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• Room at the Waterhole: Midsize Firms Making the Most of the Middle

  Jun 01 2011 Midsize firms are proving to be an important resource to clients of all sizes. Clients are seeking cost effective yet excellent legal services and midsize firms have... more

• Hogan & Hartson's Geneva office jumps ship ahead of merger with Lovells

  Apr 08 2010 The Geneva office of Hogan & Hartson has abandoned ship ahead of the merger with Lovells, opting instead to join with US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. The... more

• Writ Petition filed against 31 foreign law firms and an LPO – Immigration law violations also alleged

  Mar 22 2010 A writ petition has been filed before the Madras HC by the Association of Indian Lawyers which not only deals with the entry of foreign law firms, but also raises... more

• Law firms benefit as clients suffer post-Lehman jitters

  Oct 13 2008 City law firms reported unprecedented levels of activity in the last two weeks of September as financial institutions called on their legal advisers... more

• Law firms slow Asia expansion

  Oct 10 2008 The Asian legal market is starting to feel the effects of the credit crunch with partners no longer viewing the region as safe from the effects of the global downturn... more

• Moscow law firms feel the credit crunch

  Sep 25 2008 The impact of the credit crunch finally hit Russian law firms. Capital markets practices are taking the biggest hit after the Russian Government was last week forced... more

• Indian lawyers heading westward

  Sep 25 2008 Lawyers from India are increasingly joining overseas law firms to represent cases involving Indian companies abroad. Firms such as Clifford Chance, Linklaters and... more

• UK law firm redundancy toll rises to 440

  Sep 24 2008 Law firms in the South East and London have laid off more staff than those in any other region in England and Wales, with real estate departments bearing the brunt of... more

• Corporate law firms see dark days ahead

  Sep 18 2008 The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the announced acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. by Bank of America will produce a flurry of legal activity. But for most large... more

• Big California firms pay associates $160K to $265K

  Sep 11 2008 The “vast majority" of the 17 law firms that responded to survey by the Recorder pay their associates lockstep compensation that begins at $160,000. The firms... more

• Yale Law Women Group selects top 10 family-friendly firms

  Sep 10 2008 Yale Law Women Group released the results of its third annual survey on family-friendly firms. The list includes the following firms: - Arnold & Porter - Covington... more

• Clifford Chance takes steps to improve its public image

  Sep 08 2008 City law firms have drawn criticism for being excessively profit-driven and for lagging behind other employers in hiring and promoting women and ethnic minorities.... more

• U.K. top 100 law firms revenue rises 6.3 percent in quarter

  Sep 03 2008 Revenue at the 100 largest U.K. law firms rose 6.3 percent in the quarter ended July 31 led by large firms with international legal networks. The top 10 London firms... more

• Indian and British law firms meet on referral partnership

  Aug 29 2008 Representatives of 18 prominent Indian law firms will be in Britain on Sep 4 to explore the possibilities of forging partnerships with their British counterparts for... more

• Singapore opens up to foreign law firms

  Aug 29 2008 Changes to the Legal Profession Act passed in Singapore's Parliament on Tuesday will now open up the hitherto protected legal sector to allow foreign firms more leeway... more

• Forecast: Law Firms to Continue Bumpy Ride Through 2008

  Aug 21 2008 Since 2001, the legal industry has been characterized by double-digit profit growth, strong demand, solid productivity and controlled expense growth. That all started... more

• Chinese companies eyeing Wall Street generate opportunities for US law firms

  Aug 19 2008 As Chinese public companies migrate to the major IS stock exchanges from smaller trading venues, they're seeking increasingly sophisticated legal counsel and... more

• Global law firms seek tie-ups with Indian peers

  Aug 19 2008 Global law majors, White & Case, Ropes & Gray, Ashurst Morris Crisp and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, are scouting for tie-ups with domestic law firms as a first... more

• US law firms continue China expansion

  Aug 16 2008 US firm Dechert has been granted a licence to open an office in Beijing, its first in mainland China, the firm has said in a statement. So far this year, ten US firms... more

• Working Mother magazine publishes annual annual Best Law Firms for Women list

  Aug 13 2008 http://www.workingmother.com/web?service=vpage/2907 more

• About Those Law Firm Layoffs? It Isn't That Bad

  Aug 12 2008 "A look at the numbers shows the cuts are quite small -- so far" says Leigh Jones, National Law Journal. more

