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• Five partners to depart from Mayer Brown's London office

  Dec 18 2011 US firm Mayer Brown is set to lose five partners from its London office in the coming weeks. Mayer Brown's London co-head of capital markets Stephanie Bates is... more

• Heller Ehrman may face dissolution as Mayer backs off

  Sep 19 2008 West coast giant Heller Ehrman appeared on the brink of dissolution, with some partners already looking to move with what amounted to tacit approval from firm... more

• Heller Ehrman's merger talks with Mayer Brown called off

  Sep 16 2008 The merger talks between Mayer Brown and troubled west coast firm Heller Ehrman have been called off. The firms have been in discussions for several weeks, with Heller... more

• Mayer Brown and Heller Ehrman in merger talks

  Aug 29 2008 Fresh off its aborted tie-up with Baker & McKenzie, San Francisco-based Heller is now in merger talks with Mayer Brown according to the American Lawyer blog. In the... more

• Mayer Brown Restructuring Chief Defects for Orrick

  Aug 26 2008 A rough 18 months for Mayer Brown got a little worse on Monday, when San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced that Raniero "Ron" D'Aversa, Jr., the... more

• Winston & Strawn adds two Mayer Brown litigators to Chicago office

  Aug 08 2008 Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Robin R. Lunn and Doressia L. Hutton have joined the firm's Chicago office as partner and of counsel, respectively, in the... more

• Paul Weiss and Davis Polk duet on Sony Bertelsmann deal

  Aug 06 2008 Two US firms have won the lead roles on the $1.2bn sale of German music giant Bertelsmann’s 50 per cent interest in Sony BMG to Sony. Davis Polk & Wardwell advised... 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

• Mayer Brown recruits disabled students for summer work placement scheme

  Jul 04 2008 International law firm Mayer Brown has teamed up with EmployAbility, a leading disability organisation, to recruit disabled students for its summer work placement scheme. more

• Mayer Brown, Cleary Gottlieb on Akzo London Nobel-Henkel Deal

  Apr 24 2008 Fiona Adams and Henrietta Walker, two London-based Mayer Brown M&A partners, led a team advising the world’s largest paint maker, Akzo Nobel N.V., in a $5 billion... more

• Kirkland captures Chicago trio from rival Mayer Brown

  Apr 16 2008 Kirkland & Ellis has hired a trio of partners from Mayer Brown in Chicago, adding in private equity, real estate and tax. Bruce Gelman, Thomas Geraghty and Joshua... more

• U.S. law firm layoffs pick up pace as economy slows

  Mar 12 2008 For the second year in a row, 460-lawyer Chicago firm Jenner & Block has axed equity partners. At least 10 partners have been told to give up their equity and some... more

• Mayer Brown accounts reveal European profits dip

  Mar 07 2008 Operating profits in Mayer Brown’s London and Brussels offices fell by £3.3m during 2007 to stand at £37.7m, despite an £8.9m increase in fee income to £103.5m.... more

• Kaye Sholer hires German partner

  Feb 28 2008 Mayer Brown has lost Frankfurt partner Wolfgang Leip, who has left the Chicago firm to join the German practice of New York outfit Kaye Scholer. Leip is a patent... more

• Mayer Brown scoops French Shearman partner Dugué

  Feb 09 2008 Mayer Brown has boosted its international arbitration practice with the hire of a Shearman & Sterling partner in Paris. Christophe Dugué, who joined Shearman in 1990... more

• Google Replaces Phil Beck With Mayer Brown Team in Viacom Suit

  Jan 20 2008 The lawsuit filed by Viacom in March claims copyright infringement based on the unauthorized appearance of numerous Viacom shows on Google's YouTube video-sharing... more

• Mayer Brown and Clifford Chance bag top EC lawyers

  Jan 16 2008 Mayer Brown has bagged a senior official from the European Commission's competition arm, the second firm to tap the Commission in the space of a week. Andres Font... more

• Chicago law firms expand in Charlotte

  Jan 11 2008 In 1998, Chicago law firm Mayer Brown established an office in Charlotte to be close to that city's bankers. A decade later, its local rivals are trying to muscle in... more

• Emerging markets fuel Mayer Brown's global growth

  Jan 04 2008 Mayer Brown's global ambitions received a much-needed boost late last month when the Chicago law firm announced it will join forces with a 260-lawyer Hong Kong-based... more

• Mayer Brown merging with Hong Kong’s JSM

  Dec 22 2007 US-based international law firm Mayer Brown and Hong Kong’s Johnson, Stokes and Master are merging in a move that will create the world’s tenth-largest law firm by... more

• Partner at top law firm Mayer Brown charged with fraud at collapsed broker Refco

  Dec 20 2007 A partner at one of the biggest US law firms was yesterday charged with helping hide debts at Refco, the futures and commodities broker that collapsed two years ago... more

• Mayer Brown reshuffles management in Germany

  Nov 25 2007 Mayer Brown has appointed a new managing partner in Germany, with banking and finance partner Jörg Wulfken taking control of the firm’s offices in Frankfurt, Berlin... more

• Refco Investors Sue Mayer Brown and Partner Collins

  Oct 02 2007 Refco Inc. investors sued Chicago- based law firm Mayer Brown and one of its partners, claiming they helped the defunct futures trader perpetrate a massive fraud that... more

• Mayer Brown wins two more partners for London

  Sep 24 2007 Mayer Brown has upped the pace of its lateral hiring spree with the addition of a partner apiece in its corporate and real estate practices. Alistair Bird will join... more