DLA Piper is moving its Dublin base to a 10,000 square-foot office on St Stephen's Green to accommodate a growing headcount, the global law firm has announced. The firm plans to reach a headcount of 50 by January 2020 and a practice of 100 lawyers and business professionals within a few years.
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Global law firm DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Kate Curneen, John Magee, Sean Murray and Graham Quinn as partners in the firm's recently-opened Dublin office. Ms Curneen and Mr Murray are joining the firm from Dillon Eustace, while Mr Magee and Mr Quinn are joining the firm from William
DLA Piper's chairman emeritus, US Senator George Mitchell, arrived in Dublin this week for the official launch of the global law firm's Irish office. The Irish office, led by country managing partner David Carthy, has already made a number of significant partner hires and says it will continue to ex
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Maura Dineen as a tax partner in the firm's newly opened Dublin office. The appointment represents the fifth partner hire for DLA Piper in a month, following the appointment in January of partners Conor Houlihan, Éanna Mellett, Mark Rasdale and Ciara
DLA Piper's non-US revenue for the year to 30 April 2018 rose by five per cent to £42.2 million, £29m of which related to the UK business. Profits increased by £11.4m to £315.8m, while operating costs rose to £31.9m to £600.5m.
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of four new partners and three legal directors from rival Irish firms to its newly-opened Dublin office. Conor Houlihan will lead the firm's finance and projects practice in Ireland, while Éanna Mellett joins the corporate team, Mark Rasdale joins the i
UCD Sutherland School of Law has named Vincent Keaveny, partner at DLA Piper, as recipient of the 2018 UCD Alumni Award in Law. The UCD Alumni Awards recognise the outstanding achievements of alumni who "uphold values that UCD holds dear – integrity, excellence, collegiality, engagement, creat
Simon Levine International law firm DLA Piper has announced plans to open a Dublin office headed by David Carthy, who joins from William Fry.
DLA Piper was among victims of a global cyber attack this week in which the perpetrators demanded a ransom in bitcoins to release data locked by a software worm. DLA Piper is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, posting £1.5 billion last year. The firm has more than 1,000 partners, of whic
Sandra Wallace DLA Piper has been named one of the 50 top UK employers for social mobility.
Plans to open a DLA Piper office in Dublin are at a “fairly advanced” stage, according to one of the global firm's senior partners. Juan Picon, senior partner of DLA Piper's international limited liability partnership (LLP), which covers the firm's non-US business, told Legal Week that opening a