One of the UK's most esteemed family lawyers, Richard Parry, may be forced by a High Court judge to step down from his trusteeship of the Longleat Estate.
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the International Bar Association in Vienna that, when it comes to business and human rights, corporate lawyers have a higher duty than meeting the expectations of their clients.
Axel Reidlinger is leaving to set up his own boutique practice, meaning that there will be five associates in the Freshfields office in the Austrian capital who practice antitrust but no partners.
Florian Haugeneder becomes the new head of the practice, taking over from Christoph Liebscher.
Courts in Austria have been unable to deal with a flow of cases that sprang out of the 2008 downturn, leaving thousands of civil cases and even some criminal cases unresolved.
The lawyer who represents Cornelius Gurlitt, the Munich-based recluse who revealed a hoard of Nazi paintings last year, is collaborating with officials over a second set of paintings in Salzburg.
Skadden Arps has decided to shut its Vienna after the partner managing the base announced he was joining CMS Riech-Rohring Hainz.
Austrian construction lawyer Georg Karasek and his 'right hand man' Wolfgang Mueller have joined leading central European law firm Wolf Theiss as partners.
Austria is looking to compete with its neighbours in the race to become an international arbitration centre by introducing a draft amendment to make the process easier. But its Supreme Court has something to say on the matter, reports Irene Welser.