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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

• Yale Law Women choose top ten family-friendly law firms

  May 02 2012 Yale Law Women have announced their annual ranking of the top 10 family friendly law firms, which this year shifted focus from the availability of family friendly... more

• Singapore set to license more foreign law firms

  Apr 26 2012 More foreign firms will be granted entry into the Singapore legal services market with a second round of licences to be granted in 2012. The first round of approvals... more

• Bingham McCutchen leads ranking for pay satisfaction in the UK

  Feb 10 2012 A survey of lawyer satisfaction with pay at UK firms has found that 100 per cent of Bingham McCutchen associates were completely satisfied with their pay, which is not... 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

• Lathams gains commercial litigation capacity in Milan with merger

  Dec 06 2011 US firm Latham & Watkins is now able to offer commercial litigation expertise in Italy, after acquiring Italian litigation boutique Degli Occhi e Associati. Cesare... 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

• More US firms offer offset to compensate for discrimination against same-sex couples in tax code

  Nov 01 2011 Numerous major law firms have begun to offer a benefit for employees that enroll their same-sex partner in the firm’s health care plan. The benefit aims to offset... 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

• 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

• Norton Rose to lose four partners in Middle East

  Aug 08 2011 Norton Rose is set to lose four partners from its Middle East practice to other firms. Regional managing partner Campbell Steedman, a corporate lawyer based in... 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

• 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

• ALB Law Awards: Amarchand, AZB and Talwar Thakore take top honours

  Jun 08 2011 Amarchand & Mangaldas has been chosen as the ‘Indian Deal Firm of the Year’ for 2011 at ALB SE Asia 2011 Law Awards. Amarchand & Mangaldas took the award for ‘Debt... 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

• Former Howrey staffer sues firm for failing to give sufficient notice

  Apr 06 2011 Former Howrey staffer Stephanie Langley has filed suit against the law firm, that it failed to meet its obligation under the WARN Act to provide employees with 60 days... more

• Four firms lead e3.2 billion auto acquisition by Daimler and Rolls Royce

  Mar 23 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hengeler Mueller, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken leading roles a e3.2 billion joint takeover offer of engine-maker... 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

• 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

• Apple hires top antitrust litigator Kyle Andeer

  Mar 01 2011 Apple’s has hired Kyle Andeer, a top former litigator at the Federal Trade Commission, to be its first in-house antitrust counsel. The hire took place a few months... more

• Latham & Watkins reports revenues at 2008 levels

  Feb 18 2011 Latham & Watkins saw a bump in revenue in 2010, which rose almost six per cent to $1.929 billion - roughly equivalent to its 2008 gross. Revenue per lawyer rose almost... more

• Simpson Thacher and Latham on AOL $315m acquisition of Huffington Post

  Feb 11 2011 The US internet company, AOL Inc. has bought Huffington Post for $315 million (Rs. 1,480 crore). Simpson Thacher and Bartlet advised long standing client AOL Inc.... more

• White & Case forms alliance with Gide's Riyadh office

  Nov 10 2010 White & Case has moved to strengthen its Saudi presence after losing its Saudi sponsor to Latham & Watkins. The firm found its opportunity when Gide Loyrette Nouel... more

• Headcount in decline for a second year at US top 250 law firms

  Nov 09 2010 The largest 250 law firms in the US have seen their lawyer headcount drop for the second consecutive year. This year’s 1.1 per cent decrease in headcount... more

• Hogan Lovells to pay marketing professional close to US$1m

  Nov 01 2010 A new marketing officer at Hogan Lovells is rumoured to be taking home a salary of close to $1 million a year. Jolene Overbeck has worked with a number of US law... more

• Three firms assist in negotiations for potential $3bn CommScope deal

  Oct 26 2010 Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private... more

• Hogan Lovells hires top marketing professional from DLA Piper

  Oct 18 2010 Hogan Lovells has recruited star marketing professional Jolene Overbeck from DLA Piper, and appointed her as chief marketing officer for the firm. Overbeck has a... 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

