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• Patent transactions increasingly involve antitrust issues

  May 08 2012 Patent transactions of increasing value are attracting the attention of antitrust regulators, necessitating the use of antitrust experts in a field that previously had... more

• Law firms take top spots in ranking of DC retirement plans

  Apr 11 2012 Law firms in Washington DC have taken the first five places in a ranking of business retirement plans. The survey, conducted by financial advisor BrightScope, looked... more

• Covington & Burling to launch in South Korea

  Mar 16 2012 Covington & Burling announced this week that it plans to launch a new base in Seoul, South Korea. Other international firms that have announced their intention to... more

• Covington & Burling posts increase in revenue and average profits per partner

  Feb 24 2012 US firm Covington & Burling has reported a 5.1 per cent increase in total revenue, going from $581.5 million in 2010 to $611 million in 2011. Average profit per equity... more

• Covington & Burling hires five lawyers for Shanghai Launch

  Feb 14 2012 Washington, D.C.-based firm Covington & Burling is waiting on regulatory approval for a new office in Shanghai, after hiring five lawyers from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich... more

• Summer Associate hiring in Washington remains steady

  Sep 06 2011 The summer associate recruitment process is well under way in Washington, where the largest law firms are hiring around the same number of summer associates as last... more

• Five firms advise on Microsoft's $8.5b acquisition of Skype

  May 12 2011 Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.... more

• UK frms scramble to hire fraud experts ahead of new anti bribery law

  Mar 26 2011 Law firms and companies operating in the UK are preparing for compliance with a new anti bribery law by hiring lawyers from the UK fraud prosecutor. Under the new... more

• Covington's Middle East alliance firm to launch in Riyadh and King Abdullah Economic City

  Feb 23 2011 Covington & Burling’s Middle East alliance firm Institution Quaraysh for Law & Policy has announced the imminent launch of offices in Riyadh and King Abdullah Economic... more

• Covington reports flat revenue and 3.8% drop in profits

  Feb 10 2011 Covington & Burling has reported gross revenue of $582.5 million in 2010, a decrease of less than 1 per cent from the $583 million in takings from the precious year.... more

• White & Case and Covington & Burling hire UK Bribery Act experts ahead of legislative change

  Jan 25 2011 White & Case and Covington & Burling have hired senior prosecutors from the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, boosting their white collar practices ahead of the introduction... more

• What can we learn from this year's promotions?

  Dec 17 2010 This article takes a closer look at some of the decisions being made in this year’s partnership promotions round, asking what those decisions indicate about the... more

• Cadwalader and Covington lead $3.6bn UK pharma deal

  Oct 13 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Covington & Burling have taken lead roles on a $3.6 billion cash deal for the acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals by the world’s... more

• Covington & Burling bolster international trade and finance practice with new hire

  Aug 23 2010 US firm Covington & Burling has boosted its international trade and finance practice with the hire of Peter Lichtenbaum. Lichtenbaum joins the partnership after... more

• Covington & Burling and Johnson & Jones lead $1.55 billion energy deal

  Apr 06 2010 Covington & Burling and Johnson & Jones have scored lead roles in SandRidge Energy’s $1.55 billion purchase of rival oil and natural gas explorer Arena Resources.... more

• Vault Top 100 Law Firms 2010: And the winner is... Wachtell

  Aug 26 2009 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is the most prestigious law firm according to Vault’s law firm rankings by law firm associates, defending its No. 1 spot for the seventh... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Ex-Oregon Senator Gordon Smith to join Covington & Burling

  Mar 03 2009 Former Oregon Senator Gordon Smith is going to work for Covington & Burling, one of Washington, D.C.'s most powerful law firms. more

• Covington announces major expansion of its patent litigation practice

  Oct 07 2008 Covington & Burling LLP is significantly expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of approximately 50 lawyers in California... more