Law Firm Office Launches - Page 5

Greenberg Traurig debuts in Saudi Arabia with former Squire Patton Boggs ally

US firm announces affiliation with Khalid Al-Thebity Law Firm ahead of launching joint venture in the Kingdom

Morgan Lewis adds 20-strong Shearman & Sterling team for Munich launch

As talks with Hogan Lovells are abandoned, Shearman suffers latest exits from European network

Addleshaw Goddard signals Middle East ambitions as it adds partners from Bracewell and Latham & Watkins for Riyadh debut

UK firm’s fourth office in the region to launch with five partners and eight-strong team of lawyers and paralegals

Spencer West enters three new European markets

Fast-growing UK alternative law firm sets up shop in Germany, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands

Clyde & Co adds lawyers from Baker McKenzie for Egypt debut

Insurance giant relocates partner and legal director and hires two lawyers from Bakers’ Cairo office to open associated office

Clyde & Co absorbs insurance boutique to launch in Boston

Flurry of US boutique takeovers continues as UK insurance giant opens 15th US arm

DAC Beachcroft opens in Italy with eight-strong insurance team from ADVANT Nctm

UK firm's latest European expansion adds offices in Milan and Rome

Watson Farley & Williams opens in Seoul after hiring partners from two rival firms

Partners join from K&L Gates and Herbert Smith Freehills to lead office with focus on maritime, aviation, energy and disputes work

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Goodwin Procter adds 14-partner team from Troutman Pepper to cement Philadelphia presence

New arrivals land mostly in US giant’s newly-official Philadelphia base to bolster life sciences, healthcare private equity and white collar practices

Davis Polk secures Allen & Overy partner duo to launch in Brussels

Wall Street leader joins ranks of US firms planting a flag in EU’s competition hub post-Brexit

Clyde & Co adds litigation and insurance partner from Simmons & Simmons for Italy debut

Leonardo Giani joins UK firm in Milan to launch office in one of Europe’s biggest insurance markets

Gibson Dunn adds seven-strong team from Shearman & Sterling for Abu Dhabi launch

Hire of team including corporate and projects partner trio sees US firm double Middle East lawyer headcount

K&L Gates secures senior funds trio from rival firms for Dublin debut

Partners join from Pinsent Masons, Dillon Eustace and Maples & Calder to launch US firm’s ninth European office

Clyde & Co adds Kennedys disputes duo for Thailand launch

Partner Ian Johnston and legal director Sorawat Wongkaweepairot join from Kennedys’ shuttered Bangkok office to launch insurance giant’s 14th APAC base

Squire secures Pinsent Masons Dublin founding partner for Ireland launch

Pinsents also confirms departure of second founding partner, reportedly for K&L Gates’ own launch in the city

UK’s gunnercooke debuts in US with New York office launch

Dispersed firm hires local boutique co-founder to head first base outside Europe having grown revenue 50% in 2021

Littler opens in Hawaii with veteran labour law specialist from Jackson Lewis

Wayne Yoshigai joins as shareholder in Honolulu, while firm also re-hires Kyllan Kershaw in Atlanta

Charles Russell Speechlys set to join raft of international firms launching in Singapore

City-state's rise as global economic hub sees UK firm apply to open office serving private capital clients in H12023

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