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• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... more

• Kirkland & Ellis increases pay for all associates in London

  Jan 13 2012 Kirkland & Ellis has increased the salaries of all associates in London, with newly qualified lawyers now £7000 better off on £97,000. The increases put the firm... 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

• More US firms offer offset to compensate for discrimination against same-sex couples in tax code

  Nov 01 2011 Numerous major law firms have begun to offer a benefit for employees that enroll their same-sex partner in the firm’s health care plan. The benefit aims to offset... more

• WilmerHale hires star Antitrust lawyer Molly Boast

  Oct 21 2011 WilmerHale has boosted its New York antitrust and competition practice with the hire of Molly Boast, the former deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice... more

• Mayer Brown boosts insurance practice with Debevoise hire

  Sep 06 2011 Mayer Brown has bolstered its London corporate and securities practice with the hire of Debevoise & Plimpton associate Colin Scagell. Scagell joins the firm as a... more

• Law firms add value to junior associates

  Aug 23 2011 Law firms are responding to Junior lawyers have long been a profit center for large law firms, charged out to clients at hundreds of dollars an hour. But with clients... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton appoints new presiding partner

  Jun 30 2011 New York-based firm Debevoise & Plimpton has appointed Michael Blair, chair of the corporate department, to become the firm's new presiding partner. The role will... more

• Yale Law Women rates family friendly law firms

  May 04 2011 Yale Law Women has released its annual list of the top 10 family friendly law firms. There are some changes from last year’s list, with Debevoise & Plimpton and... more

• Debevoise maintains strong record on women in partnership

  Apr 01 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the promotion of three lawyers to the partnership, two of whom are women. Looking back over the past four years, the firm’s recod on... more

• A&O boosts Paris M&A team with triple hire from Debevoise

  Mar 24 2011 Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has bolstered its Paris M&A practice with the hire of three lawyers from US firm Debevoise & Plimpton. The group, which is led by... more

• Debevoise hires Council from Orrick for Shanghai base

  Feb 23 2011 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced the hire of Niping Wu to the role of International Counsel in the firm’s Shanghai office. Wu comes to the firm from Orrick,... 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

• US firm Debevoise & Plimpton follows Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 20 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has announced its 2010 associate bonuses, following a slew of large law firms to match the scale set by Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The bonuses... more

• Debevoise hires former NY state insurance superintendent

  Dec 07 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has hired former New York State insurance superintendent Eric R. Dinallo, who joins the firm’s partnership fresh from a run for New York attorney... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton moves partner to boost Hong Kong practice

  Oct 04 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has relocated partner Drew Dutton from Paris to Hong Kong in bid to bolster its Hong Kong financial services and transactional private equity... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton boosts PE practice with London hire

  Sep 21 2010 US firm Debevoise & Plimpton has boosted its London private equity practice with the hire of partner David Innes from Travers Smith. Debevoise presiding partner... 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

• Debevoise & Plimpton promotes four lawyers to partnership

  May 10 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton has made up four lawyers to its partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase on last year, when only two were made up worldwide.... more

• Debevoise, Jones Day, and Cleary lead $1.2 bn car rental merger

  Apr 27 2010 Hertz Global Holdings has announced the imminent acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group in a major strategic merger in the US car-rental industry. The $1.2... more

• Debevoise Sees Big Decline in Profits, Revenue

  Mar 01 2010 Debevoise & Plimpton on Friday revealed that gross revenue dropped 12 percent and profits per equity partner suffered an even steeper fall last year as the recession... more

• Slaughters takes headline role for Prudential on $35bn AIG Asia buyout

  Mar 01 2010 Slaughter and May and Debevoise & Plimpton have scored advisory roles on Prudential's high-profile plans to purchase the Asian assets of American International Group... more

• Debevoise disqualified in $8bn class action against MetLife

  Sep 04 2009 Eastern District of New York Judge Thomas Platt has issued an order disqualifying Debevoise & Plimpton to act as counsel for MetLife in an $8 billion class action.... more

• Debevoise expands finance practice with Goodwin Procter hires

  Jul 29 2009 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced the expansion of its financial institutions group with the addition of two lawyers, Gregory J. Lyons and Satish M. Kini, as partners... more

• Debevoise & Plimpton revenue up 7 percent

  Mar 03 2009 Debevoise & Plimpton's 2008 gross revenue was up 7.2 percent, while profits per partner (PPP) fell nearly 3 percent. One of the reason why Debevoise's financial... more

• Debevoise recruits former US Attorney General Michael Mukasey

  Feb 18 2009 Michael Mukasey, former US Attorney General will join Debevoise & Plimpton as a partner in the firm's litigation department in New York later this month, the firm... more