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• Capital Markets 2009-10 : Indian Law Firm Rankings

  Jun 15 2010 Rankings BY Bar & Bench based on the total number of mandates inclusive of IPO and QIP transactions for the fiscal year 2009-10: 1. Amarchand 2. Khaitan 3. Luthra... more

• Weil Gotshal's 2009 results fail to meet expectations

  Mar 09 2010 Weil, Gotshal & Manges has posted flat gross revenue and a slight rise in profits per partner for the year 2009. The results are somewhat disappointing considering the... more

• Howrey's Revenue, Profits Plummet in 2009

  Feb 23 2010 For Howrey, 2009 was a rough year. In 2008, Howrey had what firm Chairman Robert Ruyak said at the time was the firm's best year ever, based largely upon several large... more

• Drop in revenue and profits at Morgan Lewis

  Feb 12 2010 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius saw declines in revenue and profits in 2009 as a general economic slowdown and a hiring spree impacted the firm's bottom line. As of... more

• DLA Piper sees net debt increase by 80% to £53m

  Feb 06 2010 DLA Piper's net debt grew by 80% to £53m, during the 2008-09 financial year. DLA's staff costs increased £237.9m, the firm's limited liability partnership (LLP)... more

• White & Case revenues down 11 per cent in 2009

  Feb 02 2010 White & Case's total revenue for the 2009 financial year fell by 11 per cent from $1.467bn to $1.307bn. Average profit per equity partner (PEP) reached $1.595m, a... more

• Hughes Hubbard's Revenue, Profits Spike

  Feb 01 2010 Add Hughes Hubbard & Reed to the short list of blessed law firms for 2009. Not only did the 280-lawyer firm hold steady during a year of extraordinary economic... more

• Paul Weiss Reports 'Most Profitable Year in Firm's History'

  Feb 01 2010 Many Am Law 100 firms are reeling from the recession, but not Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. The firm has just reported its 2009 financials and the numbers... more

• Reed Smith profits up, revenue down

  Jan 29 2010 Reed Smith reached the $1 million profits per equity partner mark in 2009 with a 7 percent increase. However, revenues did not reach $1 billion, but instead dipped... more

• Crisis? What Crisis? California law firms post steady profits

  Jan 28 2010 Most major Bay Area law firms saw revenues and profits remain flat in 2009, reports The Recorder. Half of the eight firms surveyed posted increases in profit per... more

• Revenue down, profits up at Cadwalader

  Jan 21 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft reported a 28 percent increase in profits per partner, the firm's first positive results since 2007. Cadwalader's gross revenue... more

• Skadden is top global M&A adviser in 2009

  Jan 08 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom overtook its UK competitor Linklaters LLP to advise on the highest value of mergers and acquisitions in 2009 according to... more

• The 10 weirdest legal cases of 2009

  Dec 19 2009 Gary Slapper presents the best four cases of this year from the Times Online weekly Weird Cases column. more

• Record numbers accepted onto law courses

  Nov 04 2009 University admissions statistics have revealed that more students than ever before have been accepted onto law courses. The provisional figures published by... more

• Worst season for 'big law' jobs in over 50 years

  Aug 28 2009 This fall, law school grads are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search... more

• A Guide on Brazilian Investment Funds for foreign investors - english-portuguese - 2009

  Aug 07 2009 Dears, As result of my researches on Investment Funds and of my experience as Business Attorney, I built "A Guide on Brazilian Investment Funds for foreign... more

• Cadwalader, Dechert, Orrick top "Am Law Layoff List"

  Aug 05 2009 The American Lawyer has published a layoff list for the "Am Law 200" US law firms. Since January 2008, more than 3,000 attorney jobs have been cut, 2.75 percent of... more

• Allen & Overy's profits fall by 9 per cent

  Jul 10 2009 UK law firm Allen & Overy saw partner profits slide 9 percent for the for the year to April 30. However, despite a fall from £1.1 million to £1.0 million (US$1.6... more

• Wachtell tops global M&A rankings in first half of 2009

  Jul 07 2009 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the most-profitable US law firm, took the top spot on the Bloomberg list of M&A advisers for the first half of 2009, ousting UK-based... 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

• Camerons results: revenue up 2% as PEP down 15%

  May 23 2009 CMS Cameron McKenna has become the first major UK law firm to announce its 2008-09 results with the firm seeing profits down 15% along with a marginal increase in... more

• Top 50 set for fee falls but City firms hold steady

  May 21 2009 Top 50 revenues set to edge down but City firms match 2008 fees A substantial number of top 50 law firms will this year unveil falls in revenue despite many City... more

• The New Tax code of Kazakhstan – 2009

  Mar 31 2009 The new Tax code of Kazakhstan – 2009: Highlights The Present issue of news of the Kazakhstan legislation is devoted the new Tax code of Republic Kazakhstan which is... more

• Law firms hold down pay for associates in 2009

  Jan 05 2009 Base pay for US first-year associates rose about 30 percent to $160,000 over the last three years, but those days seem to be over as the economic downturn reaches the... more

• Latham & Watkins freezes associate salaries for 2009

  Dec 17 2008 Latham & Watkins is the first major law firm to freeze associate pay levels for 2009. While a number of US firms have announced that they are to reduce bonuses, Latham... more

• Few US law firms expect layoffs, says survey

  Dec 02 2008 A survey of more than 100 law firm leaders by American Lawyer indicates that attorneys at big law firms don't need to worry too much about joining the ranks of the... more

• Gibson Dunn promotes 13 lawyers to partner for 2009

  Dec 02 2008 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced that the firm has elected 13 new partners, effective January 1, 2009. The new partners represent a wide range of practice areas... more

• Recruiter: Summer associate positions could decline by up to 35% in 2009

  Oct 20 2008 Students who would have focused on New York summer positions in better economic times are now looking in other cities and at smaller law firms... more

• Vault Top 100 Law Firms 2009: Wachtell #1 for sixth year

  Aug 16 2008 The top 10 firms as ranked in the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms are: 1. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York, NY) 2. Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York,... more