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• Weil Gotshal's 2009 results fail to meet expectations

  Mar 09 2010 Weil, Gotshal & Manges has posted flat gross revenue and a slight rise in profits per partner for the year 2009. The results are somewhat disappointing considering the... more

• Why it took $642m in fees to dismantle Lehman

  Feb 22 2010 Lehman’s bankruptcy is believed to be the largest in US history. A new regulatory filing revealed that various consulting and legal firms and other lucky advisors... more

• Lehman examiner Valukas fights to make Lehman report public

  Feb 10 2010 Jenner & Block chairman 66-year-old Anton Valukas, court-appointed receiver in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, has completed his probe. Valukas, a former federal... more

• Advisers get more than $500m in Lehman wind-down

  Jan 19 2010 28 law firms, financial advisers, investment banks and consulting firms involved in the winding down of Lehman Brothers have received $568.7 million in fees, The Wall... more

• AIG asks ex-Lehman lawyer Thomas Russo to be next general counsel

  Jan 12 2010 US insurance giant American International Group Inc. (AIG) has asked Thomas A. Russo, former legal affairs chief at Lehman Brothers, to be its next general counsel,... more

• Linklaters advises on deal to return assets to Lehman clients

  Jan 06 2010 Linklaters has advised administrators PwC on a claim resolution agreement (CRA), an arrangement for the return of assets to clients, which is now unconditional after... 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

• $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

• Linklaters bills more than €1m a week for Lehman mandate

  Dec 04 2008 Linklaters’ high-profile role on Lehman Brothers’ administration is set to become one of most lucrative mandates in European legal history with the City giant now... more

• Excel error by a Cleary Gottlieb associate alters Lehman asset deal

  Oct 20 2008 A first-year associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton made an Excel reformatting error that mistakenly added 179 contracts to an agreement to buy Lehman Brothers... more

• Law firms benefit as clients suffer post-Lehman jitters

  Oct 13 2008 City law firms reported unprecedented levels of activity in the last two weeks of September as financial institutions called on their legal advisers... more

• Weil Gotshal on Lehman's $2.15bn Neuberger Berman sale

  Oct 01 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges, Lehman's bankruptcy counsel, is handling the sale of Lehman's asset management unit, Neuberger Berman, to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman... more

• Freshfields on Nomura's Lehman buy-out

  Sep 26 2008 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has emerged as the latest firm to score a role on Japanese investment bank Nomura’s acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ Asian operations and... more

• Cleary and Ropes & Gray on latest Lehman sale

  Sep 24 2008 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Ropes & Gray have secured the key roles on the joint acquisition of Lehman Brothers’ investment management unit by Bain Capital... more

• Skadden Arps and Linklaters advise on Lehman sale in Asia

  Sep 24 2008 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has advised Japanese bank Nomura on its winning auction bid for Lehman Brothers' Asian operations. Linklaters' Hong Kong office... more

• Linklaters puts 20 partners on Lehman job

  Sep 22 2008 The number of Linklaters partners advising on the Lehman Brothers UK administration has climbed to 20 in the space of five days - one of the biggest senior legal teams... more

• Milbank Tweed grabs Lehman creditor role

  Sep 19 2008 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has landed a role advising the creditors’ committee of Lehman Brothers, which recreates the law firm line-up of the Enron bankruptcy.... more

• Law firms line up for Lehman advisory work

  Sep 18 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges, the New York corporate and insolvency specialist, is managing Lehman Brothers’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the US. In the UK, a... more

• Corporate law firms see dark days ahead

  Sep 18 2008 The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the announced acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. by Bank of America will produce a flurry of legal activity. But for most large... more

• Lehman lets Weil Gotshal reclaim bankruptcy lead from Kirkland

  Sep 16 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is advising Lehman Brothers on its bankruptcy filing. US firm Weil Gotshal, the No. 1 bankruptcy firm for decades representing almost... more

• Wachtell, Shearman head up $50bn Merrill takeover

  Sep 16 2008 Elite US firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling have taken the lead advisory roles on the $50bn all-stock sale of banking giant Merrill Lynch to... more

• Cravath, Davis Polk acting on $70bn cash lifeline set up after Lehman collapse

  Sep 16 2008 Cravath Swaine & Moore and Davis Polk & Wardwell have won places advising JP Morgan Chase and Citibank on the creation of the $70bn (£39.6bn) liquidity facility set up... more

• Lehman hires Weil Gotshal & Manges for biggest bankruptcy filing in history

  Sep 15 2008 Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank, succumbed to the subprime mortgage crisis it helped create in the biggest bankruptcy filing in history.... more

• Bullivant Houser Bailey aligns with Chinese law firm Lehman Lee Xu

  Jul 15 2008 The two firms will provide People's Republic of China corporate clients with greater access to foreign capital markets and funding. Portland-based Bullivant Houser... more

• Allen & Overy hires David S. Broderick, former Lehman Brothers Managing Director

  Jun 02 2008 Allen & Overy LLP today announced that David S. Broderick joined the firm as a real estate partner in the New York office, effective June 2. David brings 15 years of... more