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By: Catrin Griffiths
Taylor Wessing’s UK LLP is nearing a transformational deal with Chicago-headquartered firm Winston & Strawn, making it the latest City outfit to stake its future on a transatlantic platform.
The leaders of Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing (TW) have unveiled the name of the proposed merged firm, which was first revealed by The Lawyer last Friday. Subject to a vote by both partnerships…
How do you describe something that seems like a great idea at the time but which you come to regret? Do the Germans, perhaps, have a word for it? They have: the word is verein, and Taylor Wessing UK…
Consolidation isn’t a given. That might seem counter-intuitive after a year that has seen a procession of mergers that put scale at the heart of strategy, but every good thesis has its antithesis.
Simpson Thacher in San Francisco; Simmons in Abu Dhabi; Three Crowns in Dubai; all of these are significant launches announced in just the last week.
Because Horizon readers are worldly types with an interest in current affairs, we’re going to assume you’re entirely up to speed on the Beckham saga. Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham’s estrangement…
Some things unimaginable in the noughties: that law firms would be targeted by executive orders; that a celebrity real estate developer would become president…
The calm within some European legal centres is, to London eyes, spooky. Apart from Kinstellar’s launch in Vienna in January 2025, Austria is generally a news desert, as is Switzerland. Firms are busy…
The data centre backlash will come, you know
The beautiful game is exciting all sorts of investors, even if most of them persist in calling it ‘soccer’. In one camp Latham, Proskauer and, more belatedly, Kirkland (among others) are advising the…
