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• O’Melveny & Myers appoints new head for Hong Kong practice

  May 18 2012 O’Melveny & Myers’ capital markets specialist David Johnson has been appointed as the head of the firm’s Hong Kong practice. Johnson will relocate from California... 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

• New Chair at O'Melveny & Myers says things are looking up

  Dec 05 2011 O'Melveny & Myers is set to gain new leadership with the appointment of Bradley Butwin as chairman. Butwin is looking on the bright side, portraying the departure of... more

• MoFo boosts Tokyo M&A practice with O’Melveny & Myers hire

  Nov 10 2011 Morrison & Foerster has boosted its mergers and acquisitions capacity in Tokyo with the hire of partner Dale Araki, who was formerly the managing partner of O’Melveny... more

• Goodwin Procter and Fulbright & Jaworski announce staff layoffs

  Nov 02 2011 Some law firms are still in cost cutting mode, with many making significant staff layoffs and outsourcing legal support services. Since August O’Melveny & Myers... 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

• UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch in Washington DC

  Jun 30 2011 UK firm Allen & Overy is set to launch of an office in Washington DC, which will be headed up by US banking head David Slade. The firm has also hired a trio of lawyers... 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

• Offshore firm Harneys swells the ranks with 6 new hires

  Aug 26 2010 Offshore firm Harneys has hired six new associates across three offices. The firm’s London office has hired Fiona Chandler, a specialist in investment funds,... more

• Big Law leaders defend Guantanamo lawyers

  Mar 06 2010 Keep America Safe , an organization launched by former Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney, has presented a video questioning the loyalty of a group of... more

• Wachtell, O’Melveny advise Apollo on $2.4bn Cedar Fair deal

  Dec 18 2009 Equity firm Apollo Global Management agreed late Wednesday to acquire Cedar Fair, a company that owns Knott's in Buena Park and 10 other amusement parks, seven water... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf, O’Melveny, Shearman cut 400 more jobs

  Mar 04 2009 Dewey & LeBoeuf and O’Melveny & Myers announced that they will lay off about 330 lawyers and staff blaming weak demand for legal work because of the economic crisis.... 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

• Clifford Chance, O’Melveny help raise £2bn for Actis

  Jan 13 2009 Clifford Chance and ­O’Melveny & Myers jointly advised emerging markets ­private equity house Actis a $2.9bn (£1.99bn) fundraising for Actis Emerging Markets 3. more