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DLA Piper advises CIRCOR in US$84.5 million sale of Spence and Nicholson product lines

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Powered By LawFuel – September 3, 2019 – DLA Piper represented CIRCOR International, Inc., a provider of flow control solutions and other highly engineered products for the industrial, energy, aerospace and defense markets, in the sale of certain assets and liabilities relating to its Spence and Nicholson product lines to Emerson for approximately US$84.5 million.   […]

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Why Allen & Overy and O’Melveny Fell Over . . And What It Says About US-UK Firms

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“Compelling synergies” between two Big Law firms not enough to cement merger deal Attempts by City-based legal giant Allen & Overy to enter the US legal market have collapsed after 18 months of talks with US – based O’Melveny & Myers  and evidences the structural differences between US and UK law firms. Allen & Overy

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“The Lady From Telly” Takes Top Role at AMINZ

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New AMINZ chief has strong background in legislation and regulation  Legal issues are a natural fit for the newly appointed Executive Director of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand. Sue Wells, who began in her new Wellington-based role this month, comes to the position with a strong background in issues having to do

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Power Law Briefing: Urban Development Statement: Focus on Major Urban Cities

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Minter Ellison Rudd Watts: New National Policy Statement on Urban Development   By Bianca Tree and Rachel Devine  This year, housing demand has been central to a number of policy announcements including the creation of a new Housing and Urban Development Authority, a Construction Sector Accord, and the review of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

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Are Kirkland & Ellis REALLY Chaining Lawyers To Their Desk?

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New Productivity Tool From the World’s Top Earning Law Firm: Someone To Buy Your Doggie Booties Kirkland & Ellis are known for their aggressive revenue-generating culture, but have come in for some roasting for their new tool designed to increase further productivity. Their latest move to reportedly ‘chain lawyers to their desks’ by offering a

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Baker & McKenzie Announce Record Revenues of Almost $3 Billion

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4.4 per cent revenue increase in all regions Powered By LawFuel – Record revenues for Baker + McKenzie Revenues up 4.4% with growth in all regions PPP up 3% Major program to drive global digitization and optimal client service delivery Leading the sector for our people through Diversity & Inclusion Baker McKenzie, the leading global

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The Increased Globalization of IP Litigation

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PR Headline Powered By LawFuel –   Morrison & Foerster surveyed intellectual property decision-makers from more than 50 companies with revenues greater than $750 million each. The study showed that, while intellectual-property litigation has decreased by 26% since 2015, the amount that companies spend on intellectual-property litigation is higher than ever. Morrison & Foerster’s Benchmarking IP

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