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Today we open our representative office in San Francisco, our first in the USA! We're very excited to be on the ground in one of the world's most innovative, tech-rich cities, close to our clients. Read more about our office and the team here:
Our London office are delighted to have raised £32,142.42 for our charity partner
@cftrust
. We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the partnership with Cystic Fibrosis Trust over the last 2 years!
We're delighted to have been named TMT Team of the Year as well as twoBirds Pattern winning Legal Technology Team of the Year at the
@LegalBusinessUK
Awards last night. Congratulations to all!
To conclude
#LondonBlockchainWeek
, we caught up with Alumnus
@StaniKulechov
to find out about the development of his leading Blockchain start-up and decentralised lending platform,
@AaveAave
. Click here to read more:
We are delighted to announce that Embrace, our London BAME network, won the Outstanding Multi-cultural / BAME Employee Network award at the UK Diversity Legal Awards yesterday evening. Huge congratulations to co-chairs Rachel Welch-Phillips and Adeena Wells, as well as the team!
The Dubai Financial Services Authority has recently implemented the
#CryptoToken
Regime in the Dubai International Financial Centre. For a deeper analysis on the crypto token regime and advice on what you need to do next, click here:
#FinancialRegulation
Not your average London Fashion Week event! Join us on 22 February as we look at the collision of
#fashion
and
#technology
. We'll be joined by guest speakers including founder of
@SnapFashion
:
@JennySnapTech
. Sign up today:
We are delighted to announce the appointment of fourteen partners, two Senior Counsel, two Special Counsel (Australia), twelve Counsel and one Legal Director in our annual global promotion round. Congratulations to all. Read more here:
We are pleased to announce the appointment of 23 Partners, including 11 women, in our largest ever annual promotion round, as well as seven Senior Counsel, 19 Counsel and two Legal Directors. Click here to read more:
We're delighted to have been named as one of the top three law firms for Intellectual Property, and as a leading law firm for Technology, Media and Telecoms, in
@thetimes
'Best Law Firms 2019' list. Read our full write up here:
Wherever you are in world, Bird & Bird has the reach, the knowledge, the expertise and the people to keep your business on track for whatever lies ahead. Check out our latest video, about who we are here:
Last week we were recognised at
@LegalWeek
's Legal Innovations Awards 2018, winning the award for Diversity Innovation of the year for our Women's Leadership Development Programme initiative. Read how we support more women on the path to partnership here:
“We are right in the centre of the
#fintech
world. We have all the advantages in the UK”. Founder & CEO of
@StarlingBank
-
@AnneBoden
takes to the
#AdvanceSeries2019
stage to describe her story and her take on the UK’s innovation ecosphere.
Last month, we launched our 5th Global Women’s Development Programme with 20 associates from across the firm. The programme seeks to support our female talent, identifying and minimising any barriers to progression. A huge congratulations to this year’s participants!
#GWDP2020
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Partners, Senior Counsel and Counsel from across our international team. Our CEO David Kerr said: "I anticipate their passion and ability will play a large role in driving forward our strategy in coming years."
We're delighted to announce that we won the 'Innovation in legal expertise: Creating a new standard' category at the 2018
@FinancialTimes
Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards, held last night in London. Read more here:
Congratulations to Partner Ruth Boardman in our
@twobirdsprivacy
team, who has been appointed to the IAPP - - International Association of Privacy Professionals (
@PrivacyPros
) Board of directors for 2019. Click here to read more:
Looking forward to welcoming our Top 50 Power List at tonight's
#DigitalInnovators
event. We'll be hearing from the judges to find out what they're looking for in the winners!
To mark the end of our charity partnership with
@alzheimerssoc
we proudly presented them with a cheque worth £21,360.08! We'd like to thank everybody who contributed to the huge amount raised for Alzhermier's Society.
To celebrate International Women's Day this week we asked our employees who their female inspiration is. Follow
#MyFemaleInspiration
this week to find out!
#IWD2018
Happy (almost)
#IWD2020
! Listen to our podcast featuring Associate Kimberly Wells, Partners Barbara Geck, and Craig Giles & Europe & APAC VP of
@Remitly
@ElenaNovokresh1
where they discuss glass ceilings, male advocates & lessons learned
#EachForEqual
Huge congratulations to both twoBirds Pattern who won Future of Legal Services Innovation - Large Private Practice and Will Deller who won Rising Star Innovation Award at the
@LegalWeek
Innovation awards last week.
We're delighted to be commended in
@thetimes
Best Law Firms 2020 for our work in commercial dispute resolution, employment, entertainment and sport, intellectual property and technology, media & telecoms. Click here to read more:
We're proud to stand alongside our Stockholm office, who recently pledged support to the
#medvilkenr
ätt campaign to call out & take a firm stand against sexual harassment & assault. Read our full update:
We will be returning to the
@datacloudEurope
conference in Monaco from June 12th – 14th. London partner Marco Nicolai, head of our International Data Centre Group, will be attending with a team from across our international network
#DCE18
New month, new city! We're delighted to be opening a work space in Berlin on 1 July. The new space will serve as an important instrument for the development and deepening of existing client relationships as well as for winning new business. Click here:
We made it! Amazing effort by our London team who made it round 100km on a very hot weekend in aid of a wonderful cause
@cftrust
- now time for some well-deserved rest
#RTTS2018
🌟 Our 2022 global promotion round 🌟
We're thrilled to announce the appointment of 22 partners, 3 Senior Counsel, 1 Managing Counsel, 29 Counsel and 3 Legal Directors in this year’s global promotion round. Congratulations to all! You can read more here:
Introducing the first in the series of articles looking into the legal, ethical and social issues and opportunities surrounding
#bigdata
, brought to the forefront by the
@LeMO_H2020
Project. Read here:
Congratulations to partner
@gvoisin
who has been selected by Global Data Review
@GDR_alerts
as one of the top young data lawyers! Click here for more info:
It's been almost a year since the lights turned green on
#GDPR
! Has your business stopped off and had its GDPR MOT? Refuel by checking out our new Privacy Solutions - including DPO and GDPR Representative services, led by Vincent Rezzouk-Hammachi here:
Are you working on or planning a Metaverse project? Whether you’re a tech provider or a brand entering the space, you’ll need a legal advisor to help you navigate the issues that arise. Visit our
#Metaverse
‘hub’ for more information!
#MyFemaleInspiration
by the employees at Bird & Bird! We're celebrating
#IWD2018
all of this week by asking our employees who their female inspiration is. Who's yours?
Today we're delighted to announce the appointment of leading Irish data protection, IP and technology specialists, Deirdre Kilroy and Anna Morgan as the first two partners to join our new office in Dublin - opening on 13 June. Read more here:
We named our winners for
#DigitalInnovators
2018 - hear from both
@digime
and
@what3words
on what winning means for them, and what it means to be part of the Digital Innovators network.