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• Survey reveals instability in Indian legal services market

  May 17 2012 A new survey looking at the attitudes of lawyers in India has revealed significant instability in the legal services market, with just 15 per cent of lawyers saying... more

• Long term thinking could save biglaw

  May 16 2012 Here is an interesting article by Mark Harris, the chief executive of Axiom Law, a 900-person new-model legal services firm. Harris attempts to diagnose some of the... more

• Departing Dewey partner claims $61m from firm

  May 15 2012 As the partnership of Dewey & Lebouef’s partnership scatters across the legal services market, one senior partner has made an audacious claim against the firm,... more

• Exodus of Dewey partners includes half of the firm's leadership team

  May 10 2012 Winston & Strawn has scooped up 24 litigation partners from ailing law firm Dewey & LeBouef, taking on a group of around 60 lawyers in total. Among the transferring... more

• When large law firms fail, we need to re-examine the business model

  Apr 24 2012 Here is a very good article that addresses the question of why large law firms fail. The article points out that a dozen firms that have folded over the past ten... more

• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... 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

• US firms grow London partnerships by nearly 10%

  Mar 16 2012 US law firms grew their partner count in London by nearly 10% during 2011, evidence that they are gaining a larger slice of the European legal services market.... more

• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• Wragge & Co promotes 3 to partnership

  Mar 08 2012 Wragge & Co has promoted three lawyers to the partnership, ending the promotions freeze that saw the firm hiring, rather than promoting, talent in 2011. The new... more

• Lateral hiring among large firms heats up

  Mar 08 2012 The lateral hiring market is booming, with large law firms eagerly scooping up talent in the hope that it is followed by a solid book of business. The AM Law Daily... more

• Lawyers traverse Silicon Valley's lively lateral market

  Feb 29 2012 Here is an interesting article about the very lively lateral market in Silicon Valley. Shifting between law firms can be very lucrative, with plenty of firms seeking... more

• Sidley Austin to launch in Houston, US

  Feb 15 2012 International law firm Sidley Austin is set to launch a new office in Houston. The office will be led seven partners hired laterally from other Houston firms including... more

• Lateral hiring is the growth strategy of choice at US law firms

  Feb 03 2012 The lateral market is heating up, as law firms reduce their graduate recruitment and seek to expand by hiring partners with established client lists from other law... more

• Where are they now? The Howrey lawyers make their way

  Feb 01 2012 In the year before Howrey went under, the firm had a headcount of 242 lawyers in Washington. After the firm’s collapse on March 15, 2011, those lawyers flooded the... more

• Energy lawyers in high demand in Washington DC

  Nov 24 2011 Energy lawyers are in high demand in Washington DC as the energy market continues to see high activity. This article surveys the major lateral moves in this practice... more

• Jenner & Block boosts L.A. practice with 6 lateral hires from Hogan Lovells

  Nov 16 2011 Jenner & Block has given a significant boost to its Los Angeles office and media and entertainment practice with the hire of six partners from Hogan Lovells. The... 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

• Singapore firm RHT boosts disputes practice with lateral hires

  Nov 02 2011 Taylor Wessing’s Singapore alliance firm RHT has boosted its litigation and dispute resolution practices with the hire of two partners from rival Singaporean firms.... more

• Clifford Chance boosts white collar, regulatory enforcement and government investigations practice with 3 hires

  Oct 14 2011 Clifford Chance has boosted its New York white collar, regulatory enforcement, and government investigations practice group with the hire of partners David Raskin,... 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

• Study shows lawyers from failed biglaw firms prosper when hired in groups

  Sep 28 2011 A new study show that attorneys working for large firms that fail are more likely to prosper if they are hired in large groups rather than individually. The study... more

• Paul Weiss hires top corporate talent form Schulte Roth & Zabel

  Sep 12 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired top talent Udi Grofman from hedge fund law firm Schulte, Roth & Zabel. Grofman’s practice focuses on investment... more

• Norton Rose adds four partners in Sydney

  Aug 29 2011 Norton Rose has boosted its Sydney partnership with the hire of four partners. Funds partner John Moutsopoulos, the former head of Clayton Utz's financial services... 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

• Seattle firm Foster Pepper raids rival for 6 lawyers

  Aug 10 2011 Seattle law firm Foster Pepper has given its intellectual property practice a significant boost with the hire of six lawyers from boutique firm Black Lowe & Graham:... 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

• White & Case to reopen Milan office after Latham & Watkins hire

  Jul 29 2011 White & Case is set to re-open its Milan office after the hire of two London partners from rival firm Latham & Watkins - Michael Immordino and Jonathan Clark.... 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

• Husch Blackwell takes core team from Jacobs Chase

  Jul 19 2011 Missouri-based firm Husch Blackwell has announced the hire of a group of 24 lawyers from mid-level Denver firm Jacobs Chase, including founding partners Paul Jacobs... more