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... more

• Latham boosts Middle East practice with new hire in Doha

  Aug 20 2010 Latham & Watkins has hired Ahmed Anani, the Qatar head of regional law firm Al Tamimi & Co. Mr Anani – a corporate partner – will join Latham later this year as a... more

• Latham & Watkins and AZB lead $9.6bn Indian energy deal

  Aug 19 2010 Latham & Watkins is advising the London-based mining giant Vedanta Resources on its $9.6 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in the Indian oil and gas unit of... more

• Amarchand, S&R, Latham and Shearman advise MakeMyTrip on NASDAQ listing

  Aug 05 2010 Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip Limited (MMT) has filed its offer documents with the US stock markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to... more

• Milbank raids Latham & Watkins for five-partner team

  Aug 04 2010 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has boosted its New York acquisition finance practice with the hire of a five-partner team from Latham & Watkins’ global banking and... more

• 100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at Five BigLaw Firms

  Aug 03 2010 Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates: Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its... more

• Three firms advise on $3.5 billion Qatar Diar Finance bond offering

  Jul 29 2010 Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells have taken leading roles on Qatari Diar Finance's $3.5 billion bond offering. Qatari Diar Finance, a... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins lead one of the year's largest leveraged buyouts

  Jul 16 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins had taken leading roles in the $3.8 billion cash purchase of vitamin manufacturer NBTY by private equity firm The Carlyle... more

• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Latham Watkins lead $3.1bn PE deal

  Jul 13 2010 Simpson, Thacher & Barlett and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles in a deal for the sale of the healthcare business Multiplan Inc. The business will sold by one... 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

• 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

• Herbert Smith and Latham & Watkins lead sale of Harrods

  May 11 2010 Herbert Smith and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Al Fayed’s sale of the iconic department store Harrods to the investment arm of the Qatari Investment... more

• Latham & Watkins and A&O: biggest hirers and firers

  May 10 2010 An article in The Lawyer today reveals that the two global firms that have made the most redundancies over the past two years have also been the most active in... more

• Latham & Watkins begin practice in Saudi Arabia

  Apr 06 2010 Latham & Watkins has officially opened its doors in Saudi Arabia – adding a fourth office to the firm’s regional precence, which includes offices in Doha, Abu Dhabi... more

• Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Latham lead on Dubai debt restructuring efforts

  Mar 29 2010 Latham & Watkins is advising the Dubai government on restructuring initiatives aimed at stabilizing its debt problems. On Thursday the government announced that it... more

• Morrison & Foerster raises first-year salaries back to $160K

  Feb 19 2010 Morrison & Foerster has raised first-year salaries back to $160,000. The US law firm had lowered starting salaries outside of New York and Asia to $145,000 in October.... more

• Latham & Watkins posts 5% profit increase, PEP reaches $1.9m

  Feb 18 2010 Latham & Watkins has published its financial results for 2009. While revenue was down 5 percent last year, profits increased up by the same percentage. In 2008, the... more

• Reeling From Latham Raid, White & Case Redeploys Key Partners

  Feb 15 2010 Having seen 13 partners in New York, London and across the Middle East defect to Latham & Watkins in the last two weeks, White & Case is busy trying to shore up its... more

• White & Case redeploys partners in wake of Latham departures

  Feb 12 2010 White & Case has begun drafting in additional finance partners in the City and Middle East after the walkout of 13 partners to Latham & Watkins. New York bank... more

• White & Case's last Middle East partner leaves for Latham

  Feb 06 2010 White & Case has lost its 13th partner to US rival Latham & Watkins in one week. Doha-based M&A specialist Andrew Macklin, the last remaining head of White & Case’s... more

• Mass exodus at White & Case: Eight more partners join Latham

  Feb 02 2010 Another eight partners from White & Case's global network are joining Latham & Watkins. The Lawyer reports that an international group of lawyers with expertise in... more

• Latham & Watkins snares four White & Case partners in London

  Feb 01 2010 White & Case has been hit by the departure of four banking and capital markets partners of its London office to US rival Latham & Watkins, reports Legalweek. White... more

