Listed firm DWF is to acquire a Spanish law firm, as it continues its aggressive post-listing international expansion strategy. 

The firm is to purchase Rousaud Costas Duran (RCD), adding 40 new partners and 400 other staff operating across offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, according to a London Stock Exchange announcement. It will also provide DWF with access “an extensive network of connections in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America”, the statement added.