of offices 7 no . of lawyers 500 major practice areas general practice key people paul stevens 1 ceo mark devereux senior partner dirk van liedekerke 2 chairman date founded 1981 london company type llp website olswang.com olswang is an international law firm headquartered in london united kingdom and with additional offices in reading brussels madrid paris 3 singapore 4 and most recently munich . 5 it also works closely with a network of firms across eighty countries . the lawyer ranked the firm 22nd largest in the uk 6 7 by worldwide turnover in 2010 . that year the firm had over 600 staff including 97 partners . 6 david stewart is the firm s chief executive . 8 9 the firm s main practice areas include media technology telecommunications real estate corporate intellectual property commercial litigation and arbitration finance leisure tax eu and competition and employment . 10 contents 1 history 2 main areas of practice 10 3 references 4 external links history edit olswang was founded in 1981 11 by simon olswang and mark devereux 9 who is now the firm s senior partner . 8 as a breakaway from property law firm brecher & co. 12 its early reputation was primarily based on film and media work . 9 the firm grew rapidly through the 1990s developing more of a focus on technology as well as media . 12 in common with other professional service firms olswang converted to a limited liability partnership status under english law with effect from may 1 2009 . main areas of practice 10 edit commercial litigation & arbitration corporate employment eu & competition finance intellectual property ip leisure life sciences media real estate tax technology telecommunications references edit olswang elects ip head stevens as new ceo . thelawyer . retrieved 2015 05 14 . olswang corporate governance our board . olswang website . retrieved 2016 01 26 . olswang opens in paris with partner hires from dechert and local firm . legalweek . retrieved 2011 08 25 . olswang gears up for singapore launch . legalweek . retrieved 2011 09 09 . byrne matt . olswang opens munich ip office news . the lawyer . retrieved 2011 08 25 . a b joanne harris 2011 08 11 . olswang . thelawyer.com . retrieved 2011 08 25 . the lawyer . the lawyer . retrieved 2011 10 09 . a b byrne matt 2010 03 10 . olswang elections end with stewart as ceo news . the lawyer . retrieved 2011 08 25 . a b c mark devereux mediaguardian 100 2010 media . london the guardian . 2010 07 16 . retrieved 2011 08 25 . a b firms chambers partners olswang . chambersandpartners.com . 2011 04 01 . retrieved 2011 08 25 . olswang llp key facts . olswang.com . 2009 05 01 . retrieved 2011 08 25 . a b starting out strong partners who founded their own firms . legalweek . 2011 09 29 . retrieved 2011 10 09 . external links edit official website olswang companies grouped at opencorporates olswang s rankings in chambers uk chambers europe and the chambers student guide retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title olswang & oldid 708794340 categories law firms of the united kingdomintellectual property law firmspatent law firmslaw firms based in londonlaw firms established in 19811981 establishments in englandhidden categories opencorporates groupings navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 7 march 2016 at 17 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view