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• Latham & Watkins release iPhone app for Wall Street jargon

  Sep 15 2010 Latham & Watkins has launched an iPhone application to assist lawyers working in finance with the terminology, including capital markets and banking slang, legal and... more

• Latham signs up Linklaters Dubai banking partner

  Sep 02 2008 Latham & Watkins has secured a major boost in Dubai, as the firm’s Middle East drive gets underway in earnest, with the hire of a magic circle partner Tim Ross. more

• Kirkland recruits Latham IP partner Steven Cherny in New York

  Aug 20 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its intellectual property (IP) capabilities with the hire of a patent litigation partner Steven Cherny from US rival Latham & Watkins. 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

• Women Lawyers Form Coalition on Recruitment, Retention Issues

  Jul 25 2008 Women lawyers in Chicago have come together from 31 law firms to form a new coalition that will seek to collaborate on supporting the recruitment, retention and... more

• Davis Polk and Latham lead on Roche megadeal

  Jul 23 2008 A duo of US firms have snared lead roles on Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche's $43.7bn bid for US drug giant Genentech. Davis Polk & Wardwell New York partners... 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

• Latham & Watkins transfers City corporate head to Dubai

  Jul 09 2008 Latham & Watkins is reshuffling its corporate team with the head of its London corporate group, Bryant Edwards, moving to the Middle East. M&A partner Charles Fuller... more

• Latham & Watkins lands Davis Polk derivatives partner

  Jun 09 2008 Latham & Watkins has boosted its US derivatives practice with a rare partner hire from elite Manhattan firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. Witold Balaban, an expert for highly... more

• Clifford Chance revenue rises to record £1.3bn

  May 30 2008 Clifford Chance has retained its position as the world’s biggest law firm after announcing revenue of £1.33 billion for the last financial year, in defiance of... more

• Latham names new finance chief

  May 23 2008 Latham & Watkins has announced the appointment of David Heller as the new global chair of the firm’s finance department. Heller is currently co-chair both of Latham’s... 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

• 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

• 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

• Deals Down by a Third or More Among U.S., U.K. Firms

  Apr 06 2008 Data released Thursday shows that U.K. and U.S. firms touched a third fewer M&A deals in the first quarter of 2008 than a year earlier. At several top firms M&A... more

• Former Latham Partner Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Clients and Firm

  Mar 29 2008 A former partner at Latham & Watkins pleaded guilty Friday to defrauding both clients and his own firm by charging them more than $300,000 in personal or false... 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

• Strong '07 results for Debevoise, Paul Hastings, and Latham & Watkins

  Mar 07 2008 Debevoise & Plimpton has unveiled stellar financial results for 2007, with the New York law firm seeing both partner profits and fees climb by more than 20% over the... more

• Latham confirms ambitious Gulf push

  Feb 19 2008 Latham & Watkins has officially unveiled plans to open up in the Middle East, which will see the US giant take the bold step of launching three offices in the region.... more

• Latham and Freshfields Make Middle East Push as Firms Target New Markets

  Feb 15 2008 Latham & Watkins and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are set for key strategic initiatives in the Middle East as top law firms move to ramp up their practices in the... more

• Latham breaks $2bn with record results

  Feb 09 2008 Latham & Watkins has reported record results for the 2007 financial year, becoming the first US firm ever to break the $2bn revenue barrier. Latham posted a 23 per... more

• Elite US firms struggle to attract senior partner hires in the City

  Feb 01 2008 Lateral partner hires among elite US firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Legal Week, which illustrates the uphill struggle... more

• Proskauer Boosts London Office With McDermott Hire

  Jan 29 2008 New York's Proskauer Rose has hired William Yonge as partner for its newly opened London office, taking him from McDermott Will & Emery's financial services team.... more

• Major US law firms bet on Obama to win 2008 presidential election race

  Jan 10 2008 US law firms are throwing their financial muscle behind the Democrats’ attempts to reach the White House, with the legal sector providing more funding to the party’s... more

• Shearman throws down high-yield gauntlet with City raid on Latham

  Dec 23 2007 The rivalry between US firms' finance teams was heightened last week with Latham & Watkins high-yield London partner Jacques McChesney defecting to Shearman &... more

• Latham Ramps Up Parental Benefits; Will Other Firms Follow?

  Dec 14 2007 Latham & Watkins announced a new parental leave policy for associates this week that significantly ups the amount of time biological and adoptive parents can take... more

• Shearman bolsters London with raid on Latham

  Dec 13 2007 Shearman & Sterling has snared a high yield finance partner from US rivals Latham & Watkins’ London office. Jacques McChesney, who has been based in the London office... more

• Latham scores Milan coup with Bonelli raid

  Nov 27 2007 Latham & Watkins has ramped up its European presence with five star hires from Italian corporate powerhouse Bonelli Erede Pappalardo. Former Bonelli finance partner... more