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• German firm Glade Michel Wirtz adds two Shearman & Sterling partners to the team

  Apr 17 2012 German corporate and competition boutique Glade Michel Wirtz has made a couple of high profile lateral hires, bringing two partners across from US firm Shearman &... more

• Skadden set to launch German capital markets practice after double hire

  Feb 08 2012 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is set to launch a capital markets practice in Germany after the hire a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling. Shearman's... more

• Debate continues about whether foreign lawyers may fly in to advise clients in India

  Jan 30 2012 The debate continues about whether it is permissible under Indian regulations for foreign lawyers to fly in to the country to advise clients on international and... more

• US firm Shearman & Sterling promotes 9 to global partnership

  Dec 14 2011 US firm Shearman & Sterling has promoted nine lawyers to the global partnership in its annual promotions round. The details of the promotions are as follows:... more

• New York's top law firms increase lawyer headcount by 1.6%

  Nov 02 2011 Employment in New York law firms has grown by 1.6 per cent from 2010 figures, according to Crain’s latest ranking of the city’s top 25 law fimrs. Seventeen of the top... 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

• Orrick boosts NY financial institutions practices with five hires

  Oct 05 2011 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired five bank finance and high-yield partners for its New York office. The new partners are Ronan M. Wicks and Patrick J.... more

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati set to launch in Brussels

  Sep 28 2011 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced the launch of a new office in Brussels, which is set to open in October. The office will be led by Michael Rosenthal,... 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

• Macfarlanes hires new head of real estate from Shearman & Sterling

  Sep 12 2011 Macfarlanes bolstered its real estate practice with the hire of Senior Partner Ian Nisse US firm Shearman & Sterling. Nisse leaves his role as co-head of the real... more

• Linklaters boosts Paris capital markets team with Gide hires

  Aug 31 2011 Linklaters has boosted its Paris capital markets team with the hire of a partner and three associates from Gide Loyrette Nouel. Patrice Doat was a partner at Gide... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Shearman & Sterling raises associate pay

  May 26 2011 Shearman & Sterling has announced a pay rise for UK qualified associates, increasing salaries by as much as 15 per cent within its three-tier merit-based system.... more

• 25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey

  Mar 03 2011 A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, DC and New York... more

• Shearman & Sterling see revenues and profits fall in 2010

  Mar 02 2011 Shearman & Sterling has had a tough year, seeing revenue drop by 8 per cent from $801m in 2009 to $737m in 2010, while profits per equity partner fell from $1.74m to... more

• 17-lawyer antitrust team leaves Howrey for Shearman & Sterling

  Feb 24 2011 A 17-lawyer antitrust group from the Brussels office of Howrey is departing for Shearman & Sterling. The group is led by five partners, including the current and... more

• Shearman & Sterling announces spring bonuses

  Feb 24 2011 Shearman & Sterling has announced that it will be paying spring bonuses in New York, following the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore for the spring payment. As... more

• Hogan Lovells to pay marketing professional close to US$1m

  Nov 01 2010 A new marketing officer at Hogan Lovells is rumoured to be taking home a salary of close to $1 million a year. Jolene Overbeck has worked with a number of US law... more

• Hogan Lovells hires top marketing professional from DLA Piper

  Oct 18 2010 Hogan Lovells has recruited star marketing professional Jolene Overbeck from DLA Piper, and appointed her as chief marketing officer for the firm. Overbeck has a... more

• Cleary advises Brazilian oil and gas giant on $75b share sale

  Sep 07 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is advising Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras on a massive $75 billion share sale, which will finance the development of offshore... more

• Shearman & Sterling boost China practice with hire from Simpson Thacher

  Aug 12 2010 Shearman & Sterling has boosted its practice in China with the hire of Suang Zhao to its Hong Kong office. Zhao will join the Greater China corporate team led by Asia... more

• Dechert boosts financial services practice with Shearman hire

  Aug 05 2010 Dechert has boosted its financial services practice group in New York with the hire of M. Holland West, a former head of Shearman & Sterling's derivatives and... more

