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• Freshfields overtakes Clifford Chance with £1.29bn revenues

  Yesterday Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reported a 9% increase in turnover to of £1.29bn for the 2008/2009 financial year, taking it ahead of Magic Circle rival Clifford... more

• Clifford Chance loses global top spot to Skadden

  Yesterday As expected, Clifford Chance has lost its position as the world's biggest law firm to US rival Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The Magic Circle firm has... more

• Weil Gotshal to close Austin office

  Yesterday Weil Gotshal law firm will be closing its Austin office on December 1, 2009. Weil will continue to serve its clients in Central Texas through its remaining Texas... more

• Mayer Brown names Richard Spehr as managing partner in New York

  Jul 02 2009 Two months after Mayer Brown partners voted to create a new managing partner position, the firm named Richard Spehr the partner-in-charge of the New York office. more

• Clifford Chance to pull out of Hungary

  Jul 02 2009 Clifford Chance spins off its Hungarian office. Budapest managing partner Péter Lakatos will run the spin-off firm, which will launch at the end of July and will be... more

• Orrick advises on second-largest Hong Kong IPO this year

  Jul 02 2009 The China practice of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has led on the HK$1.8 billion (US$233 million) listing of Chinese sportswear company 361 Degrees International on... more

• Former Latham partner sentenced to 15 months in prison

  Jul 02 2009 Samuel Fishman, a former M&A partner in Latham & Watkins's New York office, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 (£6,000) fine and... more

• Friedrich Merz elected on Mayer Brown's global partnership board

  Jul 02 2009 Herbert W. Krueger, partner in Mayer Brown's Chicago office, was elected as chairman of the firm's partnership board. In Germany, partners Friedrich Merz, a... more

• Clifford Chance's PEP drops from £1.156m to £733,000

  Jul 01 2009 Clifford Chance saw its profits per equity partner (PEP) slide by 37%, plummeting from £1.156m to £733,000 in the 2008-09 financial year. Revenues were down 5 per cent... more

• Former associate files 'date rape' drug suit against Bingham

  Jul 01 2009 Michelle Moor, a former associate at Bingham McCutchen's Boston office, sued the law firm this week, complaining the firm brushed off her complaints that she was... more

• Schnader Harrison cuts associate salaries by $10,000

  Jul 01 2009 Philadelphia-based Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis has cut its associate salaries by $10,000 across the board while partners have agreed to take a 5 percent cut in... more

• Marc Harvey and Celia Lam to head Linklater's China practice

  Jul 01 2009 Linklaters has selected Hong Kong head Marc Harvey and Beijing head Celia Lam to jointly run its China practice, taking over from Zili Shao who has been promoted to... more

• Clifford Chance hires Nish Shetty for Asian dispute resolution launch

  Jul 01 2009 Clifford Chance has appointed Nish Shetty in its Singapore office, in a move to strengthen ist new Southeast Asian dispute resolution practice. Shetty was a partner in... more

• Snell & Wilmer cuts associate salaries 10 percent

  Jul 01 2009 425-lawyer firm Snell & Wilmer LLP, one of Phoenix’s largest law firms, is cutting associates’ salaries by 10 percent reacting to the real estate downturn and a pull... more

• Study: Sharp disparities in law firm associate salaries

  Jun 30 2009 According to a National Association for Law Placement (NALP) survey of starting associate salaries for 2008 law graduates the pay gap for new attorneys was wider than... more

• Freshfields founder engaged in business linked to slavery

  Jun 30 2009 The 19th century founders of British top law firm Freshfields and investment bank Rothschild engaged in business linked to the slave trade. According to a report by... more

• Clifford Chance advises on $1.09bn Saudi Electricity Company loan

  Jun 30 2009 Clifford Chance announced that a team in the Washington D.C. office advised Export Import Bank of the United States and Export Development Canada with respect to their... more

• George Schieren joins former Clifford Chance colleagues at Gibson Dunn

  Jun 30 2009 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced that George Schieren has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Previously a partner with Clifford Chance, Schieren will... more

• Clifford Chance likely to be worst affected Magic Circle firm

  Jun 29 2009 Clifford Chance is likely to be the worst affected by the current crisis among the "Magic Circle" of top British law firms - which also include Allen & Overy,... more

• Rio Tinto moves legal work from Linklaters, Baker & McKenzie to India

  Jun 29 2009 Rio Tinto is moving work away from its high-priced legal teams at Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie in favour of a more cost-effective team in India. The move is... more