Clifford Chance names Cohen first New York managing partner amid fresh bid to crack America with Houston office opening
In the wake of Allen & Overy’s stated ambition to merge with Shearman & Sterling, announced in May, Magic Circle…
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International Women’s Day 2022: Barbara L. Becker, chair & managing partner, Gibson Dunn, New York
Which woman most inspired you in your career and why? That is a hard question! I think I take inspiration…
International Women’s Day 2022: Perlette Jura, Gibson Dunn, Los Angeles – disputes
Which woman most inspired you in your career and why? The Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer. I was fortunate enough to…
A&O opens in Boston as Simmons launches in Silicon Valley
UK firms have made significant moves stateside, with Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons announcing the opening of new…
Letter from Manhattan – The $6.4m question
‘Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.’ The parting shot from Woody Allen’s iconic…
Cracking Wall St is the prize of the decade for City leaders
If much of the commentary in this issue focuses on what has gone awry for major UK law firms in…
Different strokes – Three perspectives in championing diversity in corporate America
Rachel Gonzalez, general counsel, Starbucks Starbucks has a fundamental business tenet that we are creating a welcoming place for all…
Dentons double merger adds 300 lawyers to create ‘first truly national US law firm’
Dentons will have more than 1,000 lawyers across 33 US markets following the latest in a long line of tie-ups…
‘Focus and speed’: A&O to fast-track US investment after foiled O’Melveny merger with new hires imminent
Andrew Ballheimer, Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) global managing partner, has promised heavy investment in its US practice in the wake of…
Comment: Global 100 reportcard – US leaders continue decade-long surge as City rivals dither
Judging the world’s largest law firms, it is becoming a familiar tradition after we unpack the results of the Global…
Global 100 results show US question looming ever more ominously
Judging the world’s largest law firms, it is becoming a familiar tradition after we unpack the results of the Global…
Global 100 – Letter from Silicon Valley
For reporters used to the profession’s usual cautious pronouncements, it is striking how enthusiastic California lawyers are about the outlook;…
Sponsored briefing: The coming of age of arbitration in Africa
Rémy Gerbay looks at whether Africa could prove a suitable arbitration seat for US corporations Private investments by US corporations…
Corporations with benefits – Assessing the rise of US public benefit companies
When looking for good in the world, corporate governance law is not the most obvious place to train your eye.…
Tom Johnson, Federal Communications Commission
I have always been attracted to public service. A number of my colleagues from my time at Gibson Dunn had…
No more firsts – Reflections of the first female counsel to the White House
There can be few legal roles in the US of as much significance and substance as White House counsel. And…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields
Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
Global 100 ten-year view: Bad timing
In the last boom year in 2008 before the global financial crisis took its toll, the picture was rosy for…
Linklaters and A&O join Magic Circle peers in associate salary race to attract US talent
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have joined Magic Circle peers Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance to hike associate salaries in the…
Global Outlook sponsored briefing: Welcome shores for arbitral awards?
MoloLamken’s Robert Kry examines the state of the law governing enforcement of arbitral awards in the US The US finds…