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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Freshfields redundancies, Trump's lawyers and yet more KWM - the best of Legal Week over the last week


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Jan 17, 2017

 

As King & Wood Mallesons' (KWM) European arm lurches towards its long-anticipated administration filing, the drawn-out death throes have continued to generate the bulk of headlines on legalweek.com during the past seven days.

An orderly pre-pack administration does not look to be on the cards for the legacy SJ Berwin business. Instead, partners have appeared more motivated to save themselves than the firm, splintering in multiple directions.

KWM stories during the last week have included:

But it hasn't all been about KWM. Slightly further away from the spotlight, there's been a silk round, secretarial redundancies at Freshfields and details of the law firms advising President-elect Donald Trump.

Here is the biggest non-KWM news from the last week:

 

THE LATEST HEADLINES FROM LEGAL WEEK

 

'I am very sorry that it has finally come to this' - KWM managing partner confirms administration to staff

KWM's European arm to file for administration today

Norton Rose Fulbright to launch trade treaty practice in response to Brexit vote

 

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