Wake Up Call: A&P’s New Amsterdam Office Has Life Sciences Focus

In today’s column, corporate legal departments haven’t made much progress on sending work to diverse outside counsel; fines levied by the UK’s legal profession watchdog are up six-fold in five years; DLA Piper was the top firm for lateral hires in 2022’s first half, new data show.

• Leading off, Arnold & Porter said it’s opening an Amsterdam office with a focus on its European life sciences regulatory practice. To lead the office, A&P brought in former Hogan Lovells partner Carla Schoonderbeek, who was earlier life sciences chair at big Dutch firm NautaDutilh. She’s joined by partner Bart Jong, ...