Legal Industry Articles

BRENTO, a new intellectual property boutique with offices in Berlin and Alicante, has presented its partner team. The firm advises on trade marks, designs, copyright, unfair competition and AI law, and describes its approach as client-centred, partner-led and tech-driven. Dr. [...]

LARK is advising the US-based distilled spirits company Sazerac on its planned public takeover of Germany-listed Berentzen-Gruppe Aktiengesellschaft. According to the firm’s announcement of 22 September 2026, Sazerac and Berentzen have concluded a business combination agreement under which Sazerac will [...]

CHG Czernich Rechtsanwälte has opened a new office in Bregenz. The firm, which has had its own office in Bregenz for a few weeks, celebrated the opening on 17 September with more than 100 guests from politics and business at [...]

Björn Weidehaas and Philipp Schmitter have moved from LUTZ/ABEL to SGP Schneider Geiwitz. Since 1 September, Weidehaas has been a managing director of SGP Schneider Geiwitz Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, working from the Ulm and Munich locations, while Schmitter has joined as [...]

Jelle Drok and Arvid van Oorschot have launched Driven Lawyers in Amsterdam, an AI-native firm with its own drafting platform and fixed fees agreed in advance.

ABG Intellectual Property has opened a new office in Granada, its fifth location in Spain alongside Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia. The firm announced the expansion on 15 September 2026. Juan Arias, Managing Partner Juan Manuel Soto, Patent Adviser and [...]

Ombretta Dal Negro joins Morri Rossetti & Franzosi as Of Counsel. The Milan-based firm announced the appointment on its own website on 4 September 2026. Ombretta Dal Negro According to the announcement, Dal Negro’s practice covers commercial and corporate law, [...]

valfor Attorneys-at-Law advised the gipser.ch group on a strategic partnership with Rossi Aregger AG. The firm published the deal announcement on 31 August 2026, stating that “the gipser.ch group has entered into a strategic partnership with Rossi Aregger AG”. Stipe [...]

DREISS Patentanwälte PartG mbB was recognized as a top law firm by WirtschaftsWoche in 2026. The Stuttgart-based firm announced the recognition on its own website on 8 September 2026, stating that it had been named a top firm by the [...]

Daniela Lavinia Cudrici argues that law firms in the United Arab Emirates should separate awards from directory rankings when they decide where to invest in recognition. In a commentary published on 4 September 2026, she asks what firms are actually [...]