• Amarchand, S&R, Latham and Shearman advise MakeMyTrip on NASDAQ listing

  Aug 05 2010 Indian online travel company MakeMyTrip Limited (MMT) has filed its offer documents with the US stock markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to... more

• 100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at Five BigLaw Firms

  Aug 03 2010 Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates: Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its... more

• Survey says partnership is not the main goal for most UK associates

  Jul 12 2010 Making partner is not the main goal for most UK associates, according to a new survey. Legal Week Intelligence's 2010 Employee Satisfaction Report reveals that only 38... more

• Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling lead $5.8 billion software merger

  May 14 2010 Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling have landed leading roles on the $5.8 acquisition of American database software maker Sybase by German software giant SAP. Jones... more

• Milbank to open office in Brazil

  Apr 21 2010 New York law firm Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy is set to open a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, pending approval by local authorities. A number of US firms have... more

• Association of Indian Lawyers moves to oust foreign firms from Indian market

  Mar 26 2010 A group of Indian lawyers have made moves to oust foreign legal firms from the Indian legal services market. Foreign firms are prohibited form having offices in India... more

• Simmons & Simmons, Shearman & Sterling and Stephenson Harwood move to merit-based pay

  Mar 19 2010 The trend toward merit-based pay systems in major law firms continues, with Simmons & Simmons, Shearman & Sterling and Stephenson Harwood being the latest to announce... 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 bags Religare - closes Northgate buy

  Feb 26 2010 Northgate Capital, a leading global private equity and venture capital firm managing $3 billion worth investments, was acquired by the Malvinder Singh family... more

• Shearman, Linklaters win lead roles on African mining IPO

  Feb 21 2010 Canada's Barrick Gold Corporation, the world's largest producer of gold, will spin off its African division into a separate public company. The new company, African... more

• Shearman posts strong profits, despite 9 % revenue drop

  Feb 16 2010 Shearman & Sterling reports an increase in profits per equity partner (PPP) of 4.2 percent to $1.735 million in 2009, while revenue declined 8.6 percent to $801... more

• Skadden is top global M&A adviser in 2009

  Jan 08 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom overtook its UK competitor Linklaters LLP to advise on the highest value of mergers and acquisitions in 2009 according to... 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

• Shearman set to boost Italy presence with Milan office launch

  Oct 24 2009 Shearman & Sterling is set to open its second office in Italy with the addition of a presence in Milan to its existing Rome base. Shearman is setting up the new... more

• Shearman and Davis Polk advise on $8bn Brazilian IPO

  Oct 08 2009 Shearman & Sterling's partners Andrew Jánszky, Robert Evans and Robert Ellison have advised the underwriters on Brazil’s biggest IPO to date - the $8bn listing of... more

• Shearman advises Societe Generale on €4.8bn cash call

  Oct 07 2009 Shearman & Sterling has advised Societé Generale on a €4.8bn cash call that will enable the bank to repay to the French Government financial aid it received during the... more

• Shearman & Sterling rebuilds Brussels office with German team

  Sep 23 2009 Shearman & Sterling has relocated a four-lawyer team from Düsseldorf -- partner Hans Meyer-Lindemann and three associates -- to Brussels in a bid to rebuild its... more

• Allen & Overy loses corporate star Rolf Koerfer to Oppenhoff

  Sep 22 2009 Allen & Overy corporate heavyweight Rolf Koerfer, who had been serving as chairman of German car parts company Continental recently, has left the firm to become a... more

• Shearman, Baker, Weil advise on $2.8bn chicken deal

  Sep 17 2009 Shearman & Sterling and Baker & McKenzie took lead roles in the acquisition of a majority stake in the bankrupt Kentucky Fried Chicken supplier Pilgrim's Pride by... more

• Wachtell and Shearman face SEC action after failed Bank of America settlement

  Sep 16 2009 Two of the most prominent US law firms are facing scrutiny after U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed... more