• Magnet of Middle East attracts top City law firms

  Aug 05 2008 Clifford Chance, the world's biggest law firm by revenue, opened a new office in Abu Dhabi earlier this week with 14 lawyers drawn from offices including London. The... more

• Elections to push back liberalisation of Indian legal market

  Aug 01 2008 Attempts to open up the Indian legal market to foreign law firms look set for further delays as the country gears up for a general election. Chris Wyman, head of... more

• Attorneys Return to Firms After Stints Elsewhere

  Jul 31 2008 Law firms including Mayer Brown, Howrey; Winston & Strawn; McDermott, Will & Emery; Chadbourne & Parke; and several more in recent months have welcomed back attorneys... more

• How is the recession hitting UK law firms?

  Jul 31 2008 Over the past couple of months there has been the progressive build-up of outfits with big names that have been forced to admit that they were letting people go or... more

• For Law Grads, 2007 Was a Very Good Year

  Jul 29 2008 Nearly 92 percent of 2007 law school graduates have jobs now, the highest reported figure in 20 years. And those who work at law firms are earning a median salary of... more

• Brodies in challenge to big four Scottish law firms

  Jul 28 2008 Commercial law firm Brodies LLP, is closing the gap on Scotland’s big four in the industry, Dundas & Wilson, McGrigors, Maclay Murray Spens, and Shepherd and... more

• Antitrust rules in Asia stir law firms

  Jul 25 2008 Global law firms are scrambling to strengthen their pan-Asian competition practices. Law firms expect a sharp rise in requests from multi-national corporations eager... more

• Law firms spend too much money on late-night parties, expert says

  Jul 25 2008 A career expert has some advice for law firms running summer associate programs: Spend less money on late-night parties and more on training and mentoring programs.... more

• US firms braced for slump in half-year revenues

  Jul 22 2008 US firms are preparing their partners for sinking revenues as they take stock of their financial progress at the half-year stage. Business has been far harder since... more

• US top law firms outperformed by UK rivals

  Jul 17 2008 The US’s top law firms have outperformed their key UK rivals, despite a year of robust growth from the UK’s leading practices. UK top 50 firms achieved average... more

• Law firms defy downturn to post bumper results

  Jul 14 2008 As investment banks continue to announce widespread redundancies, the largest global law firms are turning in double-digit revenue increases despite the credit crunch... more

• Magic circle trio break into profits top 10 as City firms move up Global 100

  Jul 11 2008 Figures compiled by Legal Week and The American Lawyer show that three UK firms make it into the global top 10 by PEP — Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Freshfields... more

• Law firms beat banks on graduate pay

  Jul 11 2008 Trainee solicitors are the highest paid graduates in the UK, according to a new survey. The median starting salaries for trainee solicitors in 2008 is £36,500,... more

• Young Indian lawyers returning to domestic legal firms

  Jul 07 2008 In a reversal of trend, young lawyers, who earlier queued up to join the Legal Process Outsourcing (LPOs) outfits in search of fatter pack packets, are returning to... more

• Newcomer Law Firms Are Creating Niches With Blue-Chip Clients

  Jul 02 2008 A new breed of small firms is landing blue-chip clients and, in the process, making money. The newcomers aim to provide highly qualified lawyers, often working on... more

• Nossaman merges with D.C.-based law firm O'Connor & Hannan

  Jul 01 2008 Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP is merging with O'Connor & Hannan LLP. O'Connor & Hannan LLP, a D.C.-based firm with 23 attorneys and lobbyists at 1666 K St.... more

• Like Troutman, Many US Law Firms Think Bigger is Better

  Jun 30 2008 Troutman Sanders, a 650-lawyer firm started in 1897, announced last week that it is merging with Ross, Dixon & Bell, a Washington-based firm with 100 lawyers. So far... more

• City law firms feel the crunch as Howard Kennedy plans to cut 50 jobs

  Jun 24 2008 Howard Kennedy has become the latest UK law firm to fall victim to the credit crunch with the launch of a redundancy program threatening up to 50 jobs. more

• UK law firms set for merger frenzy

  Jun 18 2008 The UK legal market is set for a radical shakeup with over 100 law firms expected to attempt a merger or acquisition in the next 12 months, experts predict. more

