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• Shearman & Sterling senior partner shifts to GC role at Citigroup

  Apr 06 2012 The senior partner at Shearman & Sterling, Rohan Weerasinghe, has announced that he is leaving the firm to take up a role as the general counsel at Citigroup.... more

• Davis Polk and Dewey take leading roles on $5.7 bn hostile takeover bid

  Jan 28 2012 Davis Polk & Wardwell and Dewey & Boeuf 40] have taken lead roles in the leadup to a $5.7 hostile takeover bud for San Diego–based gene-mapping equipment-maker... more

• Profits at top US firms called into question

  Aug 22 2011 The Wall Street Journal has reported that over half of the top US law firms may have overstated their average profits per equity partner, and around 22 per cent of the... more

• Citigroup appoints former Clifford Chance senior partner as VC of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

  Apr 01 2011 Financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has appointed former Clifford Chance senior partner Stuart Popham as vice-chair of banking for Europe, the Middle East, and... more

• Taking the shears to equity partnerships in 2011

  Jan 19 2011 2011 will be another slow year for law firms, according to the 2011 Client Advisory released by consultants at Hildebrandt Baker Robbins and the Citi Private Bank... more

• CitiGroup Inc unwilling to pay for work by summer associates

  Jun 09 2010 Citigroup Inc has told its external lawyers that they will no longer for the labour provided by law students on summer associateship programs. The new policy is set to... more

• Simpson, Davis and Cleary land roles in US Treasury offering of 1.5 bn Citi shares

  Apr 27 2010 The US Treasury is preparing to commence the first stage of its plan to unload 7.7 billion government-owned Citigroup shares on the market, with an offering of 1.5... more

• Skadden and Sadis guide $4.2 billion hedge fund sale

  Apr 14 2010 Citigroup has announced the sale of its hedge fund unit, including its funds of funds business, to alternative asset manager SkyBridge Capital for $4.2 billion.... more

• Firms Should Look to the Ranks of Partners for Costs Savings

  Mar 03 2010 2009 was without doubt a bad year for major law firms. And since a robust recovery is unlikely in the current economic environment, these firms need to come to terms... more

• 85-year old US law firm Thelen files for bankruptcy

  Sep 21 2009 Thelen LLP, a US law firm founded in 1924 in San Francisco, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York on Thursday night, almost a year after... more

• Paul Weiss wins lead role on Sumitomo-Citi deal

  Jul 31 2009 Paul Weiss, and Japanese law firms Mori Hamada & Matsumoto and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu are advising on one of the largest Japanese M&A deals in 2009, Sumitomo... more

• Wachovia and Wells Fargo's removal attempt in Citigroup suit unsuccessful

  Mar 24 2009 A US federal district judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Citigroup against US banks Wachovia and Wells Fargo alleging interference with Citigroup's attempt to... more

• Davis Polk, Wachtell, Cravath advise on Citi-Morgan broker merger

  Jan 14 2009 Citigroup hired Davis Polk & Wardwell and Morgan Stanley retained Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz as advisors on the merger of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and... more

• Cleary Gottlieb rehires former partner Edward Greene from Citigroup

  Jan 09 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has announced that Edward Greene, General Counsel of Citigroup’s Institutional Clients Group, will return to the firm in February.... more

• Davis Polk, Skadden, Sullivan in Citigroup's Wachovia buy

  Oct 01 2008 Davis Polk & Wardwell, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Sullivan & Cromwell have scored lead roles on Citigroup’s acquisition of Wachovia’s banking operations... more

• White & Case advises on high-yield deals worth US$27bn

  Aug 08 2008 Despite the continued slowdown in the debt finance markets and the defection of key members of its banking & finance team, law firm White & Case LLP is advising on... more

• Cleary and Sullivan scoop $19bn Citi equity offering

  Feb 02 2008 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Sullivan & Cromwell scooped lead roles on the $19bn Citigroup equity offering. The transaction is the latest investment bank... more

• Cohen Milstein Investigates Potential Employee Retirement Income Security Act Violations by Citigroup

  Nov 19 2007 Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll is currently investigating Citigroup Inc. to determine whether the fiduciaries of the Citigroup 401(k) Plan may have engaged in... more