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• Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss post revenue growth in 2011

  Feb 10 2012 US firms Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have posted revenue growth in 2011. Sidley Austin saw revenues rise 5.6 per cent to $1.41 billion... more

• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• U.S. News releases 'Law Firm of the Year' rankings

  Nov 02 2011 U.S. News & World Report has completed its second annual law firm ranking, which chooses one ‘Law Firm of the Year’ in each of 75 practice areas. Some notable... more

• Paul Weiss hires top corporate talent form Schulte Roth & Zabel

  Sep 12 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has hired top talent Udi Grofman from hedge fund law firm Schulte, Roth & Zabel. Grofman’s practice focuses on investment... 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

• Paul Weiss to launch in Toronto after double hire from Shearman & Simmons

  Apr 14 2011 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have announced the launch of a new Toronto office after the hire of partners Christopher J. Cummings and Adam M. Givertz from... more

• Wall Street firms post high profits

  Mar 15 2011 A number of Wall Street firms saw profits rise last year, as M&A and capital markets work swelled. Some firms ensured their profits by pruning the equity partner... more

• Eight firms lead $1.4bn Dutch PE deal

  Oct 27 2010 Eight law firms have taken roles advising on a $1.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Dutch insurance company Brit Insurance Holdings by private equity giants... more

• Do family-friendly policies hold female lawyers back?

  Sep 14 2010 Most large firms offer staff flex-time and part-time work, promising that associates will not derail their careers by taking up these options. The Careerist makes... more

• Goldman Sachs builds its legal defence team

  May 05 2010 The AM Law Daily has described Goldman Sachs’ legal defence team as both a ‘dream team’ and a ‘murderers row’, and has advanced the opinion that Goldman’s legal bill... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell report 10% increase in profits for equity partners

  Mar 15 2010 2009 was a tough year for many law firms, but Davis Polk & Wardwell has bucked the trend, reporting a 10% increase in profits per equity partner (from US$1.9M in 2008... more

• Paul Weiss, Akin Gump Handling Houghton Mifflin's Debt Restructuring

  Feb 26 2010 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the Boston-based publisher of educational materials, announced earlier this week that it had secured $650 million from new institutional... more

• Paul Weiss, Wachtell, Weil Advising on $1.1 Billion Duane Reade Deal

  Feb 18 2010 Walgreens announced on Wednesday plans to acquire rival Duane Reade for nearly $1.1 billion in cash, expanding the national drugstore chain's presence in the New York... more

• Paul Weiss Reports 'Most Profitable Year in Firm's History'

  Feb 01 2010 Many Am Law 100 firms are reeling from the recession, but not Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. The firm has just reported its 2009 financials and the numbers... more

• More than 80% of partners at large US law firms are men

  Jan 08 2010 Only 19 percent of partners at American law firms with more than 100 lawyers are women, despite the fact that women have comprised more than 50 percent of law school... more