U.S. law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Goodwin are taking lead advisory roles on the $1.45 billion acquisition of Cambridge-based biotech firm Kymab by French pharma giant
Dentons is adding two partners in Milan and Dusseldorf, the firm has announced. Luca de Menech will join the firm’s labor practice in Italy, while Florian-Alexander Wesche joins
A Kirkland & Ellis London partner has left the firm to join private equity giant Advent International in a new role created by the fund. Helena Drury has
Law firms across Africa are bullish about the prospect of increased workflows in 2021, which they believe could be boosted by the positive impact of Brexit, which completed
Simmons & Simmons has added a litigator in Hong Kong to bolster its greater China dispute resolution practice, which will now have six partners. Gary Yin joins as a
The U.K. arm of U.S. firm Littler Mendelson has described its debut in Ireland as a move unrelated to Brexit. GQ Littler has formally opened its Dublin office
Hogan Lovells is the latest law firm to up its emergency leave policy, providing five additional days to its U.K. workforce. The firm has introduced a new policy
Linklaters former global arbitration co-head Pierre Duprey has launched a new law firm in Paris. The new firm, ADF Avocats, enters the market less than a year after
Macfarlanes has appointed a new managing partner to take over from incumbent Julian Howard once his term expires in 2022, alongside its appointment of its first ever chief
Macfarlanes M&A partner Robert Ogilvy-Watson has left the firm less than two years after he joined from Ashurst, a spokesperson for the firm confirmed on Monday. Ogilvy-Watson was