• Davis Polk set to launch in São Paulo

  Jul 12 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has hired two of three São Paulo-based Mayer Brown partners ahead of the launch of a new office in the Brazilian city next month. Corporate... more

• US firms pay top dollar for rainmakers

  Jul 06 2011 Interesting article here in the New York Times about the demand at large law firms for lateral hires that bring in large books of business. According to industry... more

• Duane Morris set to launch shipping group in Singapore

  Jun 21 2011 Duane Morris & Selvam is set to launch a new shipping and maritime practice in Singapore after hiring two of the three senior partners from local maritime firm Navin &... more

• Top 100 US firms streak ahead; second 100 post modest gains

  Jun 01 2011 The top 100 US firms by revenue seem to have recovered after a disastrous 2009, posting strong results in 2010: a 4 per cent increase in gross revenue, a 4.4 per cent... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf boost London PE practice with double hire from Taylor Wessing

  May 23 2011 US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has boosted its UK private equity practice with the hire of two partners from Taylor Wessing. Mark Davis - the former private equity head at... more

• 70% of US law firms plan to award pay raises or bonuses

  May 19 2011 In a new survey conducted by legal staffing firm Robert Half Legal, 70 per cent of lawyers polled said their law firms or corporate legal departments plan to award... more

• Paul Weiss raids O'Melveny for seven partners in NY

  May 11 2011 Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has announced the hire of six to seven transactional partners from the New York office of O’Melveny & Myers. The team of partners... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• Top 20 London firms show poor record on female partnership

  Apr 26 2011 RollOnFriday has conducted a survey on the top 20 London firms, asking, how many women entered the partnership in the last three years – taking into account both... more

• Jenner & Block bolsters corporate practice with Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter hires

  Apr 26 2011 Jenner & Block has bolstered its corporate practice in New York and Chicago with the hire of partners from Winston & Strawn and Goodwin Procter. Brian Hart,... more

• Wragge & Co forgoes partner promotions in favor of lateral hires

  Apr 07 2011 Wragge & Co has announced that it will not promote any lawyers to its all-equity partnership this year, choosing instead to focus on lateral hiring and the development... more

• DLA Piper hires Wolf Theiss team to boost Czech presence

  Mar 23 2011 US law firm DLA Piper has bolstered its practice in the Czech Republic with the hire of a team of lawyers from Austrian firm Wolf Theiss. The team is led by partners... more

• US lateral market heats up

  Mar 22 2011 Lateral hiring in the US increased by 38 per cent to 2,300 hires last year, after two years of declining activity on the lateral market. Lateral hires of associates... more

• Report shows the instability of lateral hires

  Mar 16 2011 Consultant firm Motive Legal has produced a report that tracks the movement of partners hired in the UK over the last five years, tracking 1,944 lateral moves. The... more

• Head of leading Scottish firm predicts unprecedented consolidation in legal services market

  Mar 15 2011 The chief executive of Shepherd and Wedderburn, Patrick Andrews, say that he is amazed by the number of approaches that he has received from senior lawyers who are... more

• Howrey partners vote to dissolve firm

  Mar 10 2011 Howrey’s partners have voted to dissolve the partnership, a decision that will take effect on 15 March 2011 and put the 55 year old firm out of its misery. The... more

• Howrey partnership to vote on wind-down

  Mar 06 2011 With the departure of over 100 partners since 2009, the question of the future of Howrey has been growing ever more acute. And it seems that the question might soon be... 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

• 17-lawyer antitrust team leaves Howrey for Shearman & Sterling

  Feb 24 2011 A 17-lawyer antitrust group from the Brussels office of Howrey is departing for Shearman & Sterling. The group is led by five partners, including the current and... more

• White & Case hires two partners from Paul Hastings in Tokyo

  Feb 15 2011 White & Case has bolstered its Tokyo office with the hire of two partners from Paul Hastings. Jun Usami, leaves a role as the cochair of Paul Hastings's Tokyo... more

• Covington reports flat revenue and 3.8% drop in profits

  Feb 10 2011 Covington & Burling has reported gross revenue of $582.5 million in 2010, a decrease of less than 1 per cent from the $583 million in takings from the precious year.... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf bolsters bankruptcy team in LA and SF

  Feb 08 2011 Dewey LeBoeuf has bolstered its bankruptcy practice with the hire of 10 specialists from Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, including a co-founding partner, Bruce Bennett.... more

• US lateral market at a ten year low

  Feb 07 2011 2010 was the slowest year for partners making lateral moves since 2000. In the 12 month period ending 30 September 2010, just 2,014 partners left or joined top law... 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

• The (mis)fortunes of Howrey

  Jan 28 2011 Interesting article here from Above The Law on the (mis)fortunes of Howrey – a firm that has sustained a steady stream of partner losses over the past year. It appears... more

