Fox become part of DLA Piper International LLP. Later in the same month DLA Phillips Fox's former New Zealand-based offices separated to form an independent firm. DLA Piper formed an alliance with Venezuela-based law firm InterJuris Abogados in February 2011, which subsequently renamed as DLA Interjuris. In 2016, the Venezuelan firm exited the alliance with DLA Piper and reverted to operating under the name of InterJuris Abogados. In February 2012, DLA Piper opened an office in Mexico City, having recruited a team from Thompson & Knight's office in the city. In January 2013, DLA Piper announced the closure of its Glasgow office and the sale of its Manchester- and Sheffield-based defendant insurance practices to Hill Dickinson. Also in January 2013, DLA Piper opened an office in Seoul in South Korea. On 2 March 2015, DLA Phillips Fox New Zealand became DLA Piper New Zealand. On 17 April 2015, Canadian law firm Davis LLP became DLA Piper (Canada) LLP. On 13 October 2015, DLA Piper announced the opening of an office in Casablanca in Morocco. On 1 November 2016, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP combined with Dimock Stratton LLP and will operate under the DLA Piper name. An office opened in Johannesburg in January 2016. The Danish firm LETT and the Portuguese firm ABBC joined DLA Piper in March 2017 which made DLA Piper the largest law firm in the Nordic region, with offices in Aarhus, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm (DLA Piper has no offices in Iceland). In late June 2017, The New York Times reported the firm had been hit in the ransomware cyberattack which infected their network. No information was compromised or lost. As of June 2017, the law firm was struggling to recover from "vicious computer attacks" from the week before. In October 2017, Equifax selected DLA Piper to work on its security breach case in Washington, D.C. In July 2018, DLA Piper formed an alliance with the Argentine-based law firm Cabanellas Etchebarne Kelly, founded in 1997. The new local firm was named DLA Piper Argentina. Australasian history In Australasia, the current company's history began with a firm known as PD Phillips. 1864 PD Phillips established a practice in Melbourne. 1884 Phillips Nicholson established in New Zealand. 1885 Smithers Warren Davenport Mant established in Sydney. 1888 Ross & McCarthy established in Adelaide. 1920s Seymour Nulty established in Brisbane. 1983 Lavan Solomon established in Perth. 1985 Phillips Fox &