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• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• Four leading NY firms post increased revenues in 2011

  Mar 12 2012 Four of the top New York law firms posted their financial results for 2011, with all four showing an increase in revenues. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom... 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

• US firm Davis Polk follows the leader on bonuses

  Dec 19 2011 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced its annual bonuses for associates, matching the rates set by Cravath Swaine & Moore last month The Cravath bonus scale... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell follows the flock on annual bonuses

  Dec 14 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced that it will match the bonus structure put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore. Like Cravath, Davis Polk's bonus scale begins... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• K&L Gates launches first South American office in São Paulo

  Nov 09 2011 K&L Gates has announced the launch its first office in South America in São Paulo, Brazil. The new office will operate under Brazilian Bar Association rules as a... more

• Why Quinn Emanuel steers clear of Hong Kong

  Nov 04 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Asian Lawyer about why Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opted not to open an office in... more

• Davis Polk boosts DC antitrust practice with hire from Federal Trade Commission

  Aug 19 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has bolstered its Washington DC antitrust practice with the hire of Howard A. Shelanski. Shelanski has a wealth of regulatory experience, joining... more

• Davis Polk set to launch in São Paulo

  Jul 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two of three São Paulo-based Mayer Brown partners ahead of the launch of a new office in the Brazilian city next month. Corporate... more

• US firms look abroad to bolster profits

  Jun 23 2011 This Reuters article reflects upon the fact that as the US economy continues to struggle, law firms are looking abroad to bolster profits. In recent months, Davis... more

• ALB Law Awards: Amarchand, AZB and Talwar Thakore take top honours

  Jun 08 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas has been chosen as the ‘Indian Deal Firm of the Year’ for 2011 at ALB SE Asia 2011 Law Awards. Amarchand & Mangaldas took the award for ‘Debt... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell elects new managing partner

  Apr 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced the election of Thomas J. Reid to the role of managing partner. Reid is currently head of the firm’s corporate department, and... more

• Wall Street firms post high profits

  Mar 15 2011 A number of Wall Street firms saw profits rise last year, as M&A and capital markets work swelled. Some firms ensured their profits by pruning the equity partner... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell to launch in Brazil

  Feb 21 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced that it will launch a new office in Brazil later this year. The São Paulo office will be led by corporate partners Manuel... more

• Freshfields follows the leader with US spring bonuses

  Feb 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has awarded spring bonuses to its 82 US–based associates, following the lead set by Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Swaine & Moore,... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell announces generous spring bonuses

  Jan 24 2011 Sullivan & Cromwell has announced a generous spring bonuses for its associates. The firm has decided to the 2010 year-end bonuses, announced in December, with a... 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

• Davis Polk & Wardwell boosts Hong Kong office with Linklaters hire

  Nov 22 2010 New York firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has boosted its brand new Hong Kong practice, opened earlier this month, with the hire of Paul Chow from Linklaters in Beijing.... more

• Do family-friendly policies hold female lawyers back?

  Sep 14 2010 Most large firms offer staff flex-time and part-time work, promising that associates will not derail their careers by taking up these options. The Careerist makes... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell launches HK domestic practice with double hire

  Aug 16 2010 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has launched a domestic law practice in Hong Kong with the hire of two new partners. Bonnie YT Chan and Antony Dapiran will head the... more

• Quality of life in law firms - rankings released

  Aug 12 2010 Vault has released the results of its Law Firm Quality of Life Rankings, based upon surveys of associates who were asked to report on “overall satisfaction,... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell lead Agricultural Bank of China IPO

  Jul 19 2010 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has scored a leading role on the initial public offering for the Agricultural Bank of China, which launched late last week. The firm... more

• Cleary and Davis lead $1.28 billion software deal

  May 20 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Davis Polk & Wardwell have taken lead roles on software maker Symantec’s $1.28 billion cash acquisition of VeriSign’s internet... more

• Freshfields keeps PEPs high through recession

  May 18 2010 Some interesting figures arise from The Lawyer’s Transatlantic Elite report, such as the fact that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted the industry’s highest... 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

• Milbank and Vedder Price lead $1.99 billion aviation deal

  Apr 16 2010 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Vedder Price have landed lead roles on a $1.99 billion aviation deal between American International Group's aircraft leasing unit... more

• Record profits without axing staff: Cravath Swaine & Moore and Davis Polk & Wardwell

  Mar 22 2010 A number of firms posted record profit per partner figures in 2009, despite a difficult economic climate. And while many of them boosted profits by paring back their... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell report 10% increase in profits for equity partners

  Mar 15 2010 2009 was a tough year for many law firms, but Davis Polk & Wardwell has bucked the trend, reporting a 10% increase in profits per equity partner (from US$1.9M in 2008... more

• Fed tried to keep AIG details secret, Davis Polk emails reveal

  Jan 27 2010 When American International Group used bailout money to pay $62 billion to its bank trading partners to retire bad bets on credit default swaps, lawyers scrambled to... more

• Ropes & Gray, Davis Polk advise on Pfizer's $2.3bn settlement

  Sep 03 2009 Ropes & Gray served as Pfizer's lead outside counsel in negotiating Pfizer's agreement to pay $2.3 billion in penalties to settle charges of illegally marketing drugs.... 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

• 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

• Slaughters, Davis Polk, Uria Menendez advise on Santander rights issue

  Nov 18 2008 Slaughter and May has teamed up with best friends Davis Polk & Wardwell and Spain's Uria Menendez to work on Banco Santander's €7.2bn rights issue. more

• Sullivan & Cromwell, Davis Polk win roles on $37.8bn AIG deal

  Oct 10 2008 Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have secured roles on US insurance giant AIG’s additional $37.8bn funding. 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