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Nabarro and European Alliance members welcome Spanish firm Roca Junyent

23 January 2012

International law firms Nabarro (UK), August & Debouzy (France), GSK Stockmann + Kollegen (Germany) and Nunziante Magrone (Italy) have today announced that Spanish firm Roca Junyent has joined their International Alliance. The Alliance will now comprise over 960 lawyers based in 23 offices across nine jurisdictions, including Morocco, Singapore and China.

The addition of Roca Junyent not only strengthens the Alliance in Europe, but its Shanghai office complements the GSK and Nabarro offices in Singapore and strengthens the Alliance presence in Asia.

The aim of the Alliance has always been to provide a seamless, international service to the clients of its member firms on cross-border matters, providing the best quality advice at local rates. Clients benefit from the long-term relationships that exist between member firms and their in-depth and specialised knowledge of local laws and legal culture.

The Alliance has a number of practice groups including corporate, labour, IT/IP, real estate, and financial regulation, and proactively markets and seeks work for its members. The volume and quality of referrals between the firms has been the foundation of its ongoing success. Working relationships are strengthened further through secondments, associate weekends, attendance at respective partner conferences and a dedicated intranet and website.

Mike Hales, partner at Nabarro and head of international, said:

"We have all worked closely with Roca Junyent for some time and I am delighted to welcome them into the Alliance. A Spanish firm with such a strong reputation, client base and similar working ethos to our own is a welcome addition. It is good to see our European Alliance strengthening, growing and able to share benefits for clients across nine jurisdictions.

"With an office in Shanghai, Roca Junyent also extends the Alliance's presence in Asia at a time when all member firms are seeing an increasing demand for cross-border advice in the region."

Established in 1996, Roca Junyent is a full service law firm which employs 251 professionals including 66 partners working from offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Lleida, Girona and Shanghai. Its rapid expansion and involvement in major trans-national deals has established the firm as one of Spain's most recognised. In 2002 it became the first Spanish law firm to open an office in China.

The firm represents multinationals as well as small and medium-sized companies operating in Spain and worldwide in industrial, financial and service sectors as well as individual shareholders.

Miquel Roca Junyent, chairman of the board of directors at Roca Junyent, said:

"The Alliance firms share our absolute commitment to clients and our positive, international outlook – a common approach which leads me to believe Roca Junyent's participation will yield significant mutual benefits. I know we are all looking forward to working closely with our counterparts at August & Debouzy, GSK Stockmann + Kollegen, Nabarro and Nunziante Magrone."

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