• South Africa: Top Law Firms Merge to Create New Legal Giant

  Jun 15 2008 Law firms Cliffe Dekker and Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala announced plans yesterday to enter into a merger to rival their large competitors Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs,... more

• City law firms retain less than 90% of trainees

  Jun 14 2008 Some of the UK’s largest City firms have released their trainee retention rates for the September 2008 intake, with the majority offering places to fewer than 90% of... more

• New Zealand's Top Corporate Law Firms

  Jun 11 2008 At the recent Corporate Law Association of New Zealand conference, a full ranking of 14 of New Zealand’s largest law firms provided a ‘performance list. Top billing... more

• US Legal Sector Sees Third Month of Job Losses

  Jun 07 2008 The U.S. legal service sector lost 1,100 jobs in May, according to U.S. Department of Labor statistics released Friday. Layoffs at large firms, along with... more

• US Law Firms See More Layoffs, Departures of Staff and Associates

  Jun 05 2008 As one law firm leader put it, 2008 is a good time to look at current staffing issues, and that has resulted in a few firms shedding either staff or associates.... more

• City lawyers wait longer than ever to become partners

  May 26 2008 Junior solicitors at the City's biggest firms face almost nine years of hard slog before being promoted, new research shows. more

• UK firms defy credit crunch with record results

  May 25 2008 RollOnFriday has published a list of the latest law firm results: Firm --- Turnover --- % increase on 06/07 Field Fisher Waterhouse --- £88m --- 30% Norton... more

• City firms celebrate double-digit revenue growth for 2007-08

  May 22 2008 Several law firms have posted robust financial results for 2007-08, with Lovells, SJ Berwin and Eversheds among those announcing double-digit hikes in revenues. The... more

• Lending Lawyers: Secondments Gaining Popularity

  May 21 2008 A few large law firms have been arranging secondments -- short-term contracts under which companies "borrow" an outside lawyer for a few weeks to a year or more -- for... more

• Why should India open up the legal market for foreign firms?

  May 17 2008 India has the second largest number of lawyers after only the US. There has been mounting pressure on the Indian government from other governments, particularly of the... more

• Major Australian law firms expanding in China

  May 17 2008 Australian law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has opened its third office in China and now has 130 lawyers in China working from offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and now... more

• Akerman Senterfitt nearing a merger deal with Wolf Block?

  May 17 2008 Akerman Senterfitt is close to consummating a merger with a 300-lawyer Philadelphia-based firm that would broaden its national platform, according to sources familiar... more

• Law firms continue to cluster near Silicon Valley

  May 16 2008 During the dot-com boom, large national law firms started setting up shop in Palo Alto. But even after the boom went bust, the firms continued to flock there,... more

• For US Summer Associates, Will There Be Enough Work?

  May 14 2008 This year’s biglaw summer associates may face a shortage of client work. This year, with the slowdown in transactions, some firms like WilmerHale and Latham expect to... more

• Indian law colleges: International law firms pick cream of the crop

  May 14 2008 The placement period at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won't end for another month. But the batch of 80 students in the final year have... more

• Foreign law firms show no interest in Singapore licences

  May 12 2008 Cotty Vivant Marchisio & Lauzeral is the only foreign firm to have confirmed an interest in applying for a Qualifying Foreign Law Firm (QFLF) licence in Singapore.... more

• The future of the City job market for lawyers: think light and shade

  May 12 2008 Will the credit crunch force law firms to put a break on recuitment? Aspirant lawyers should not despair. According to David Davies, careers consultant at BPP law... more

• A Passage to India: Are Foreign Law Firms in the Country’s Future?

  May 05 2008 The Indian Advocates Act of 1961 prevents foreign firms from doing business in the country. The wall went up in the 1990s when Ashurst, a British firm, along with... more

• K&L Gates, Kennedy Covington expect to merge by July 1

  May 02 2008 Global law firm K&L Gates and Charlotte-based Kennedy Covington, which have been engaged in merger discussions for months, are far enough along in those talks that... more

• Revenue record in 2007 for US law firms thanks to M&A boom

  May 02 2008 The American Lawyer reported today that two law firms, Skadden, Arps and Latham & Watkins, broke the industry’s $2 billion gross revenue barrier for the first time. It... more

• UK firms eye Singapore opportunities as local-law licences go up for grabs

  May 02 2008 Legalweek reports that DLA Piper, Lovells, Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are planning to apply for licences to provide local-law advice in Singapore. The... more

• Scottish law firms to be opened to external investors?

