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• 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

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... 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

• GC at Boeing leads $18bn deal with Emirates Airlines

  Nov 16 2011 The General Counsel at Boeing, J. Michael Luttig, is leading an in-house team that will guide the largest sale of aircraft in the company’s 95 year history. The deal... more

• Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire

  Nov 09 2011 Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie Anthony Jacobsen is qualified... more

• Kirkland & Ellis promotes 81 to partnership

  Sep 20 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has promoted 74 attorneys to the partnership in the US, along with seven attorneys from the firm’s global network. The details of the promotions... more

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts HK practice with multiple lateral hires

  Aug 15 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has been on a lateral hiring spree in Hong Kong, scooping up eight partners from rival firms: two from Allen & Overy, three from Latham & Watkins, and... more

• Kirkland boosts Hong Kong office with triple hire from Skadden

  Aug 09 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office. The firm has scored with the hire of Asia corporate co-heads... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues London expansion with triple hire

  Aug 03 2011 Proskauer Rose has continued its strategy of growth in London with the hire of three funds partners: Kate Simpson from Kirkland & Ellis; and Nigel van Zyl and Oliver... more

• Kirkland & Ellis pursue talent in real estate practice

  Jul 27 2011 Kirkland & Ellis is vigorously expanding its real estate practice – since March the firm has paid a premium to lure 10 top real estate lawyers from other firms. The... more

• Ex-Kirkland & Ellis partner indicted for tax fraud

  Jul 18 2011 Rumors have been circulating about Theodore Freedman since he departed from his bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Kirkland & Ellis last October. And now the... more

• UK trainee retention figures a mixed bag

  Jul 11 2011 Trainee retention figures are finding their way out into the light of day, and some of the results are less than pretty. Slaughter and May has offered a job to all... more

• Pay gap between US and UK law firms widens

  Jul 05 2011 The pay gap between lawyers in the UK and thos in the US is widening, with a new survey showing that magic circle firms pay newly qualified lawyers around £61,000 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

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts Washington M&A practice with four hires

  Mar 29 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris, along with three other prominent antitrust lawyers.... more

• Pinsent Masons lures funds practitioner from SJ Berwin

  Mar 10 2011 TheLawyer reports that Pinsent Masons has bolstered its funds practice with the hire of a senior associate from SJ Berwin’s fund formation team. Daniel Greenaway... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• Latham & Watkins hires three Kirkland partners in Chicago

  Mar 02 2011 Latham & Watkins’s Chicago office has hired three partners from Kirkland & Ellis. Real Estate partners Robert Buday, Nathaniel Marrs and Gary Axelrod made the move... more

• All star team for Apple's IP battles

  Dec 03 2010 Apple Inc has assembled an all star cast of intellectual property lawyers as it faces a slew of intellectual property lawsuits in connection with the development of... 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

• Kirkland & Ellis make up nine lawyers in London office

  Aug 31 2010 US firm Kirkland & Ellis has announced the promotion of nine lawyers to the partnership in the London office. Lawyers were elevated in a number of different... more

• Kirkland & Ellis loses another top IP partner

  Aug 31 2010 Kirkland & Ellis intellectual property partner Gerald Flattmann Jr has resigned from the firm's New York office to take up a role with Paul Hastings. He will be... more

• Kirlkland and Brown Winick lead $1 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 29 2010 Two firms have been picked to lead the $1 billion acquisition of privately-held herbicide supplier Albaugh Inc by Tel Aviv-based Makhteshim Agan Industries, the... more

• Kirkland & Ellis attract top talent away from Ashurst

  Jun 02 2010 US Firm Kirkland & Ellis have hired two corporate partners from Ashurst. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold have been placed on leave and their start date at Kirkland is... more

• Greenberg Traurig bulks up restructuring and insolvency practice with two hires

  Mar 25 2010 Greenberg Traurig Maher hired two partners from the London office of Kirkland & Ellis. Paul Atherton and Jason Salman make the shift this week, along with associate... more

• Kirkland & Ellis takes lead role in $5 billion pharma deal

  Mar 19 2010 Kirkland & Ellis has scored a lead role in the $5 billion acquisition by Teva Pharmaceuticals of German generic drug manufacturer Ratiopharm. The Kirkland team will be... more

• More than 80% of partners at large US law firms are men

  Jan 08 2010 Only 19 percent of partners at American law firms with more than 100 lawyers are women, despite the fact that women have comprised more than 50 percent of law school... more

