Law Firm Office Launches & Closures

International Edition

Have Foreign Firms Lost Their Appeal for Lawyers in China?

By Jessica Seah | September 6, 2023

International firms are struggling to hire and domestic Chinese firms are growing at a much slower pace than just two years ago. With continued volatility in China, law firms aren't sure how to plan their growth and lawyers looking at the lateral market are wondering where they should go.

8 minute read

International Edition

Greenberg Traurig Gets UAE Law License as Big Law Continues Middle East Expansion

By Dan Roe | September 6, 2023

This summer saw Am Law 100 firms gaining law licenses, opening offices and making partnerships in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

3 minute read
International Edition

Pérez-Llorca Continues International Push With Lisbon Launch

By Alex D'Elia | September 6, 2023

When the opening takes place in 2024, three of the Spanish firm's five international offices will have been opened in just a three-year period.

3 minute read

International Edition

Squire to Open Amsterdam Office with 4-Lawyer Corporate/PE Team

By Anne Bagamery | September 6, 2023

The launch follows an office opening in Dublin and the addition of practitioners in Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, and Paris.

2 minute read
International Edition

Appleby Adds First Shanghai Partner Almost a Decade After Office Launch

By Jessica Seah | September 4, 2023

Appleby became the first offshore law firm licensed to provide offshore legal advice in mainland China in 2014.

2 minute read
International Edition

Proskauer's Greater China Partners Depart, Firm Maintains One Lawyer in Hong Kong Office

By Jessica Seah | August 29, 2023

The firm no longer has any full-time partners in China or Hong Kong, but it says it will continue to operate in Hong Kong and will not be leaving the market.

2 minute read
International Edition

Latest US Firm Shrinks China Presence as Latham Closes in Shanghai

By Jessica Seah | August 18, 2023

Latham's closure of its Shanghai office marks the trend of American law firms scaling back their businesses in mainland China in recent months.

3 minute read
International Edition

Cuatrecasas Taps Barcelona Partner to Lead Corporate Practice in Palma

By Alex D'Elia | August 17, 2023

Less than a year into his post at the Spanish law firm, Sergio Agüera Amat has been given double duty.

3 minute read
International Edition

Will Dentons' China Breakup Trigger a Domino Effect?

By Jessica Seah | August 8, 2023

The country's heightened national security focus, among other geopolitical issues, could prompt the mass withdrawal of international law firms.

6 minute read
International Edition

Dentons Ends Dacheng Combination

By Jessica Seah | August 7, 2023

The breakup is due to an evolving regulatory environment for Chinese law firms in China including new mandates and requirements relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, capital control and governance.

2 minute read
The American Lawyer

Kirkland Lures White & Case, Latham Partners for New Saudi Arabia Office

By Andrew Maloney | October 30, 2023

Adding rising stars from rivals in Riyadh, Kirkland says its new office will be led by an existing corporate partner from Chicago.

3 minute read
Delaware Law Weekly

Rawle & Henderson Opens a New Wilmington Office

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | October 30, 2023

The law firm of Rawle & Henderson—the nation's oldest law firm—has opened a new office in Wilmington.

1 minute read
National Law Journal

'US Is Calling the Shots': The Power Shift That's Americanizing Freshfields

By Charlotte Johnstone | October 23, 2023

Once described as Anglo-German, the 280 year-old firm is steadily transforming itself into a U.S. firm, with far-reaching consequences for partners in its former power bases, insiders say.

8 minute read
The American Lawyer

'US is Calling the Shots': The Power Shift That's Americanizing Freshfields

By Charlotte Johnstone | October 23, 2023

Once described as Anglo-German, the 280 year-old firm is steadily transforming itself into a U.S. firm, with far-reaching consequences for partners in its former power bases, insiders say.

8 minute read
Daily Business Review

Associates Take Priority Over Partner Hires in Kirkland's First Year in Miami

By Alexander Lugo | October 19, 2023

A local private equity partner said the firm was never interested in attracting lateral partners in the region, and other market observers speculated that its high rates weren't realistic for established local attorneys.

5 minute read
The Recorder

Wilson Elser Opens in Portland With 4-Partner Lewis Brisbois Team, as Am Law 200 Pursues West Coast Growth

By Jessie Yount | October 18, 2023

Wilson Elser hired six Lewis Brisbois partners in the Pacific Northwest, in the latest in a series of law firm office openings up and down the West Coast.

3 minute read
Law.com

New Zealand's K3 Launches Legal Service Offering in Hong Kong

By Jessica Seah | October 12, 2023

The firm is looking to build on opportunities presented by the Greater Bay Area projects.

3 minute read
The Recorder

Gordon Rees Rebrand Spotlights 50-State Footprint to Meet National Client Needs

By Jessie Yount | October 10, 2023

The 50-state strategy, evidenced by the firm's new 'GRSM50' brand, has brought Gordon Rees more work from Fortune 500 companies and helped it grow to more than 1,200 lawyers, firm leaders said.

4 minute read
Daily Business Review

Family Law Boutique Expands into Miami Headed by Two South Florida Litigators

By Alexander Lugo | October 10, 2023

Rottenstreich Farley Bronstein Fisher Potter Hodas, focused solely on high net-worth family law matters, is already in West Palm Beach and New York.

3 minute read
The Recorder

With Free Rent on the Table, Law Firm Leasing in San Francisco May Ramp Up

By Jessie Yount | October 9, 2023

Gibson Dunn, Willkie and Gunderson Dettmer are among the firms that signed new office leases in San Francisco in the first half of 2023.

3 minute read

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