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• Dewey & LeBoeuf to restructure Middle East practice after further departures

  Apr 23 2012 Dewey & LeBoeuf has initated a restructuring of its middle east operations, which could result in the closure of the firm’s Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha offices. The... more

• 105 staff and lawyers leave Singapore firm KhattarWong to launch new firm

  Aug 04 2011 Singapore-based firm KhattarWong has lost around 105 staff and lawyers in a mass departure led by managing partner Tan Chong Huat. The departing group – which includes... more

• 124 year old law firm to close down

  Jun 27 2011 Warner Smith & Harris, a Fort Smith, Arkansas based firm founded in 1887, is set to close after a sting of defections left the firm incapable of servicing its clients.... more

• 12 lawyer team from Chadbourne joins Akin Gump

  May 18 2011 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has raided Chadbourne & Parke for a 12 lawyer team, including partners Kerin Cantwell and Daniel Sinaiko, along with five counsel and... more

• K&L Gates raids Clifford Chance for ten lawyers in Tokyo

  May 17 2011 US firm K&L Gates has given big boost to its Tokyo office, raiding Clifford Chance for ten lawyers. The team of three partners, four counsels and three associates... more

• Clarke Thomas & Winters loses half its headcount

  Mar 16 2011 About half the lawyers from Texas firm Clark, Thomas & Winters have announced that they are leaving to start a new law firm law firm under the name Duggins Wren Mann &... more

• Bullivant to close California office

  Mar 15 2011 Bullivant Houser Bailey has announced that it will close its office in Sacramento California, after the bulk of its lawyers jumped ship for rival firm Locke Lord... more

• US firm Clark Thomas & Winters to undertake major restructuring

  Feb 28 2011 Texas law firm Clark Thomas & Winters has announced major restructuring to take place in the coming weeks, adding to speculation that the firm’s future hangs in the... more

• Howrey Chairman tells partners to make up their minds

  Feb 06 2011 Howrey Chairman Bob Ruyak has asked partners with employment offers from Winston & Strawn - about three quarters of the partnership – to make up their minds quickly... more

• Winston & Strawn makes offers to three quarters of the Howrey partnership

  Feb 03 2011 After the Chicago-based Winston & Strawn dropped merger negotiations with Howrey, the firm has moved to raid Howre’s talent-base instead. According to reports, Winston... more

• EpsteinBeckerGreen closes in Miami after mass defection

  Jan 02 2011 EpsteinBeckerGreen has taken the decision to close its Miami office after managing partner Michael Casey led a mass defection to Duane Morris, taking most of the... more

• US firm LeClairRyan scoops five-partner team from Nixon Peabody

  Dec 21 2010 Virginia-based firm LeClairRyan has recruited a team of five partners from the Rochester office of Nixon Peabody. The team - IP partners Michael Goldman, Gunnar... more

• Thirteen lawyers defect from Dewey & LeBoeuf to Katten Muchin Rosenman

  Nov 03 2010 The former co-chair of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s structured finance group, Christopher DiAngelo, is leaving the firm to join Katten Muchin Rosenman’s New York office. He will... more

• Eversheds' Copenhagen office in trouble

  Oct 15 2010 The Managing Partner of Eversheds’ Copenhagen office - Troels Askerud - has resigned, and the firm is in talks with three other partners about their future at the... more