  Apr 28 2008 The Law Society of Scotland is asking members to back proposals to enable external investors such as banks, accountants and venture capitalists to buy shares in... more

• American Companies and law firms outsource legal competencies to India

  Apr 28 2008 Why pay a lawyer at a North American firm $250 an hour or more, when you can pay an Indian lawyer $50 an hour to do the same work? Legal process outsourcers (LPOs) are... more

• Herbert Smith and Leading Saudi Law Firm Join Hands

  Apr 28 2008 Herbert Smith, a London-based law firm with over 1,200 lawyers in branches world-wide, has established a formal and exclusive association in Saudi Arabia with the Al... more

• Toga Joins Bingham’s Tokyo Office as Securities Partner

  Apr 25 2008 Takayasu Koga has joined Bingham’s Tokyo office as a securities partner. Koga was previously the assistant director in charge of inspections at Japan’s Securities... more

• Will India open up to foreign lawyers?

  Apr 25 2008 Global law firms see India as one of the last untouched goldmines of the international legal scene. It has a booming economy, a strong legal system and a deep well of... more

• Large law firms hire from select schools

  Apr 23 2008 Columbia Law School in New York City and Northwestern Law School in Chicago are the most frequently recruited schools by the nation’s largest law firms, which offer... more

• Top law firms lack diversity

  Apr 23 2008 A report from a leading association of black lawyers gives 18 of big law firms poor to failing grades on their representation of minority attorneys locally. Holland... more

• White & Case Exits Reveal Two Visions and an Opportunity

  Apr 22 2008 So after just the seven years of claims that he is leaving White & Case, Maurice Allen finally confirmed last month that he is to head for Freshfields Bruckhaus... more

• Herbert Smith Tries More Management

  Apr 21 2008 For the last 15 years the United Kingdom's Herbert Smith has been one of the few international firms in London without a managing partner. That ended last week when... more

• DLA launches in Abu Dhabi while other top firms still waiting for licenses

  Apr 20 2008 DLA Piper is to formally launch in Abu Dhabi later this month, with projects and finance partner Stephen Webb -- currently based at the firm's Dubai office --... more

• What's 66 Years of A Lawyer's Time Worth? Say Half a Billion Dollars?

  Apr 19 2008 What is 66 years of attorney time worth? On April 8 Philadelphia federal district court judge Harvey Bartle III came up with an answer in the gargantuan fen-phen... more

• Law Firms Find Work Abroad as U.S. Mergers Hit a Low

  Apr 19 2008 As the credit crisis drove first-quarter U.S. mergers and acquisitions down 54 percent to $248.1 billion from $536.3 billion last year, deal volume in Asia, Latin... more

• Clean Tech Focus Helps Law Firms Clean Up

  Apr 19 2008 As more money flows into green technologies, law firms have increasingly adopted clean tech practice groups dedicated to guiding emerging companies and venture capital... more

• The truth about partnerships

  Apr 15 2008 The run-up to partnership is one of the most stressful periods of a lawyer's career. One ambitious young associate, when approaching his second bite at the partnership... more

• Top Law Schools Tighten Their Hold on NLJ 250 Law Firms

  Apr 13 2008 A bigger percentage of students graduating from top law schools in 2007 took jobs at National Law Journal (NLJ) 250 law firms than those graduating in 2006.... more

• Canadian Lawyers Predict Additional Hiring in Next 12 Months

  Apr 11 2008 Many law firms and corporate legal departments expect to hire additional lawyers in the next 12 months, a new survey shows. Forty-five per cent of lawyers polled said... more

• UK law firms under pressure on staff diversity

  Apr 11 2008 London law firms are under growing client pressure to promote more women and people from ethnic and other minorities, according to the new head of one of the largest... more

• Clifford Chance partner Kathy Honeywood: 'Being the only woman is quite tough'

  Apr 09 2008 Law firms to date are some way behind other professions at encouraging diversity. The accounting firms, for one, have had women’s networks for years. But Honeywood is... more

• Indian salaries rocket as UK firms poach talent

  Apr 08 2008 A full-blown salary war has erupted in India in response to increased local and international competition for talent, resulting in pay increases of more than 50 per... more