• Clifford Chance, Latham bag lead roles on Singapore airline IPO

  Jan 25 2010 Clifford Chance and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles as Tiger Airways becomes the first Asian airline to complete an initial public offering in the past five... more

• Latham scoops Ashurst partner for City corporate push

  Jan 14 2010 Latham & Watkins has bolstered its London corporate group with the capture of private equity specialist Graeme Ward from Ashurst. Latham & Watkins has bolstered its... more

• Allen & Overy, Latham advise on £500m ManU bond issue

  Jan 12 2010 Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins won lead roles on Manchester United's £500m bond issue. An Allen & Overy team led by recently recruited partner Kevin Muzilla... more

• Latham & Watkins moves into Texas with Houston launch

  Jan 12 2010 After massive layoffs in 2009, Latham and Watkins LLP is reportedly expanding its operation with a new office in Houston, Texas. Bloomberg reports that Michael... more

• Latham loses M&A star David Schwartzbaum to Greenberg

  Jan 08 2010 Latham & Watkins has lost its M&A partner David Schwartzbaum to Greenberg Traurig in New York. The hire is seen as a coup for Greenberg, that has recently hired... more

• Latham & Watkins raises associate salaries for 2010

  Jan 05 2010 According to legal blog Above The Law, the executive committee at Latham & Watkins LLP has announced the following new salary structure for its associates: Class of... more

• Latham & Watkins to launch in Beijing

  Jan 04 2010 Latham & Watkins LLP will open its fifth Asian office in Beijing - its third in China - joining other major law firms like Winston & Strawn LLP and Slaughter and May... more

• Mayer Brown, Latham advise E&Y on $8.5m SEC settlement

  Dec 22 2009 Ernst & Young agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle charges against six partners. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had accused the accounting firm of... more

• Cleary Gottlieb and Latham & Watkins advise on Nortel sale

  Nov 24 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton partners James Bromley and Lisa Schweitzer represented Nortel on its $769 million sale of its optical networking unit to Ciena Corp.,... more

• After Difficult Year, Latham & Watkins Announces 23 New Partners

  Nov 06 2009 Latham & Watkins has promoted 23 associates to partner, about 25 percent fewer than last year. Still, the number outpaces promotions at a few other law firms that have... more

• CC, Freshfields and Latham lead on billion-pound Barclays stake sale

  Oct 21 2009 Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have taken key roles on Qatar Holdings' sell-off of part of its stake in Barclays Bank.... more

• Addleshaws, Latham advise on listing of litigation funder Burford

  Oct 17 2009 Latham & Watkins partner Nigel Campion-Smith has advised commercial litigation investor Burford Capital on its listing on the Aim. The listing, which is believed to... more

• Latham, Fried Frank and PRC firms act on China Lilang IPO

  Sep 30 2009 Menswear company China Lilang launched an IPO that made it the first Chinese menswear company to list in Hong Kong. China Lilang turned to Latham & Watkins for... more

• Latham ousts Dewey in Adobe's $1.8bn Omniture takeover

  Sep 18 2009 Latham & Watkins advised Adobe on its acquisition of Analytics company Omniture for $1.8 billion, with Silicon Valley partners Peter Kerman, Glenn Nash, and Luke... more

• Latham wins crucial patent suit for biotech client Prometheus

  Sep 18 2009 Latham & Watkins helped its client Prometheus Laboratories overturn a ruling concerning the patentability of the company's method to treat Crohn's disease and other... 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

• Major firms sign letter to SEC opposing shareholder rights proposal

  Aug 20 2009 Seven major US law firm signed to a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing their opinion on how to best implement a proposal to allow... more

• Foreign law firms challenge locals in Singapore

  Jun 23 2009 Six foreign law firms granted licences to practise Singapore law - Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, White & Case, Herbert Smith, Norton Rose and Latham & Watkins - have... more

