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• Baker & McKenzie holds on to 1st place in ranking by revenue

  May 08 2012 American Lawyer has released its new rankings, with some interesting results. The top 100 firms worldwide showed an average 5.3 per cent increase in gross revenue and... more

• Jones Day announces pay rise for trainees, while Links raises all pay levels

  May 04 2012 Jones Day has announced a pay rise for trainees in its London office, increasing the starting salary from £39,000 to £41,000, with pay to be reviewed every year in... more

• Jones Day hires 3 private equity lawyers from Foley & Lardner

  Mar 20 2012 Jones Day has boosted its private equity practice with the hire of three specialists from Foley & Lardner. The firm’s San Diego office will welcome rainmaker Kenneth... more

• International law firms set their sights on Mexico

  Feb 24 2012 Large international law firms are setting their sights on Mexico, as the country’s growing economy precipitates both inbound and outbound investment streams. DLA... more

• Skadden tops list of strongest law firm brands

  Jan 31 2012 Brand research company Acritas has compiled a list of the strongest brands in the US and global legal services market. Their study, which surveyed 902 clients, of... more

• Kodak switches advisors in struggle to avoid bankruptcy

  Dec 06 2011 Photography company Kodak has switched legal advisors in the middle of its struggle to avoid bankruptcy, trading in Jones Day’s restructuring practice in favour... more

• K&L Gates add partners in Dallas and Spokane

  Nov 21 2011 K&L Gates has boosted its Dallas and Spokane offices with a series of hires. In Dallas, the firm’s outsourcing and commercial transactions practice are joined by... more

• Assistant dean at University of Illinois falsified admissions data for money

  Nov 17 2011 The former assistant dean of admissions at the University of Illinois law school falsified LSAT and GPA data in order to increase his own salary, according to a final... 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

• Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices continues expansion with Weil Gotshal hire

  Oct 19 2011 Chinese firm Jun He Law Offices has boosted its Beijing corporate practice with the hire of partner Jasson Han from Weil Gotshal & Manges. Han represents... more

• Ashurst loses 8 partners since start of September

  Oct 14 2011 Roll on Friday points out that there is a steady depletion in the partner ranks over at Ashurst, with eight partners departing since the start of September.... more

• Wachtell, Jones Day lead on $18.4bn sale of Goodrich to United Technologies

  Sep 23 2011 United Technologies Corporation is set to purchase $18.4 billion for aircraft equipment maker Goodrich Corporation. The deal will see United Technologies aquire the... more

• Jones Day boosts Paris M&A practice with Norton Rose hire

  Sep 15 2011 Jones Day has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of partner Hervé Castelnau, the former head of Norton Rose's telecommunications, intellectual property and IT... more

• Merit list: law firms that offered jobs to 100% of summer associates

  Aug 17 2011 Above The Law has posted a list of firms that have offered jobs to 100 per cent of summer associates, readying themselves to start naming and shaming those firms that... more

• Jones Day boosts German tech and media practice with Hogan Lovells hires

  Jun 21 2011 Jones Day has bolstered its German technology and media practice with the hire of a veteran intellectual property partner from Hogan Lovells, Wolfgang Buchner. Buchner... more

• Skadden leads ranking of top US law firms

  May 17 2011 If you needed another ranking of the top US law firms, here it is. Corporate Board Member magazine and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc asked US... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• US BigLaw cut down to size

  Apr 26 2011 The 250 largest law firms in the US reduced their lawyer headcount by about 3,000 lawyers last year, and has scaled back by about 9,500 lawyers since 2008, according... more

• Ashurst loses London-based US securities team

  Apr 01 2011 All three of Ashurst's London-based US Securities partners are leaving the firm. Daniel Bushner, Eric Stuart and Marie Elena Angulo are departinging Ashurst and are... more

• Ropes & Grey builds private equity practice with Jones Day hire

  Mar 11 2011 Global law firm Ropes & Gray has developed its private equity practice with the hire of Peter Baldwin, a corporate partner from Jones Day. Baldwin is the second... more

• 2011: a good year for deal advisors in Asia-Pacific region

  Mar 09 2011 The Asia Pacific region is showing strong activity capital markets issuance and M&A, with deals hitting a high of US$84.9bn in Jan 2011. Singapore M&A partner at... more

• Jones Day appoints new Partner in Charge in Singapore

  Jan 18 2011 Jones Day has appointed a new Partner in Charge of its Singapore office, bestowing the role upon banking and finance partner Sushma Jobanputra. Jobanputra takes over... more

• Jones Day to open three offices in Saudi Arabia

  Jan 14 2011 Global law firm Jones Day has announced that it will open three offices in Saudi Arabia in 2011, linking up with Saudi firm Al Sulaim & Al Awaji International Law Firm... more

• Jones Day promotes 36 to partnership; offers no bonuses

  Jan 10 2011 US firm Jones Day has bucked the trend followed by every other large firm in the country with the decision not to award end of year bonuses to associates. "We... more

