Partners at CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang have voted to merge, and will become the world’s sixth largest law firm by headcount and sixth largest in the UK by revenue. After the merger, due to complete by 1 May 2017, the firm will trade as CMS. It will have more than 1,000 partners, a global team of more than 4,500 lawyers, and global revenues in excess of €1.2 billion. CMS senior partner Penelope Warne said the merger “is a great endorsement of the extraordinary export of English law throughout the world”.
13 October 2016
CMS merger
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
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