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Mer­i­tas Earns Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work Recog­ni­tion from Cham­bers and Partners

Mer­i­tas has been named an Elite Glob­al Legal Net­work by Cham­bers, a recog­ni­tion based on inde­pen­dent, in‑depth research across more than 200 juris­dic­tions world­wide. Cham­bers is wide­ly regard­ed as the lead­ing author­i­ty on the legal pro­fes­sion, assess­ing law firms and net­works on the qual­i­ties clients val­ue most, includ­ing tech­ni­cal exper­tise, client…

We wel­comed trainee lawyer from Ger­many through Mer­i­tas network

Ear­li­er this year we wel­comed trainee lawyer Char­lotte Schnitzen­baumer from Munich-based law firm GvW Graf von West­phalen for a three‑month inter­na­tion­al place­ment. The ini­tia­tive under­scores our com­mit­ment to glob­al col­lab­o­ra­tion, tal­ent devel­op­ment and the prac­ti­cal val­ue of its long‑standing mem­ber­ship in the Mer­i­tas glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent law firms.Char­lotte, who is com­plet­ing…

Press Release | Swaab’s James Skel­ton Appoint­ed Chair of Glob­al Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board at Mer­i­tas AGM in Mex­i­co City

In this piv­otal lead­er­ship role, James will guide ini­tia­tives to strength­en rela­tion­ships among Emerg­ing Lead­ers across Mer­i­tas’ 175 glob­al mem­ber firms and enhance resources that sup­port a net­work of more than 9,000 lawyers worldwide.James joins the lead­er­ship team alongside:Mol­ly Cam­po­long – Chair-Elect (Robin­son Gray, Colum­bia, South Car­oli­na, USA)Jem­ma For­rest – Sec­re­tary (Ander­son Strath­ern, Glas­gow…

Press Release | Swaab Earns Recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the Pre­mier Glob­al Net­work of Inde­pen­dent Law Firms

Syd­ney, NSW (11 July 2024) – Swaab, a Syd­ney-based law firm, today announced that it has been award­ed recer­ti­fi­ca­tion in Mer­i­tas, the pre­mier glob­al alliance of inde­pen­dent busi­ness law firms. Swaab joined Mer­i­tas in 2009 and, as a con­di­tion of its mem­ber­ship, is required to suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete recer­ti­fi­ca­tion every three years based…

Reflec­tions on a Suc­cess­ful Mer­i­tas Annu­al Meet­ing – Char­lotte, North Carolina

The meet­ing offered unpar­al­leled oppor­tu­ni­ties for rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the glob­al Mer­i­tas net­work of 172 firms across more than 89 coun­tries to recon­nect with friends and col­leagues and to devel­op new relationships.The meet­ing start­ed with the sec­ond annu­al in-per­son meet­ing of the Women’s Lead­er­ship Con­gress (WLC), host­ed by the Wom­en’s Lead­er­ship…

Mer­i­tas Announces Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board That Wel­comes New Lead­er­ship & Two New Members

David Reid of Brazeau Sell­er Law (Ottawa, Ontario, Cana­da) has begun his term as the new Chair of Mer­i­tas’ Emerg­ing Lead­ers Advi­so­ry Board (ELAB), replac­ing out­go­ing Chair Shel­don Stokes of John­ston, Alli­son & Hord, P.A. (Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na, USA). The ELAB also has a new Chair-Elect, Char­lotte Whit­worth of Howard Kennedy (Lon­don…

Mer­i­tas Announces New Board of Direc­tors Class Elect­ed at Annu­al Meet­ing in Chica­go, Illi­nois, USA

The new direc­tors are: Drew Dill­worth of Stearns Weaver Miller in Mia­mi, Flori­da, USAEsther Domínguez of Marimón Abo­ga­dos in Barcelona, SpainAman­da Esch of Davis & Canon in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USAMatthew Evans of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in Hon­olu­lu, Hawaii, USAAndrew Lam­bros of Ben­nett & Philp Lawyers in Bris­bane, AustraliaDavid Reid of Brazeau Sell­er Law in Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaPhilip…

James Skel­ton & Anna Sharpe are rep­re­sent­ing Swaab at the INTA 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing Live+ in Singapore

James Skel­ton & Anna Sharpe are rep­re­sent­ing Swaab at the Inter­na­tion­al Trade­mark Asso­ci­a­tion (INTA) 2023 Annu­al Meet­ing Live+ which con­nects the most influ­en­tial brand pro­fes­sion­als from across the globe and indus­tries at the largest gath­er­ing of its kind. This year locat­ed at the Sands Expo & Con­ven­tion Cen­tre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, 018956…

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