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• Lateral hiring among large firms heats up

  Mar 08 2012 The lateral hiring market is booming, with large law firms eagerly scooping up talent in the hope that it is followed by a solid book of business. The AM Law Daily... more

• Chapman and Cutler to launch in Washington DC

  Feb 22 2012 Chapman and Cutler is set to launch in Washington DC after hiring a six-partner finance team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. Chief executive partner Tim Mohan... more

• Orrick hires Paul Hasting partner as global private equity chief

  May 03 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has lured the head of Paul Hastings’ China private equity practice, Maurice Hoo, to become the global head of Orrick’s private equity... more

• Crisis? What Crisis? California law firms post steady profits

  Jan 28 2010 Most major Bay Area law firms saw revenues and profits remain flat in 2009, reports The Recorder. Half of the eight firms surveyed posted increases in profit per... more

• Worst season for 'big law' jobs in over 50 years

  Aug 28 2009 This fall, law school grads are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job search... more

• Orrick delays start date for new associates

  Jul 10 2009 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is pushing back the start date for its current summer class to January 2012 and also delaying its on-campus recruiting season by several... more

• Orrick, Dechert reach settlement in Whole Foods antitrust case

  Mar 09 2009 Whole Foods' battle against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is finally over. In 2007 the FTC lawyers tried to prevent the merger of Whole Foods and Wild Oats by... more

• Orrick lays off 100 associates, 200 staff

  Mar 04 2009 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has announced that it is laying off 100 lawyers and 200 staff members. The firm, which has more than 1,100 lawyers in 21 offices... 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

• Orrick announces 13 new partners

  Feb 03 2009 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has announced the admission of 13 lawyers to the partnership, effective January 1, 2009. Orrick currently has 415 partners,... more

• Orrick signs up five-partner corporate team in Milan

  Nov 18 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is set to double the number of partners in its Milan office – with the hire of a team of lawyers from local firm Vita Samory Fabbrini &... more

• Orrick lays off 40 attorneys, 35 staff

  Nov 13 2008 Only two days after White & Case said that it will lay off 70 attorneys, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, a firm that traces its roots to San Francisco, announced that... more

• Orrick and Hölters & Elsing agree to merge

  Sep 15 2008 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Hölters & Elsing (Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten) announced today that the partnerships of both firms have agreed to merge.... more

• Top law firms excel in sexual diversity index

  Sep 05 2008 Clifford Chance, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and White & Case are among 64 law firms to receive a perfect score in the Human Rights... 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

• Orrick Settles With San Diego for $2.8 Million Over City Pension Fund

  Jul 30 2008 For the second time in little more than a month, an Am Law 100 firm has agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement with the city of San Diego stemming from a city... more

• Singing cowboy joins Orrick as IP partner

  Jul 02 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe announced that it had hired the former head of Jones Day’s Los Angeles intellectual property group, Rob Dickerson as a partner.... more

• Orrick to enter German market

  Jun 26 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe looks set to enter the German market with the firm just weeks away from sealing a merger with Duesseldorf independent Hoelters & Elsing. more

• Goldman Sachs man in Orrick New York switch

  Jun 24 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has bagged a high-profile structured finance partner in the US, with former Goldman Sachs in-house counsel Howard Altarescu joining the... more

• Watson Farley hires Orrick partner in New York

  Jun 06 2008 Watson Farley & Williams has moved to expand its US corporate practice with the hire of a new partner in New York. The addition of Antonios Backos, who was... more

• Orrick beefs up New York litigation with Heller Ehrman hire

  May 16 2008 Orrick Herrington & Suttcliffe has bolstered its litigation practice with the hire of partner Richard Martin, formerly managing partner and head of litigation at... more

• Orrick Examines Options for Debut in Germany

  Apr 09 2008 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is in talks to enter the German market -- with a merger as the firm's preferred route into the country. The firm is already in talks in... more

• Orrick scoops Jones Day's UK corporate chief

  Feb 06 2008 The London office of US firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Jones Day's London head of corporate Hilary Winter. Winter is an equity capital markets and... more

• San Francisco Bay Area Law Firms Float on Turbulent Waters

  Jan 11 2008 Despite the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch, most of the eight Bay Area law firms that have released financial data so far showed solid increases... more