CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang completed a mammoth merger this week, becoming the sixth largest law firm in the UK by revenue and sixth largest globally by headcount. Globally, CMS has more than 1,000 partners and 5,000 lawyers in 70 offices across 39 countries. Penelope Warne, senior partner of CMS in London, said: ‘We have made this bold move with one goal in mind: to build a new kind of future-facing law firm.’ London staff will work from CMS’s existing offices at Cannon Place.
04 May 2017
The new CMS
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
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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