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FFW hires for Brussels pensions capability

Field Fisher Waterhouse has boosted its Brussels arm with the hire of a pensions team from Loyens & Loeff.
1 minute read

International Edition

Bonelli delays more to back key remuneration shake-up

Slaughter and May best friend Bonelli Erede Pappalardo has sidelined plans to address succession issues facing the firm after it failed to reach a consensus to overhaul its payment structure at a recent partnership meeting.
2 minute read

International Edition

Italy: The cult of personality

Italy's lawyers see themselves as individuals, rather than cogs in the corporate wheel. Claire Ruckin analyses the management challenges this presents as Italy's firms go global
12 minute read

International Edition

Italy: The REIT response

After a long wait, Italy's Finance Act has finally come into force, introducing a new vehicle for real estate investments - the listed real estate investment company, the Societa di Investimento Immobiliare Quotate (SIIQ).
5 minute read

International Edition

A&O Amsterdam nabs Stibbe corporate man

Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its Amsterdam corporate capabilities with the hire of Stibbe partner Charles Honee. Honee - who spent 15 years with Stibbe, the Benelux ally of Herbert Smith - focuses on M&A, capital markets and private equity transactions.
1 minute read

International Edition

Watson Farley recruits partner duo for Euro offices

Watson Farley & Williams has strengthened its continental corporate and finance capabilities with partner hires in its Paris and Hamburg arms. The firm has hired Taylor Wessing Paris corporate partner Pascal Roux, who joined earlier this month and will focus on private equity and insolvency work.
1 minute read

International Edition

Ius Laboris taps Seyfarth Shaw for exec director

Ius Laboris, the global network for human resources and employment lawyers, has appointed US employment partner Carolyn Knox as its new executive director. Knox, who is currently a partner at the San Francisco office of US firm Seyfarth Shaw, will relocate to Brussels, where Ius Laboris is headquartered.
1 minute read

International Edition

Kirkland opens satellite operation in Frankfurt

Kirkland & Ellis has opened a satellite office in Frankfurt as the US-based firm looks to expand its German capabilities into the Republic's financial capital. Initially, the office will have no lawyers permanently based there, but corporate partner Frank Becker and tax partner Roderic Pagel, who both live in Frankfurt and commute to the firm's Munich practice, will spend one day a week there. The firm may introduce permanent lawyers to the office in the future.
2 minute read

International Edition

Eversheds opens Danish IP and media practice

Eversheds has launched an intellectual property (IP) and media group in Denmark with the hire of Bech-Brunn associate Nina Henningsen as a partner. Henningsen specialises in IP law relating to the media, entertainment and telecommunications industries and has acted for clients including MTV, CNBC Europe and Eurosport Television.
1 minute read

International Edition

Summer surge gifts top City firms big-ticket IPOs

A busy seven days for initial public offerings (IPOs) has gifted corporate mandates to a raft of City law firms as the number of companies coming to market surges before the summer break. White & Case, Norton Rose and Baker & McKenzie were among the main recipients of the listings, which had a combined value of more than £3bn.
3 minute read

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