• Skadden loses third partner in a week

  May 20 2009 Skadden restructuring partner Jan Baker has been appointed head of Latham & Watkins’ restructuring group and will be based in the firm’s New York office. It is... more

• Wilson Sonsini and Latham have big roles in Oracle - Sun acquisition

  Apr 21 2009 In Oracle Corporation's multibillion-dollar acquisition of Sun Microsystems, major firms Latham & Watkins and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati both have roles. Latham... more

• Clifford Chance's Brynn Peltz joins Latham

  Apr 15 2009 Clifford Chance investment management partner Brynn Peltz will be leaving the firm to become a partner in the US corporate department at Latham & Watkins. Ms. Peltz... 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

• What message does massive Latham layoff send?

  Mar 03 2009 Latham & Watkins' decision to lay off 190 associates as well as 250 staffers with a six-month severance package will cost the US firm $15 million to $19 million. more

• Latham & Watkins cuts 190 associates, 250 staff

  Feb 27 2009 Latham Watkins has cut 440 employees. 190 associates - 12 per cent of the firm's total associate headcount - and 250 staff will be layed off. The cuts represent the... more

• Law firms grow in China as thousands are laid off in the US, UK

  Feb 24 2009 Proskauer Rose, and Slaughter and May are among the firms that are opening new offices in China, adding to the almost 30 foreign firms in China since September 2006, a... more

• Latham profits down $470k per partner, turnover below $2bn

  Feb 09 2009 Latham & Watkins saw its profits drop 21% in 2008, one of the biggest falls so far reported by US law firms. Profits per equity partner (PEP) fell from $2.27 million... more

• Latham & Watkins revenues expected down $400m in 2008

  Feb 06 2009 Latham & Watkins is expected to report a significant revenues fall next Monday by up to $400m in the 2008 financial year, according to several sources. This would... more

• Law firms hold down pay for associates in 2009

  Jan 05 2009 Base pay for US first-year associates rose about 30 percent to $160,000 over the last three years, but those days seem to be over as the economic downturn reaches the... more

• Latham & Watkins freezes associate salaries for 2009

  Dec 17 2008 Latham & Watkins is the first major law firm to freeze associate pay levels for 2009. While a number of US firms have announced that they are to reduce bonuses, Latham... more

• Singapore issues foreign law firm licences

  Dec 05 2008 Under a new scheme to allow foreign law practices to practise in Singapore, the government will be issuing Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences to six... more

• Latham makes triple partner hire from Mayer Brown

  Nov 21 2008 Latham & Watkins has scored a major coup with a triple partner hire from Mayer Brown to boost the firm’s investment fund practice. Alan Van Dyke will become a... more

• Latham & Watkins makes up 30 partners

  Nov 20 2008 Latham & Watkins has promoted 30 lawyers to its partnership. In the US, Latham's New York office gained seven new partners, followed by San Diego with four and Chicago... more

• Clifford Chance and Latham line up for £7bn Barclays financing

  Nov 01 2008 Clifford Chance is leading a quartet of legal advisers to secure principal roles on the £7bn cash injection into Barclays from the Middle East. Latham & Watkins... more

• Latham hires continue with Norton Rose recruit

  Oct 20 2008 Norton Rose has lost corporate partner Andrew Tarbuck to US giant Latham & Watkins in Dubai. The news comes just after Latham had announced the hire of a seven-partner... more

• Shearman & Sterling's Munich arm hit by further departure

  Oct 17 2008 Just one month after losing four partners to Allen & Overy, Shearman & Sterling has lost another partner from its Munich office, with Thomas Fox set to join US rival... more

• Partner exodus from Allen & Overy to Latham & Watkins in Hong Kong

  Oct 17 2008 Seven corporate partners in Allen & Overy’s Hong Kong office have quit the firm to join Latham & Watkins, including Asia corporate chief Michael Liu and China group... more

• Latham snares seven Allen & Overy partners in Hong Kong

  Oct 11 2008 Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has been hit by the departure of a seven-partner corporate team from its Hong Kong office. The group quitting for Latham & Watkins... 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