• Jeffrey Hammes new chairman of Kirkland & Ellis

  Dec 08 2009 Jeffrey Hammes will head Kirkland & Ellis' worldwide management committee, replacing Thomas Yannucci who was chairman of the firm since 2001. more

• Kirkland lands million-dollar payout after outsourcing dispute

  Dec 02 2009 A US judge has awarded Kirkland & Ellis and one other US firm $10m (£6m) in legal fees in a dispute over an outsourcing agreement, reports The Am Law Daily. The... more

• GTM adds to London restructuring team

  Dec 02 2009 Former Kirkland & Ellis restructuring specialist Lyndon Norley is to join Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) in London next month as the US-headquartered firm continues to... more

• Greenberg hires ex-Kirkland partner for London restructuring launch

  Nov 30 2009 Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) is launching a London restructuring practice with the hire of former Kirkland & Ellis partner Lyndon Norley. Norley will join the US... more

• Kirkland replaces City restructuring leadership

  Oct 26 2009 Kirkland & Ellis ­London partners Kon ­Asimacopoulos and Partha Kar have taken over ­management of the firm’s City restructuring practice following the departure of... more

• Ropes goes head-to-head with Kirkland on Bain work

  Oct 26 2009 Kirkland & Ellis’s core relationship with Bain Capital will come under threat when fellow US firm Ropes & Gray launches a UK office, as first revealed on The... more

• High-profile restructuring chief Norley quits Kirkland's City base

  Oct 23 2009 The high-profile head of Kirkland & Ellis' European restructuring practice, Lyndon Norley, has left the US firm's City office. The reason for his departure is... more

• Kirkland gains three City partners in latest promotions round

  Oct 15 2009 Kirkland & Ellis has added three to its London-based partnership in its latest round of promotions. The US firm has made up corporate lawyers Stephanie Biggs and... more

• Kirkland & Ellis lays off more than 20 associates in New York

  Sep 04 2009 Kirkland & Ellis has laid off more than 20 associates in its New York City office and will also cut associate jobs in its Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices. The... 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

• 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

• Top US law firms avoid deferrals

  Jun 18 2009 Most of the top US law firms are currently not deferring associates despite the financial crisis. According to the AmLaw Daily, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz;... more

• Skadden M&A stars Fox and Wolf defect to Kirkland

  May 15 2009 David Fox and Daniel Wolf, two top mergers and acquisitions partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, are joining Kirkland & Ellis. This is the first time any... more

• Kirkland experiences staff layoffs

  Apr 22 2009 1500-lawyer Kirkland & Ellis indicated that it has cut an undisclosed number of administrative staff positions in all offices of the firm. General economic conditions... more

• Kirkland & Ellis posts rising revenue and flat profits in 2008

  Mar 09 2009 Kirkland & Ellis increased its revenue by 7 percent to $1.4 billion in its 2008 fiscal year. Profits per partner (PPP) were flat at $2.47 million. more

• $1,000-an-hour bankruptcy lawyer fees excessive?

  Feb 06 2009 Bankruptcy lawyer fees broke through the $1,000-an-hour barrier for the priciest bankruptcy legal advice. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's rates top out at... more

• Bartlit Beck voted top US litigation boutique of the year

  Jan 03 2009 Chicago's Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott has been named as the top litigation boutique of the year by The American Lawyer, followed by Texas shop Gibbs & Bruns,... more

• Kirkland & Ellis lawyers get unlimited holiday

  Dec 05 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has introduced a radical new holiday policy. All associates in its US offices can take as much holiday as they want, provided they meet the firm's... more

• Goldman bankruptcy lawyer Sprayregen returns to Kirkland & Ellis

  Dec 01 2008 After three years at Goldman Sachs, James H. M. Sprayregen will return to law firm Kirkland & Ellis, where he spent 16 years advising companies on restructuring and... more

• Kirkland & Ellis expands in China

  Nov 06 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its China practice with the hire of partner Xiaoyang Li from Beijing's Jun He Law Offices who will initially be based in Hong Kong. more

• Kirkland & Ellis launches Asia private equity funds team

  Oct 16 2008 Kirkland & Ellis is setting up an Asian private equity funds practice with the relocation of two partners -- London partner Justin Dolling and New York partner Albert... more

• Kirkland & Ellis promotes 67 lawyers to partner

  Oct 08 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has appointed 67 of its lawyers to partner, with five of the US firm’s City associates being promoted... 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

• Obama gets millions from law firms serving interests of Wall Street

  May 07 2008 Despite Obama 's claim that Washington lobbyists haven't funded his campaign, five corporate law firms, which are among the top contributors to the Obama campaign,... more