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Five-partner Bakers team breaks away to launch Amsterdam firm
From legalweek.com Baker & McKenzie is set to see the departure of a team of around 25 lawyers – including five partners – from its Amsterdam office to launch a new independent firm. Private equity partner Marc van Campen is leading the team, with corporate partner Maurits Tausk’s departure also confirmed.
Linklaters hires De Brauw partner for Amsterdam corporate team
From legalweek.com Linklaters has strengthened its corporate practice in Amsterdam with the hire of partner Jan Willem de Boer from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. De Boer, who specialises in corporate, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, will join Linklaters’ Amsterdam office on 1 May as the fifth partner in its local corporate practice. De Boer resigned from De Brauw today (8 March), where he has headed the firm’s Amsterdam restructuring practice for the past three years. He joined De Brauw in 1991 and became a partner in 1998.
Loyens & Loeff makes up five to partnership across Benelux region
From legalweek.com Loyens & Loeff has announced its annual promotions with five lawyers made up to the partnership. The promotions have been made across the firm’s Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Luxembourg offices and came into effect on 1 January. Remco Baecker and Jan-Willem van Rooij have been made up to partner in the Rotterdam office in the competition and regulatory and corporate practices respectively.
Is Howrey’s model broke or can global litigation deliver?
From legalweek.com Does the global litigation law firm model work? This disturbing question has been explicitly raised this month by news of a 12-partner exodus from the European network of disputes and intellectual property (IP) specialist Howrey. Indeed, departing partners from Howrey, who are heavily concentrated in the firm’s Amsterdam and Brussels offices, have made much of the problems of working within a US-based firm. The argument goes that the US’ generally stricter conflicts rules are a real hurdle for litigators operating in Europe, particularly when the bulk of the practice is weighted stateside, which makes it inevitable that American clients will get the upper hand in a close call on conflicts.
Simmons to rebuild in Amsterdam after Rotterdam transfer ends
From legalweek.com Simmons & Simmons has merged its Dutch operations and moved to a new premises in Amsterdam following the City law firm’s decision to close its Rotterdam base last year. The new office holds 80 lawyers from the combined arms of the former Rotterdam and Amsterdam offices, 17 of whom are partners. The outfit went live on 11 October.
Herbert Smith ally Stibbe to launch in Luxembourg with local team hire
From legalweek.com Herbert Smith alliance firm Stibbe is set to boost its Benelux coverage with the launch of an office in Luxembourg. The new office, which will open for business on 1 September, will be led by Loyens & Loeff’s former Luxembourg head Dirk Leermakers, who has joined Stibbe from local firm Bonn Schmitt Steichen together with a team of three lawyers. The Luxembourg launch marks the sixth office for Stibbe, alongside its two principal bases in Amsterdam and Brussels and offices in London, New York and Dubai. Stibbe has been part of an alliance with UK top 10 firm Herbert Smith and Germany’s Gleiss Lutz since 2002.
Bakers hires Bird & Bird team to bolster Dutch tax practice
From legalweek.com Baker & McKenzie has streng-thened its Amsterdam tax practice with the hire of partner Jasper Helder and a three-lawyer team from Bird & Bird. Helder is set to join the international firm in the coming months, alongside senior associate Brian Mulier, associate Chiara Klaui and junior associate Goran Danilovic.
Simmons wins debut role for Rafferty on $3.5bn Euronext listing
From legalweek.com Simmons & Simmons has advised new client Rafferty on a $3.5bn (2.3bn) Euronext listing. Simmons advised the US investment firm and its investment vehicle Direxion Shares EFT Trust on its first foray into the European market – the listing of six of its 34 active exchange traded funds (EFT) on Euronext Amsterdam.
CC appoints new head of European litigation
From legalweek.com Clifford Chance (CC) has appointed a new head of European litigation, after former postholder Fabian Von Schlabrendorff stepped down. Amsterdam-based litigator Jeroen Ouwehand takes over from Frankfurt-based Von Schlabrendorff, who led the practice for the last 10 years before opting to retire from the partnership and take up a role as counsel.
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CC shuts down European data centres in Paris and Amsterdam
From legalweek.com Clifford Chance (CC) is closing two European data centres as the firm consolidates its data storage across the continent from a total of four locations to just two. The magic circle firm is in the process of closing its Paris and Amsterdam data centres, and will now instead use just two existing European bases in London and Germany. The consolidation will not result in any job cuts, as both the Paris and Amsterdam centres are outsourced to data specialists Redbus and KPN respectively, but the move marks the end of the outsourcing contracts for both bases.
Stags and Hens go large
From rss.feedsportal What’s the attraction? “Just a few pints down the local.” Not that long ago a stag night was just that a your friends buying a few rounds before the big day. Then some adventurous souls decided to make a weekend of it, to Dublin or Amsterdam, and then, as communism collapsed and Michael O’Leary rose, to Prague and Krakow. As far back the 5th century BC Spartans toasted comrades who were about to be wed. Now it’s estimated that 80 per cent of those tying the knot have a pre-wedding celebration: stag and hen dos of course a and now “hag” weekends for those who don’t want to exclude friends of the opposite sex. New York, Kuala Lumpur, Italy
From rss.feedsportal Now… Skyscraper city Hayes & Jarvis has three nights in New York for APS429pp, including room only at the Amsterdam Court near Broadway, with KLM flights via Amsterdam on 5 March. Central Park ice skating tickets included. Hayesandjarvis.com Travel Agenda: Norcia’s truffle harvest; Vue Cinema’s Night of Adventure; Amsterdam’s Dreams of Nature exhibition; Croatia’s music festivals
From rss.feedsportal Tomorrow: In Italy, the Umbrian town of Norcia stages its annual truffle harvest (also next weekend). The “Nero Norcia” festival sees food producers and gourmets gather in the town’s medieval squares to sample the prized delicacy and celebrate other regional foods such as salami, cheese and wine (neronorcia.it). Five-partner Bakers team breaks away to launch Amsterdam firm
From legalweek.com Baker & McKenzie is set to see the departure of a team of around 25 lawyers – including five partners – from its Amsterdam office to launch a new independent firm. Private equity partner Marc van Campen is leading the team, with corporate partner Maurits Tausk’s departure also confirmed.
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