Starting a war: Cravath lifts associate pay for the first time in almost ten years
In a move likely to trigger similar increases amongst its rivals, Cravath, Swaine & Moore has lifted associate pay for…
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Norton Rose opens in San Francisco with entire Sidley Austin public finance team
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is to expand its public finance practice and open up a new office in San Francisco…
Continued integration: Akin Gump solidifies takeover of Bingham’s London outpost with office move
More than 18 months since combining in the City, the 21-partner team that left now defunct US law firm Bingham…
Mirror images: Goodwin expands in Europe to recreate London practice
US firm returns to King & Wood Mallesons to staff Paris offering The first quarter of this year has proved…
Over the Atlantic: London outperforms stateside practices in top US firms
White & Case edges ahead of Latham in the City with £185m turnover A series of US firms have seen…
Global London overview: The eagle has landed
Legal Business’ 14th annual Global London survey assesses the breakthrough of the City’s leading US shops in the past 12…
Kiss the ring – patronage, in-fighting and exits threaten to stall Kirkland’s bandwagon
Jaishree Kalia sizes up the clashing egos and driving ambition at Kirkland’s City arm. Flashy cars, Dom Pérignon and top…
After 25 years, Cravath loses top deal lawyer Barshay to Paul Weiss
A firm rarely to lose its senior talent, Wall Street firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore‘s corporate partner Scott Barshay is…
BLP/Greenberg: unique, compelling, bloody difficult
In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner…
Wall Street elite go head to head in largest ever Chinese acquisition
Continued interest in European assets by Chinese investors peaked last month, as Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Davis Polk &…
New York slowdown: Weil Gotshal revenue flat again as Davis Polk’s strong run comes to an end
New York elite firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Davis Polk & Wardwell struggled to achieve meaningful growth last year, with…
Blank Rome to triple Washington office as it benefits from Dickstein Shapiro’s collapse
After a steady decline of its partnership, US firm Dickstein Shapiro has dissolved and ceased from practicing law after 65…
McDermott and DLA Piper partners join Orrick for Houston launch
Having announced it will open a new office in Houston, 13 partners have joined US firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe,…
‘An absolute match’: Former Mayor Giuliani to join Greenberg Traurig in New York
Former New York Mayor and the face of Bracewell & Giuliani, Rudolph Giuliani (pictured), is leaving the firm for Greenberg…
US firm partner given the boot after insulting Liverpool football fans on social media
US firm Goldberg Segalla has parted ways with London insurance partner Clive O’Connell after he was filmed recently delivering an anti-Liverpool…
Eversheds inches closer to US tie-up as Foley & Lardner emerges as front runner
Eversheds is moving closer to its much sought-after US merger, with Foley & Lardner identified as the primary candidate for…
Freshfields mourns death of veteran US litigator Tim Coleman
Tim Coleman, a Washington DC-based disputes partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, died suddenly yesterday (3 November), after almost six years…
Eversheds inches closer to US tie-up as Foley & Lardner emerges as front runner
Eversheds is moving closer to its much sought-after US merger, with Foley & Lardner identified as the primary candidate for…
Not over yet – New York jury clears former Dewey leaders on multiple counts in partial verdict
A Manhattan jury has found former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives Steven Davis, Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders not guilty on…
The conservation game – up close with New York’s original inner circle
Amid a changing global legal market, three storied Wall Street firms retain commanding reputations. Legal Business assesses New York law’s…