• Vinson & Elkins remembers the staff at bonus time

  Jan 06 2011 Vinson & Elkins did not forget their legal support staff when handing out end-of-year bonuses in December, and now the firm has announced that there will be an extra... more

• Jones Day set to open Boston base after hiring 5-strong team from Hanify & King

  Dec 13 2010 Jones Day has secured the hire of five partners from Boston firm Hanify & King, including co-founder John D Hanify, for its new Boston base, which is due to launch in... more

• Legal business booming in Indonesia, India and Vietnam

  Nov 29 2010 Foreign and domestic law firms in Singapore have reported a boom in capital markets, M&A, energy, infrastructure and arbitration work from Indonesia, India, Vietnam... more

• Pirates of Silicon Valley: Oracle awarded $1.3 billion in damages

  Nov 26 2010 Notsince Apple Computer, Inc. vs. Microsoft Corporation (1994) have we witnessed such wide implications in intellectual property law. In a resounding verdict that... more

• Ex-Jones Day Secretary Sues, Claims Layoffs Targeted Minorities, Troublemakers

  Nov 10 2010 An African-American legal secretary laid off by Jones Day after nearly 18 years on the job claims in a lawsuit that the firm laid off support staffers in June as part... more

• Jones Day boosts capacity in energy and resources with Allens hire

  Oct 29 2010 US firm Jones Day, has boosted its Sydney energy and resources advising team with the hire of partner Tony Wassaf of Allens Arthur Robinson. A number of foreign... more

• Jones Day to open new office in Brazil

  Oct 19 2010 Jones Day has announced that it will open its second Latin American office in São Paulo, Brazil. Luis Riesgo, chair of Jones Day’s Latin American practice, is set to... more

• Jones Day loses four US attorneys to Baker Hostetler

  Oct 18 2010 Jones Day has lost a quartet of attorneys to rival firm Baker Hostetler in Cleveland. Ellen Halfon, Joseph Korpics, Lisa Roberts-Mamone and Joseph Verciglio will... more

• Berwin Leighton Paisner hires top employment litigation lawyer from Jones Day

  Oct 12 2010 Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its employment litigation practice with the hire of Lisa Mayhew, formerly the head of Jones Day’s employment litigation practice.... more

• Revenue leaders in 2009: Baker & McKenzie

  Oct 04 2010 American Lawyer has published its “Global 100”, ranking the largest law firms by revenue. And this year, Baker & McKenzie have taken out the number 1 spot. Baker &... more

• Cleary, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott land roles in BHP Billiton deal

  Aug 18 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott have taken leading roles in BHP Billiton's $38.6 billion unsolicited offer for Canada's Potash Corp.... 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

• Latham & Watkins boosts Asia litigation practice with hire from Jones Day

  Jul 07 2010 Latham & Watkins has hired top insolvency and litigation partner Simon Powell from Jones Day's Hong Kong office. Powell, who is set to join the firm's Asia... more

• AZB, Luthra and Jones Day advise on Ind Barath Power Infra IPO

  Jul 06 2010 AZB & Partners, Luthra & Luthra and Jones Day have advised on the initial public offering (IPO) of Ind Barath Power Infra Limited. more

• Jones Day lays off support staff in LA and Dallas

  Jun 17 2010 Jones Day has laid off an unspecified number of support staffers in its Los Angeles and Dallas offices. About two thirds of those laid off are secretarial workers, and... more

• Manoj Bhargava, Partner, Jones Day & Rajiv Gupta, Partner, Latham & Watkins

  Jun 15 2010 Bar & Bench spoke to Manoj Bhargava, Partner, Jones Day, which has been the most active ILC and Rajiv Gupta, Partner, Latham & Watkins, recepients of the IFLR India... more

• Chinese firm Jun He opens office in Silicon Valley

  Jun 07 2010 Beijing-based firm Jun He Law Offices has opened an office in Silicon Valley, hiring three lawyers from US firms: James Zhu and Zhaohue “Zoe” Wang of Perkins Coie, and... more

• Microsoft appoints new international head of IP

  Jun 01 2010 Microsoft has appointed Mark Cohen, previously a counsel at Jones Day’s Beijing office, as the director for international intellectual property. Cohen has worked... more

• Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling lead $5.8 billion software merger

  May 14 2010 Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling have landed leading roles on the $5.8 acquisition of American database software maker Sybase by German software giant SAP. Jones... more

• Firms criticised over legal bills in Lehman bankruptcy proceedings

  May 07 2010 Certain law firms the Lehman bankruptcy have come under harsh criticism from Washington's "Pay Czar" for overspending. Kenneth Feinberg works for the the US... 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

• Wachtell, Jones Day, Vinson & Elkins in Reliance’s $1.7bn deal

  Apr 13 2010 Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) has signed up a five-year development plan with US based Atlas Energy to develop a better part of the Marcellus Shale held by... more

• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Jones Day and Vinson & Elkins lead on $1.7 billion energy deal

  Apr 12 2010 The latest deal over the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and West Virginia sees India's Reliance Industries in a $1.7 billion joint venture with US company Atlas... more

• White-collar lawyer John Cline leaves Jones Day

  Feb 05 2010 John Cline, a San Francisco white-collar defense lawyer who has made headlines for work in national security cases, is leaving Jones Day to start a solo practice.... more

• Freshfields and DLA lead on Sullivan and Gold's takeover of West Ham

  Jan 20 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, and Jones Day have scored lead roles on the takeover of West Ham United FC. David Gold and David Sullivan, the former... more

• Jones Day practice head James Baker joins Winston & Strawn

  Jan 15 2010 James Baker, co-head of the employee benefits and executive compensation practice group at Jones Day, has moved to the San Francisco office of Winston & Strawn, where... more

• Amarchand, Jones Day, AZB win roles on Hindalco placement

  Dec 30 2009 India's Hindalco Industries, one of the largest aluminium producer in Asia, is the latest company to take advantage of a surge of interest in Indian equity, with a... more

• Jones Day, Wilmer advise on $640m Celgene-Gloucester deal

  Dec 08 2009 Jones Day and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr are handling the planned acquisition of Gloucester Pharmaceuticals Inc. by biotech company Celgene Corporation, a... more

• Jones Day leads as Lehman files suit against Barclays over $5bn 'windfall'

  Nov 18 2009 Jones Day has won a lead role on the latest lawsuit to arise from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, reports The Am Law Daily. Lehman Brothers Holdings has filed... more

• Jones Day demotes five London partners to of counsel rank

  Nov 14 2009 Jones Day has demoted a number of London partners over the last year, with five former partners now serving as of counsel at the firm. The demotions, first reported... more

• Wachtell replaced by Jones Day in Satyam shareholder suit

  Sep 23 2009 US elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which came under heavy criticism for its work on Bank of America's merger with Merrill Lynch in the last weeks, has... more

• Jones Day claims Barclays sale was based on 'inaccurate record'

  Sep 17 2009 Jones Day, the law firm which represents the Lehman estate, claims Barclays and certain Lehman executives offered a record that was "inaccurate due to mistakes,... more

• Jones Day adds Mayer Brown's London antitrust head Murphy

  Aug 26 2009 Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in the City this year with the recruitment of antitrust lawyer Frances Murphy who headed Mayer Brown's London antitrust team... more

• Morgan Lewis tops Fortune 100 list of US law firms

  Aug 21 2009 Corporate Counsel has published a list of US law firms used most often by top 100 companies. The law firms with the most mentions included Morgan, Lewis & Bockius... more

• Eight Chinese students win Jones Day Fellowship award

  Jun 23 2009 Eight law students from Beijing-based universities including Peking and Tsinghua were honored with the 2009 Jones Day International Legal Fellowship awards. They... more

• 30 Jones Day attorneys advise Chrysler on bankruptcy, restructuring

  May 12 2009 At team of 30 Jones Day attorneys, led by Corinne Ball in Manhattan and David Heiman in Cleveland, will steer Chrysler through a bankruptcy that is considered the... more

• Latham & Jones Day spearhead Satyam auction

  Apr 14 2009 Jones Day and Latham & Watkins both have taken on leading roles in the auction of a large stake in Satyam Computer Services to an Indian outsourcing firm. Jones Day... more

• Jones Day settles 'stupidest trademark lawsuit ever'

  Feb 19 2009 International law firm Jones Day sued blockshopper.com in 2008 after it posted articles about Jones Day attorneys Dan Malone Jr. and Jacob Tiedt who had recently... more

• Jones Day seals Latin America launch with Mexico merger

  Jan 13 2009 Jones Day is set to launch its first office in Latin America with a merger with its referral partner in Mexico City, De Ovando & Martinez del Campo. more

• Jones Day sues blog in freedom of speech issue

  Jan 13 2009 The Jones Day law firm is suing an Internet site for mentioning the firm without permisson -- a case that rankles First Amendment experts and challenges an... more

• Jones Day reveals 40 partner promotions

  Dec 17 2008 The international law firm Jones Day announced today that 40 lawyers have been named to the firm's partnership, effective January 1, 2009. more

• Chrysler hires law firm Jones Day as bankruptcy counsel

  Dec 08 2008 Chrysler hired the prominent bankruptcy firm Jones Day several weeks ago to provide counsel for a possible Chapter 11 filing, according to several people familiar with... more

• Salans finance partner Frederic Gros exits for Jones Day

  Oct 11 2008 Frederic Gros, a banking and finance partner in Salans’ Paris hub, has left to join US giant Jones Day. Gros becomes the 19th partner in Jones Day’s French practice... more