Schwieriger Markt
am 08.05.2006 von http://www.jurabilis.deIf anything, Clearys experience is a road map of what to do-and what not to do-when breaking into Germany. The legal market in the country is in a great deal of flux. U.S. firms continue to arrive: Reed Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey entered Germany in the last year. But they face formidable competition from a few marquee names, most prominently, Freshfields, Clifford Chance, Shearman & Sterling, and Germanys Hengeler Mueller. To be successful, a firm needs to have a team of established German lawyers. Yet earlier arrivals have snagged the most experienced laterals. Unlike in the United Kingdom or France, where a firm can find success with a single strong office in London or Paris, legal work in Germany is decentralized, requiring firms to set up shop in more than one city. And building a client base isnt easy. As …
Schwierige Suche
Jurabilis / Die Humboldt-Universität hat erneut einen Korb bei ihrer Suche nach einem neuen Präsidenten bekommen. Helmut Schwarz, Vizepräsident der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft und international renommierter Chemie-Professor an der TU Berlin, hat der Uni…
Blick von außen auf den deutschen Rechtsmarkt
Jurabilis / For quality, the only rival to Hengeler is still the Bruckhaus Deringer megalith, but it did show the first signs of post-merger fallout last year. A key Munich private equity team quit for US newcomer Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy , shattering…
American Firms Pay Premium
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. An Azur overview of salaries paid associates in Germany-located law offices points to premiums paid by America-based law firms. The fall 2006 compensation table list both base and maximum salaries. There are small German firms…
Law firm time.lex strengthens ICT practice
Law & Justice / Brussels, 1 September 2008 – On 1 September, Edwin Jacobs became the fourth partner in the niche law firm time.lex in Brussels. The firm celebrated its first anniversary two months earlier and can look back on a particularly successful first year.…
Law Firm of the Year
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The strange phenomenon of attempting to gauge law firms in a top firm of the year format finds its German result in a JUVE list of nominees. Among the firms without an American presence but great name recognition is a firm tha…
Law Firms Owned By Private Equity Funds? (2)
Law & Justice / Last year the British government proposed that external ownership of law firms should be allowed. The bill is now expected to pass in 2007. It would allow lawyers in England and Wales to set up practices as so-called alternative business structures,…
Starke Marken
Jurabilis / Linklaters has surpassed magic circle rival Clifford Chance (CC) as the UK law firm with the strongest brand, according to a new study. The 2008 table of the top 500 business brands compiled by Superbrands saw Linklaters rank highest among law…
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