• Bucking Trend, Law Firms Build Structured Finance Groups

  Apr 07 2008 Structured finance, which includes work related to the full spectrum of mortgage-backed securities, is the acknowledged ground zero of the current credit crisis, and... more

• Lawyers In The Middle East - Check Before You Jump

  Apr 07 2008 Lawyers seeking work in the Middle East, attracted by monstrous salaries and exciting work prospects, need to also carefully research the firms they plan to work for.... more

• Fulbright’s Presence in Asia Grows By Five Lawyers

  Apr 05 2008 Five lawyers in Beijing and Hong Kong have been added to Fulbright’s Asian presence as the international firm continues enhancing its strategic network of global... more

• Investment banking fees in Asia down after record 2007

  Apr 05 2008 Investment banking fees for Q1 of 2008 in Asia have dropped by 5.4% on the corresponding period last year, according to a study by Thomson Financial. Fees in Southeast... more

• Good Year To Be A Woman Lawyer - In The UK At Least

  Apr 01 2008 The year's partnership promotions round is shaping up to be the best ever for female lawyers in the UK, The Lawyer reports. Of the first 10 firms to announce their... more

• Firms Fend Off More Malpractice Actions as Failed Deals Fuel Suits

  Apr 01 2008 Law firms are having mixed success in dismissing a growing number of high-dollar malpractice and fraud claims brought over failed corporate deals. In the past few... more

• Is Dubai overlawyered?

  Apr 01 2008 More than 160 years after the discovery of a few gold nuggets turned San Francisco into a boomtown, a different type of gold rush is underway 13,000 miles east in the... more

• Law firms fail to reach top of best employers league

  Apr 01 2008 Law firms feature heavily in a survey of the best professional services firms to work for, but only two reached the top 20. The report, by the Managing Partners'... more

• For Willkie Farr the gateway to Europe is Paris, not London

  Mar 29 2008 If Daniel Hurstel's schedule on Thursday, March 27, was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher's office... more

• Career Path From In-House to Firms Becomes Round-Trip

  Mar 27 2008 Until recently, it was usually a one-way trip from law firms to in-house counsel, but increasingly lawyers are finding that careers can go full circle. The reasons... more

• Big Law, Bigger Profits

  Mar 25 2008 2007 was the best year yet for the nation's largest law firms. The top 50 U.S. firms generated a total of $46.6 billion in revenue in 2007, a 16 percent increase over... more

• Brazil Law Firms to Boost Hiring Amid Merger Boom

  Mar 23 2008 Brazilian law firms specializing in mergers and acquisitions may hire 15 percent to 20 percent more lawyers in 2008 to deal with a wave of corporate takeovers, said... more

• Indian law firms fight attrition with fatter paychecks

  Mar 23 2008 These may still be early days for foreign law firms to set foot in India, but they sure are shaking up the legal fraternity here. Top foreign law firms like Clifford... more

• Official - Law Firms Best Places To Work

  Mar 18 2008 Law firms made a dramatic impact in this year's Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For, with no less than twelve of them making the grade. Manchester-based... more

• Big Lobbying Practices See a Billion-Dollar Year

  Mar 15 2008 The 50 highest-grossing lobbying practices in the country passed the $1 billion revenue mark for the first time last year, thanks in part to strong growth in work... more

• U.S. law firm layoffs pick up pace as economy slows

  Mar 12 2008 For the second year in a row, 460-lawyer Chicago firm Jenner & Block has axed equity partners. At least 10 partners have been told to give up their equity and some... more

• Law Firms Storm The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies To Work For 2008

  Mar 12 2008 Eleven per cent of The Times top 100 companies to work for in 2008 are law firms, four more than were on last year's list... more

• Linklaters ranked as 'superbrand' law firm

  Mar 10 2008 In a new study by Superbrands, Linklaters appears as the highest law firm on the list of best brands at 259. Clifford Chance is ranked at 296 and national firm... more

• City law firms continue to grow despite slowdown

  Mar 10 2008 The UK’s top 100 law firms have continued to grow despite signs that the economic downturn is beginning to have an impact, according to the figures from Deloitte.... more

• Women partners up as long-term prospects improve

  Mar 07 2008 The proportion of female partners at UK law firms rose by more than 5% between 2006 and 2007, according to new research, although women still represent less than a... more