News Alert: Pay and culture differences at the heart of failed BLP and Greenberg merger talks

Legal Week | News Alert March 17, 2016 Pay and culture differences at the heart of failed BLP and Greenberg merger talks Partners on both sides say the gap in the style of pay and culture between the two firms was too big to bridge Stephenson Harwood ties up with Chinese firm to offer local advice Stephenson Harwood has formed an association with PRC firm Wei Tu giving it access to the domestic Chinese legal market DLA Piper expands LOD flexible lawyer collaboration to Australia International firm DLA Piper is growing its collaboration with LOD in the Asia-Pac region following LOD’s merger with AdventBalance Olswang to refit London office to be open plan by March 2017 Olswang is looking to increase its lawyers use of flexible working arrangements Ashurst drafts in London partner to manage Italian offices as local head exits for DLA Piper Managing partner of Rome and Milan offices exits for DLA Piper following a nine-lawyer team that made the jump in October Independent firms must make the most of the 'strategy vortex' at global rivals Ex-Linklaters capital markets head Nick Eastwell joins Macfarlanes' Charles Martin at Legal Week event discussing the pros and cons of being independent How in-house lawyers can re-think their approach to legal risk and become strategic advisers to their business How you identify, quantify and report legal risk is one of the fundamental problems you face in-house and when you get it right, legal risk analysis will transform you into a strategic adviser to your business. Add your insights into this emerging risk area and guarantee your copy of the resulting report by clicking here. Legal Week Law Legal Briefings & Resources The EU-US Privacy Shield: how it's shaping up and what you should be doing now The EC has published a draft adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy Shield, which is set to replace the Safe Harbour data transfer scheme. This briefing looks at the draft decision and gives pointers on what you should be thinking about while waiting for the Privacy Shield to be finalised. Download Upcoming Events for Legal Professionals Legal Week Independent Law Firms Forum 2016 Conference - Thu 17th Mar 2016, London Legal Week Independent Law Firms Forum brings together managing partners and seniormanagement from independent law firms from across the globe to debate and discuss challenges facing their firms. Details Book Online Enquries Add to Diary 1891 Legal Jobs from Legal Week Jobs Competition/Anti-Trust Lawyer (5-8 PQE) Gibson Limburn -£80-130k plus bonus First time appointment by this global bank of a sole Competition lawyer to take on global competition work including investigations.London (Central) More from Legal Week Jobs Data protection lawyers | Multiple live assignments LOD (Lawyers On Demand) is a multi-award-winning legal service delivering high quality legal work for excellent lawyers who want the autonomy and flexibility of freelance work. As a result of increased demand from our clients, LOD is looking to expand our current team of data protection specialist lawyers. Whether you are looking for change in how you work, your first assignment in-house or work alongside other projects, we’d love to hear from you

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