by Kevin Livingston | Featured Article, Latest News
Pinsent topped the list of UK-based firms in a recent GC survey. Six other law firms received numerous positive mentions in responses to questions from The Lawyer: Axiom, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS and Slaughter and May. The survey, for the...
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DLA Piper represented Cloud Sherpas, a leader in cloud advisory and technology services, in its acquisition by Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Founded in 2007, Cloud Sherpas has grown from a start-up company to a...
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Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has snatched up a team of Orrick real estate and infrastructure attorneys. The team will join BLP Oct. 1. Led by two partners, the hires come shortly after BLP appointed nine lawyers from boutique law firm Haley & Co into its Hong...
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A French lawyer, Veronique Martinez, is spearheading a project aimed at bringing the Arthur Andersen moniker back from the dead after the accounting firm imploded during the Enron scandal 12 years ago. Martinez wants to launch “the new Arthur Andersen” in Europe in...
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Back in the ‘90s it was kind of funny to see the New York Lawyers show up in Silicon Valley in their suits only to be met by a receptionist in a Social Distortion T-shirt and clients pretty much dressed the same. It was kind of a joke among the legal and tech press in...