• Shearman hit by departure of Brussels partners Schild and Cappellari

  Aug 28 2009 Shearman & Sterling has been hit by the defection of two Brussels antitrust partners, Annette Schild and Silvio Cappellari, to US rival Arnold & Porter. After the... more

• SEC blames Wachtell, Shearman for not disclosing bank bonuses

  Aug 26 2009 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is blaming lawyers from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling for Bank of America’s failure to... more

• Shearman faces heavy government involvement in Chinese Hummer deal

  Jul 31 2009 The proposed acquisition of the Hummer brand from GM by Chinese company Sichuan Tengzhong is still unapproved. Shearman & Sterling, which is acting as international... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Shearman wins lead role on GM's Hummer sale

  Jun 04 2009 Shearman & Sterling is advising Chinese industrial manufacturer Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery (Tengzhong) on its $250m acquisition of General Motors’... more

• Shearman takes lead role on €3bn Danone rights issue

  Jun 03 2009 Shearman & Sterling and Bredin Prat have taken lead roles on French dairy and water company Danone’s €3bn rights issue. more

• Shearman London to retain just 67 per cent of trainees

  Jun 03 2009 US firm Shearman & Sterling is to retain just 64 per cent of its London trainees who are due to qualify in September, reports The Lawyer. more

• International firms win roles on GM restructuring

  May 30 2009 The collapse of automotive giant General Motors has handed roles to at least 15 law firms so far in one of the largest restructurings to date. Clifford Chance (CC)... more

• Shearman & Sterling advises German government on GM-Opel spin-off

  May 28 2009 Magna and Fiat are bidding for General Motors (GM)-owned Opel. Magna is being advised by Sullivan & Cromwell, Fiat by Gleiss Lutz and SZA Schilling Zutt & Anschütz.... more

• Rumours circulate about large litigation cuts at Shearman

  Apr 15 2009 Numerous reports exist that Shearman & Sterling is planning to cut up to 5% of its litigation associate numbers in addition to laying off associates in other practice... more

• New lawyers' pay takes a big hit at Shearman

  Mar 26 2009 US firm Shearman & Sterling has announced that for its offices in Asia, the UK, and the Middle East, it will not provide an annual increase in the salaries of newly... 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

• M&A boost for US law firms in Latin America

  Feb 09 2009 Skadden Arps, White & Case, Shearman & Sterling and other major U.S. law firms have seen a massive growth in their Latin American M&A business. Skadden has doubled... more

• Shearman & Sterling promotes eleven

  Dec 16 2008 Shearman & Sterling has elected 11 associates and counsel to the partnership across its worldwide platform. The new partners practice in seven offices—Beijing,... more

• Shearman, Akin Gump, Fulbright among US firms reducing staff

  Nov 10 2008 Staff growth at America’s largest law firms slowed in 2008, according to a survey by the National Law Journal. Major firms losing staff include Cadwalader (-91... more

• Willkie Farr adds finance partner from Shearman

  Oct 20 2008 Willkie Farr & Gallagher has recruited a finance partner Michael Zinder from Shearman & Sterling. Zinder will join Willkie as co-chair of its banking and debt finance... more

• Shearman NY M&A partner Creighton Condon new Europe chief

  Oct 17 2008 Shearman & Sterling has reintroduced its European managing partner role, with the appointment of New York partner Creighton Condon to the post... more

• Shearman & Sterling's Munich arm hit by further departure

  Oct 17 2008 Just one month after losing four partners to Allen & Overy, Shearman & Sterling has lost another partner from its Munich office, with Thomas Fox set to join US rival... more

• Law Firm Merger Mania: Allen & Overy + Shearman & Sterling?

  Oct 07 2008 This time its Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling that are doing the elaborate mating ritual that is the mega law firm merger- at least according to media reports... more

• Shearman takes lead on Hypo Real Estate bailout

  Oct 06 2008 Shearman & Sterling has taken the lead role on Germany’s first high profile rescue deal – advising on the €35bn bailout of Hypo Real Estate, along with German firm... more