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• Dewey & LeBouef's leaders explain the firm's collapse

  May 18 2012 This article gives an account of an interview in DealBook with Martin Bienenstock and L. Charles Landgraf, both of whom served as the ‘office of the Chairman’ at Dewey... more

• Law firms lose reputation as low credit risk

  May 03 2012 The turmoil over at New York firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, a large and prestigious name in the business - has forced many industry observers to take stock and pose some... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf ousts former chairman, while merger negotiations fail

  Apr 30 2012 Troubled US law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has dumped former chairman Steven H. Davis, who is under criminal investigation for alleged financial improprieties.... more

• Quinn Emanuel's winning strategy

  Sep 19 2011 Interesting article here on the success of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, who made the strategic decision a few years ago to step back from advising major banks... more

• Linklaters hires Freshfields partner in London

  Nov 30 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Chris Howard has been hired by British firm Linklaters, and will join the firm’s London partnership. Howard has worked for... more

• Halliwells isn't the only firm with problems

  Jul 02 2010 As Halliwells prepares to sell off the parts for one of Britain’s biggest regional law firms, others in the industry are also struggling. Many firms are having... more

• Credit crunch causes traffic in UK courts

  Jun 01 2010 A new survey has revealed a huge rise in commercial litigation in the UK courts, where over a thousand claims are being launched each month. Large commercial claims... more

• Garrigues Leads €4.2bn Spanish bank merger

  May 24 2010 Garrigues has taken the lead role on the €4.2bn merger of three Spanish savings banks. Caixa Catalunya, Caixa Tarragona and Caixa Manresa will merge to trade under the... more

• Maurice Blackburn gets ball rolling on Australia's biggest class action

  May 18 2010 Australian plaintiff form Maurice Blackburn has initiated proceedings in what may turn out to be the biggest class action in Australian history. The claim involves... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf raises $125 million bond

  Apr 20 2010 US law firms generally have conservative borrowing habits, looking to major banks and partners’ contributions to raise capital. But Dewey & LeBoeuf has bucked the... more

• Smaller firms take lions share of lucrative work acting against banks

  Apr 08 2010 Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about the role of small to midsize law firms in the lucrative legal work of acting against banks in the wake of the... more

• Why it took $642m in fees to dismantle Lehman

  Feb 22 2010 Lehman’s bankruptcy is believed to be the largest in US history. A new regulatory filing revealed that various consulting and legal firms and other lucky advisors... more

• Cleary Gottlieb advises Iceland in Icesave dispute

  Feb 11 2010 The government of Iceland announced it had hired US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as an advisor in a new round of negotiations with the United Kingdom and... more

• Mayer Brown: Banks to face heavy capital burdens under Basel II

  Jan 19 2010 According to a release by global law firm Mayer Brown, a recent proposal by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to create significant capital reforms under the... more

• Linklaters, Slaughter & May lead on JPMorgan Cazenove deal

  Nov 20 2009 Linklaters and Slaughter and May have won mandates on JPMorgan’s £1bn buy-out of the remaining half of UK broker Cazenove. Linklaters corporate partner Stephen... more

• SEC blames Wachtell, Shearman for not disclosing bank bonuses

  Aug 26 2009 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is blaming lawyers from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling for Bank of America’s failure to... more

• German ministry outsources legislation to Linklaters

  Aug 13 2009 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the head of the German Economics Ministry, faces tough criticism for hiring international law firm Linklaters to draft key legislation for... more

• Magic circle trio take lead roles on latest UK bank bailout

  Jan 19 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Linklaters have secured advisory roles as the UK Government unveils a second package of measures to bail out the... more

• Freshfields advises German Government on rescue fund

  Oct 25 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised the German Government on the set-up of a €500bn rescue fund, established earlier this week. The magic circle firm’s team was led... more

• Norton Rose advises HSBC on Indonesian bank buyout

  Oct 24 2008 Norton Rose is advising HSBC on the purchase of Indonesian lender Bank Ekonomi for $608m. Lovells was handed a role by the sellers, a group of Indonesian private... more

• Magic circle firms head up £37bn bank bailout

  Oct 14 2008 Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the top City firms winning roles on the UK Government’s £37bn bailout of three of the... more

• Banks still see law firms as good credit risks

  Oct 09 2008 Citi Private Bank official says firm loans are up 25 percent, probably to fill the cash gap from clients not paying promptly. more

• Denton, Freshfields, Slaughters line up for Icelandic bank roles

  Oct 08 2008 Denton Wilde Sapte, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have snared key roles as the UK arms of two Icelandic banks at the heart of the country’s... more

• Law firms beat banks on graduate pay

  Jul 11 2008 Trainee solicitors are the highest paid graduates in the UK, according to a new survey. The median starting salaries for trainee solicitors in 2008 is £36,500,... more

• UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) raids law firm bankers

  Jun 04 2008 The Office of Fair Trading conducted a series of dawn raids at offices of Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as part of an investigation into price-fixing on... more

• UK law firms match investment banks on trainee pay

  Feb 06 2008 Law firm trainees can now pocket equal amounts to their graduate counterparts at investment banks, according to new research – with both camps taking home over £10,000... more