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  • January 26, 2012 |

    Bird & Bird enters Denmark through alliance with local boutique

    Bird & Bird has entered Denmark through a formal alliance with a local firm in a bid to expand its offering in the north European IT and media sectors.The strategic cooperation agreement with Danish boutique Bender von Haller Dragsted (BvHD) adds to the City firm's existing Nordic offering in Sweden and Finland.

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  • January 18, 2012 |

    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 Piper. Both are already at Bird & Bird, with Cooke joining at the end of December and Baker in early January. Baker has been a partner at Olswang since 2002 and was head of commercial litigation until May 2010. He is also a former partner at Holman Fenwick Willan.

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  • January 12, 2012 |

    How Chinese law firms are getting social with the country's answer to Twitter

    "Almost all of our lawyers have accounts" - Ben Lewis investigates how Chinese law firms are getting in social media on Weibo, 'China's Twitter'...

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  • December 21, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird grows fee-earner headcount by 3% as European offices expand

    Bird & Bird was one of few firms to grow headcount in 2010-11 while also increasing turnover, its annual limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts filing has highlighted. The document, published on Companies House, shows that the top 15 City firm increased fee earner count by 3% from 654 to 673, with the firm saying its European offices grew the most, including the Stockholm office which broke the 100 lawyer barrier for the first time. The firm also hired additional support staff, with the total number growing by 7% from 586 to 628.

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  • December 9, 2011 |

    Charles Russell scores appeal win for Rooney over Euro 2012 ban

    Charles Russell and Blackstone Chambers have taken advisory roles for England footballer Wayne Rooney on his successful appeal against a three-match ban at next year's European Championships. Charles Russell commercial litigation partner Jonathan Ellis and Blackstone Chambers' Adam Lewis QC represented Rooney in his appeal to European football governing body UEFA, which yesterday (8 December) saw his ban reduced from three matches to two.

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  • December 8, 2011 |

    Stephenson Harwood adds two partners in Asia with Bird & Bird and Bakers hires

    Stephenson Harwood has made a double corporate partner hire in Greater China, including a partner from UK rival Bird & Bird. Bird & Bird corporate partner Matthew Wong has joined the top 30 City firm in Hong Kong, while Baker & McKenzie special counsel ChunFai (CF) Lui has joined as a partner in Shanghai.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    Bird & Bird boosts City energy with hire of former Dundas practice chief

    Bird & Bird has bulked up its City energy team with the hire of former Dundas & Wilson infrastructure co-head Andrew Renton. Renton joined Bird & Bird's international energy and utilities group this month after his departure from Dundas' London office was announced in September this year.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Stephenson Harwood posts 4% increase for first half

    Stephenson Harwood has continued its upward trajectory and posted a 4% increase in revenues at the half-year stage, becoming the latest in a string of UK law firms to announce positive financial results. The firm's revenues for the six-month period ending 31 October rose to £51.4m from £49.6m a year ago. It comes after the top 30 firm saw revenues climb by 16% during the full 2010-11 financial year to £107m, marking the third consecutive year of growth for the firm despite the 
economic downturn.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    US firms win spots as Hewlett Packard draws up global panel

    Hewlett Packard (HP) has put together a new global legal panel, with US law firms featuring heavily among those selected to advise the company over the next three years. Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Cravath Swaine & Moore are among the firms to have been appointed to the roster alongside magic circle representative Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The firms will provide international advice to the technology giant, which has operations in 170 jurisdictions.

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  • November 16, 2011 |

    US pair excel as 1,000 clients give verdict on major firms

    A select band of US-based law firms – including Weil Gotshal & Manges and Reed Smith – have outperformed key UK rivals according to a major research project based on responses from more than 1,000 clients. Legal Week Intelligence's eighth annual Client Satisfaction Report found the duo topping a ranking of major law firms operating in the UK based on feedback from 1,069 companies, including 78% of the FTSE 100.

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