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• Baker & McKenzie holds on to 1st place in ranking by revenue

  May 08 2012 American Lawyer has released its new rankings, with some interesting results. The top 100 firms worldwide showed an average 5.3 per cent increase in gross revenue and... more

• Sidley Austin appoints new co-chair of executive committee

  May 02 2012 Sidley Austin has appointed Carter G. Phillips as the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Executive Committee - the group that exercises general authority over its policies and... more

• Sidley Austin to launch in Houston, US

  Feb 15 2012 International law firm Sidley Austin is set to launch a new office in Houston. The office will be led seven partners hired laterally from other Houston firms including... more

• 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

• Skadden tops list of strongest law firm brands

  Jan 31 2012 Brand research company Acritas has compiled a list of the strongest brands in the US and global legal services market. Their study, which surveyed 902 clients, of... more

• Does secrecy on partner compensation really encourage a 'culture of collegiality'?

  Nov 15 2011 A list of the best workplaces to work in Chicago has included two law firms: Sidley Austin and Perkins Coie. The list was published by The Chicago Tribune, and was... more

• Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire

  Nov 09 2011 Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie Anthony Jacobsen is qualified... 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

• UK trainee retention figures a mixed bag

  Jul 11 2011 Trainee retention figures are finding their way out into the light of day, and some of the results are less than pretty. Slaughter and May has offered a job to all... more

• Washington firm Sidley Austin hires former congressman

  May 19 2011 Top Washington DC firm Sidley Austin has announced the hire of former Democratic congressman from Virginia, Frederick “Rick” Boucher, who will lead the firm’s new... more

• Sidley Austin announces 25% increase in total bonuses paid

  Dec 22 2010 Sidley Austin has announced that the number of associates receiving an end-of-bonus has increased by nearly 20%, and the total sum awarded for bonuses has increased by... more

• Howrey loses another partner in Washington

  Dec 15 2010 Howrey has suffered another in a series of defections the departure of antitrust specialist Mike Cowie to the Washington office of rival firm Dechert. The news... more

• Sidley Austin Boosts NY litigation team with triple hire from Howrey

  Dec 14 2010 Sidley Austin has bolstered its New York litigation practice with the hire of the cochair of Howrey's litigation practice Gary Bendinger. Bendinger is followed by towo... more

• Revenue leaders in 2009: Baker & McKenzie

  Oct 04 2010 American Lawyer has published its “Global 100”, ranking the largest law firms by revenue. And this year, Baker & McKenzie have taken out the number 1 spot. Baker &... more

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... 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

• Allen & Overy lead $1.3 billion software deal

  Jun 11 2010 Allen & Overy has taken a lead role on a $1.3bn (£900m) deal for the sale of Misys’ 55% stake in US healthcare software company Allscripts to rival provider Eclipsys.... 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

• Sidley Austin tied to African official named in corruption report

  Feb 05 2010 Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, is named in a 352-page report released Thursday by the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on... 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

• Rusal IPO postponed by Hong Kong Exchange

  Dec 08 2009 The world’s biggest aluminum company, United Co. Rusal failed to get approval for its planned $3bn initial public offering in Hong Kong. According to reports,... more

• Sidley boosts City capital markets team with hire of ex-A&O partner

  Nov 18 2009 Sidley Austin has made a rare lateral appointment in the City with the hire of former Allen & Overy securities partner Bart Capeci. Capeci joined the US firm's... more

• Mayer Brown, Sidley Austin ask new associates to join early

  Sep 07 2009 Some US law firms are starting to feel more confident about their short term prospects. Mayer Brown asked half of its 12 New York associates it had originally asked... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf represents eBay on $1.9bn Skype deal

  Sep 03 2009 Just one month after hiring eBay's longtime advisers from Cooley Godward Kronish, Dewey & LeBoeuf has won a mandate to represent the acution site on its $1.9bn deal to... more

• Gide launches Hong Kong finance team with Sidley partner

  Jun 04 2009 French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has hired Sidley Austin finance partner Balbir Bindra to launch a banking and finance team in its Hong Kong office. Bindra will be... more

• Michelle Obama: Why I left a big ol' fancy law firm

  May 13 2009 "And I went from college to law school to a big ol' fancy law firm where I was making more money than both of my parents combined. I thought I had arrived. I was... more

• Sidley Austin lays off 89 lawyers, 140 staff in the U.S.

  Mar 13 2009 Chicago-based international law firm Sidley Austin lays off 89 lawyers and 140 staffers in its U.S. offices, according to an internal memo. The firm's London office... more

• Sidley Austin asks $1,100 hourly for Tribune bankruptcy work

  Dec 31 2008 Lawyers at Sidley Austin are asking as much as $1,100 an hour for bankruptcy work on Tribune Co., surpassing the rates charged by Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the Lehman... more

• Sidley Austin, Pepper Hamilton on new Zyprexa settlement for Eli Lilly

  Oct 23 2008 Eli Lilly & Co. said it will record a charge of nearly $1.4 billion to make up for payments it expects to make in a Zyprexa settlement with federal prosecutors. Sidley... more

• Sidley Austin LLP adds six lawyers to the firm’s executive committee

  Oct 22 2008 Sidley Austin LLP has added six new members to its Executive Committee, the Committee that exercises general authority over the affairs of the firm, and two new... more

• Michelle Obama biography tells of her discontent at Sidley Austin

  Oct 06 2008 The title of a new biography of Michelle Obama is simply "Michelle" by Washington Post Magazine writer Liza Mundy, and an excerpt running in the Sunday edition tells... more

• Obama gets millions from law firms serving interests of Wall Street

  May 07 2008 Despite Obama 's claim that Washington lobbyists haven't funded his campaign, five corporate law firms, which are among the top contributors to the Obama campaign,... more