linklaters: no-hire agreementUK giant Linklaters’ efforts to break into the Italian market following its split with long-term ally Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners are being hampered by a no-hiring agreement between the two parties, it has emerged.

The arrangement follows on from the termination of Linklaters’ four-year alliance with the Italian firm in April after it was acknowledged that an intended merger would never take place.