• Berwin boosts Middle East real estate practice with double hire

  Jan 28 2011 Berwin Leighton Paisner has boosted its Middle East real estate practice with the hire of two partners in Abu Dhabi. David Nunn leaves the partnership at Simmons &... more

• Winston ends negotiations with Howrey; recruits lawyers on the way out

  Jan 26 2011 Merger negotiations between Chicago-based Winston & Strawn and Washington DC-based Howrey have ended, but Winston’s interest in Howrey is not concluded. According to... more

• Wall Street firm Cadwalader lures 9-strong energy team from McDermott

  Jan 22 2011 Up to nine energy and commodities partners from Chicago-based firm McDermott, Will & Emery have been lured to Wall Street firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. While the... more

• Holman Fenwick & Willan hires partners in Paris, Brussels and London

  Jan 19 2011 Holman Fenwick & Willan hired three new partners, boosting corporate and regulatory practices in Paris, Brussels and London. Robert Follie of Hogan Lovells has... more

• Howrey loses three IP partners to Dewey & LeBoeuf

  Jan 19 2011 Howrey has lost star intellectual-property lawyer and vice chairman Henry Bunsow to rival firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, where Bunsow will take up a position as co-chair of the... more

• Indian firm RDA Legal rebrands as PXV Law Partners

  Jan 18 2011 PXV Law Partners (PXV) formerly known as RDA Legal has changed its name. It is a three year old firm and has started an office in Mumbai and inducted three partners... more

• Norton Rose hires Freshfields' dispute resolution chief in Moscow

  Jan 07 2011 Norton Rose has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Russian dispute resolution chief, Yaroslav Klimov, and appointed him as head of dispute resolution in Moscow.... more

• SNR Denton set to establish presence in China after Hammonds split

  Jan 05 2011 The Hong Kong office of Hammonds is set to join SNR Denton, giving the latter firm their first base in China. The six partner office announced in November their... 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

• Orrick accused of wrecking Coudert Bros

  Dec 16 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has been accused of delivering the ‘fatal blow’ to rival law firm Coudert Brothers, five years after the latter firm announced its... 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

• Akin Gump follows Cravath's bonus scale, delays payment until 2011

  Dec 07 2010 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced its associate bonuses, adopting the Cravath, Swaine & Moore scale, at least in New York. The Bonuses to be paid are as... more

• Washington DC's top lawyers talk about the future of BigLaw

  Dec 06 2010 The Big Law business model has fundamentally changed, according to the managing partners of some of Washington’s DC's top law firms. In a breakfast discussion... more

• UK firm SJ Berwin loses real estate team as merger talks continue

  Oct 01 2010 The head of real estate at SJ Berwin has resigned to join Irwin Mitchell, along with a team of three other partners. John Vivian, Jo Footitt, Lewis Myers and Rob... more

• Beechcroft defers trainees

  Jul 06 2010 Beachcroft has asked a third of its trainees, who were due to start with the firm in two months' time, to defer their training contracts for a year. And it has... more

• Dechert boosts London finance and banking practice with Orrick hire

  Jul 02 2010 Dechert has given its London finance and banking practice a boost with the hire of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe structured finance partner Jim Waddington.... more

• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld boost renewable energy practice with double hire

  Jul 01 2010 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its renewable energy and project finance practices with the hire of two new partners to the firm’s Los Angeles office.... more

• Halliwells no more?

  Jun 25 2010 Halliwells is in negotiations with Hill Dickinson for the sale of its business in a deal that would lead to the dissolution of the firm and the end of the Halliwells... more

• Clydes boosts US insurance practice with two lateral hires

  May 25 2010 Clyde & Co has boosted its US insurance practice with two new lateral hires in its San Francisco and New York offices. Peter Whalen joins the firm’s San Francisco... more

• Lateral partner hires - how things have changed

  May 11 2010 The global financial crisis has raised the bar for lateral hires in the legal services sector, with firms pickier than ever about whom they take on. Key features... more

• U.S. Firms Scale Back London Recruitment as Lateral Hires Fall to Five-Year Low

  Feb 26 2010 Lateral partner hiring by U.S. firms in London fell to its lowest level since 2004 last year, according to new research from Legal Week. A survey of hiring trends... more

• Amarchand makes two lateral hires in Mumbai

  May 13 2009 Top Indian firm Amarchand & Mangladas has highly unusual step of making two lateral hires, recruiting Tushar Mavani, a corporate partner from Mulla & Mulla & Blunt &... more

• US laterals: 2,500 partners changed firms in 2008

  Feb 13 2009 2,509 partners of leading US law firms transferred to rivals in 2008. K&L Gates brought in 185, followed by Reed Smith (74), DLA Piper (58) and Jones Day (57), reports... more

• Greenberg Traurig adds three partners from K&L Gates in New York

  Jan 15 2009 In one of the latest moves in an active lateral hiring market, Greenberg Traurig's New York office has added three corporate and securities partners. Stephan... more