Guest post: West Coast, left field and progressive – a conversation with Facebook’s law firm
One of the more unusual reactions I’ve gotten to my book Growth Is Dead came from Kate Fritz, managing partner of…
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Comment: Forget Dewey – in Wall Street star power is greater than ever
I flew into Manhattan to The New Yorker chronicling the death of Big Law with a pacey dissection of the…
SJ Berwin star David Ryland moves to Paul Hastings as US firms reap benefit of UK vets
Only four days after its merger went live with King & Wood Mallesons and SJ Berwin has lost leading real…
Forget Dewey – in Wall Street star power is greater than ever
I flew into Manhattan to The New Yorker chronicling the death of Big Law with a pacey dissection of the…
OC rocks up in BoHo New York to chase the creative dollar
New York’s impenetrable legal community is well used to seeing – and rebuffing – the advances of UK law firms…
Shifting sands – Largest US firms losing market share, report claims
The United States’ largest firms are losing market share to the band of firms below, according to a study by LexisNexis released…
London launch: Boies Schiller hires Bingham heavyweight Harrison to spearhead City practice
US litigation powerhouse Boies, Schiller & Flexner has hired Bingham McCutchen star partner Natasha Harrison to head the firm’s foray into…
Texan draw: Dentons opens in Houston as shale gas draws players in
Partly thanks to the shale gas energy phenomenon Texas has become one of the most attractive markets in the US…
And the most upwardly mobile law firm is? Client feedback pushes Latham to the top of Legal 500’s US edition
Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…
Hard-wired – meet the ‘tabloid’ lifting the lid on the world’s largest legal market
Since its 2006 launch, irreverent blog Above The Law has built a huge audience and given voice to an increasingly…
Global London rises – Sullivan & Cromwell signs up Linklaters partner for finance push
After years of conservative City growth, further signs emerge this week of Wall Street’s finest pushing into mainstream UK work…
Global London: Andrews Kurth becomes latest Texan in City gold rush
The appetite of Texan firms for the UK energy market shows no sign of abating with news that Houston-based Andrews…
Revolution on a shoe string
Quinn Emanuel’s no-frills, high-end approach to law has re-written the rules on what US advisers can achieve in London after…
Positional play
Legal Business looks at five US firms that have recently made strategic moves in the City With the collapse of…
End games
The 11th annual Legal Business Global London survey shows that US firms in the City are playing to win. UK…
US firms on the march as Global London headcount rises
Foreign firms in London made bulking up their senior ranks their key priority in 2012, with average partner headcount hitting…
Latest US profits show positive early signs
The initial numbers to emerge from the US reporting season indicate a relatively resilient performance in 2012 for the world’s…
Lone star state of mind
Reed Smith’s assault on Houston is a brave move following its failed merger with Thompson & Knight three years ago.…
Paul Hastings: Paul Who?
Ronan O’Sullivan joined the small London operation of Paul Hastings as a senior associate seven years ago; now he’s running…
Global 100 – Dewey & LeBoeuf – Lessons from a downfall
Dewey & LeBoeuf went from 26th in last year’s Global 100 to filing for bankruptcy in May this year. What…