourcing arrangements as the Solicitors Regulation Authority moves to regulate outsourcing for the first time, asserting it should be given access to firms' outsourcing contracts and files as well as potentially to outsourcers' premises.

By Sofia Lind

3 minute read

April 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

DLA Piper is restructuring its Middle East practice amid claims that the firm has been in talks with a major client to resolve payment issues in the region.

By Sofia Lind And Claire Ruckin

2 minute read

August 19, 2009 | Law.com

Allen & Overy is strengthening its relationship with India's Trilegal. Capital markets partner Srinivas Parthasarathy is to leave the Magic Circle firm's Singapore office to take a new position as a partner in Trilegal's Mumbai office at the start of October. In addition to his responsibility for developing Trilegal's capital markets team, he will also play a role in increasing cooperation between the two firms on banking, private equity and capital markets work.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

August 10, 2011 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna is set to spin off its entire 15-lawyer immigration practice to corporate immigration specialist firm Fragomen. The team includes CMS' highly rated immigration head Caron Pope. As of the Oct. 1 move, CMS will use Fragomen as its preferred U.K. provider for all immigration legal advice and related services.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

October 08, 2009 | Law.com

Ashurst has added a partner to its Abu Dhabi office with the relocation of London corporate specialist Nick Williamson. Williamson joined the top 10 U.K. firm's Middle East practice last month, becoming the third partner in Abu Dhabi alongside projects partner and office head David Wadham and real estate partner Matthew Hooton. Williamson specializes in M&A and corporate finance, with a particular focus on equity capital markets.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

January 27, 2011 | Law.com

CMS Cameron McKenna is to either lay off or relocate almost one-third of its support staff as a result of its outsourcing agreement with Integreon. Nine percent will be laid off, while a further 21 percent will be relocated primarily from London to Integreon's offices in either Bristol or India.

By Sofia Lind

4 minute read

July 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read

April 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Sofia Lind

1 minute read

January 11, 2010 | Law.com

Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has parted ways with German corporate partner Wolfgang Grobecker, just a week after announcing his arrival in the U.S. firm's Munich office. News of Grobecker's exit comes after his previous firm, Hengeler Mueller, confirmed that Grobecker was asked to leave the leading German firm late last year because of alleged personal misconduct.

By Sofia Lind

2 minute read