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• Litigation funding firm BlackRobe hires Simpson Thacher lawyer as MD

  Apr 18 2012 New York-based private investment firm BlackRobe Capital Partners has hired former Simpson Thacher & Bartlett lawyer Michael Chepiga to become its managing director.... more

• Four leading NY firms post increased revenues in 2011

  Mar 12 2012 Four of the top New York law firms posted their financial results for 2011, with all four showing an increase in revenues. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom... more

• Law firm pension plans - a drain on profits?

  Mar 07 2012 Interesting article here about the pension plans offered by major law firms. The most generous plan in the survey is at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, which promises... more

• McDermott Will & Emery to launch South Korea office

  Feb 16 2012 McDermott Will & Emery is planning to launch in Seoul, following the ratification of a trade agreement that allows foreign law firms to open offices in South Korea.... more

• US firms in Hong Kong attract top talent with big money

  Feb 08 2012 The legal services market in Hong Kong has long been dominated by British firms, but US law firms are now a potent force, attracting top talent by offer larger... more

• US law firms line up to enter South Korean legal market

  Dec 29 2011 Law firms looking to expand into South Korea – after a trade deal with the US opened the country’s legal market to foreign firms – will be on the lookout for signs of... more

• US firm Simpson Thacher plans Seoul launch

  Dec 19 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced a plan to open an office in Seoul, following the ratification of a trade deal between the US and South Korea, which allows... more

• K&L Gates launches first South American office in São Paulo

  Nov 09 2011 K&L Gates has announced the launch its first office in South America in São Paulo, Brazil. The new office will operate under Brazilian Bar Association rules as a... more

• Why Quinn Emanuel steers clear of Hong Kong

  Nov 04 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Asian Lawyer about why Los Angeles-based litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has opted not to open an office in... 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

• Wachtell, Jones Day lead on $18.4bn sale of Goodrich to United Technologies

  Sep 23 2011 United Technologies Corporation is set to purchase $18.4 billion for aircraft equipment maker Goodrich Corporation. The deal will see United Technologies aquire the... 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

• Simpson Thacher hires top corporate corruption specialist from SEC

  Jun 07 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced the hire of Cheryl Scarboro from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Scarboro leaves her role fighting against... more

• AZB, Amarchand, Simpson Thacher and Wadia Gandhy advise on KKR, IFC investment in Magma Fincorp

  May 31 2011 Global investment firm, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) are investing Rs. 440 crore ($ 100 million) in Kolkata-based... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Simpson Thacher to practice Hong Kong law

  May 05 2011 Since New York-based Simpson Thacher & Bartlett launched an office in Hong Kong in 1993, the firm has practiced only US law. That is all about to change: the firm has... more

• Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett set to launch in Houston after Vinson & Elkins Hire

  Apr 12 2011 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is set to launch a new office in Houston after the hire of Vinson & Elkins capital markets partner Robert Rabalais. "Opening in Houston... 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

• Freshfields follows the leader with US spring bonuses

  Feb 16 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has awarded spring bonuses to its 82 US–based associates, following the lead set by Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Swaine & Moore,... more

• Spring bonuses abound while partnership prospects wither

  Feb 14 2011 Just one month after firms handed out their end of year bonuses, it seems that it is bonus time again. A number of firms have made announcements regarding ‘spring... more

• Indian firm AZB in hiring spree

  Feb 09 2011 Indian firm AZB & Partners has hired 26 new lawyers, including fresh graduates, in an effort to bolster its ranks. In the past six months the firm lost key alliances... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell announces generous spring bonuses

  Jan 24 2011 Sullivan & Cromwell has announced a generous spring bonuses for its associates. The firm has decided to the 2010 year-end bonuses, announced in December, with a... more

• What can we learn from this year's promotions?

  Dec 17 2010 This article takes a closer look at some of the decisions being made in this year’s partnership promotions round, asking what those decisions indicate about the... more

• Is Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's draconian policy illegal?

  Dec 02 2010 US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has implemented a new policy of docking pay by 20 per cent for associates who are ten days late in filing their time records. The... 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

• Linklaters zeros in on US high-yield practice

  Sep 13 2010 Linklaters has hired counsel Mark Hageman, of Cravath Swaine & Moore, in order to boost their capability in the high-yield market. High-yield specialists seem to... more

• Freshfields appoints Simpsons counsel to equity partnership

  Jul 27 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its high-yield practice with the hire of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counsel Gil Strauss. Strauss has been taken on as an... more

• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett launch UK funds practice after CC hire

  Jul 21 2010 US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is set to launch its UK funds practice after the hire of Jason Glover in the London office. Glover was formerly a partner and head... more

• Blackstone Group recruits top legal talent from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

  Jul 08 2010 Private-equity giant Blackstone Group has appointed a new senior managing director and chief legal officer, with both roles converging in their new recruit: John... more

• Freshfields keeps PEPs high through recession

  May 18 2010 Some interesting figures arise from The Lawyer’s Transatlantic Elite report, such as the fact that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted the industry’s highest... more

• Three firms score leading roles in $3.4 billion PE deal

  May 06 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles in the $3.4 billion acquisition of Massachusetts-based... more

• Simpsons and Sullivans lead on $6.7 all-cash energy deal

  Apr 29 2010 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken lead roles on a $6.7 all-cash deal for power company PPL’s acquisition of E.ON US’s power and natural gas... more

• Simpson, Davis and Cleary land roles in US Treasury offering of 1.5 bn Citi shares

  Apr 27 2010 The US Treasury is preparing to commence the first stage of its plan to unload 7.7 billion government-owned Citigroup shares on the market, with an offering of 1.5... more

• Debevoise, Jones Day, and Cleary lead $1.2 bn car rental merger

  Apr 27 2010 Hertz Global Holdings has announced the imminent acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group in a major strategic merger in the US car-rental industry. The $1.2... 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

• Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz score leading roles in Tommy Hilfiger deal

  Mar 16 2010 The US$3 billion sale by of Tommy Hilfiger to the Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (of American Apparel fame) is to be led by Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and Wachtell,... more

• Vault Top 100 Law Firms 2010: And the winner is... Wachtell

  Aug 26 2009 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is the most prestigious law firm according to Vault’s law firm rankings by law firm associates, defending its No. 1 spot for the seventh... more

• PRC law firms take top spots in Asia M&A ranking for first time

  Aug 26 2009 Beijing-based law firms Commerce & Finance and Deheng took the top two spots of the Asia-Pacific M&A league table by value in the first half of 2009 --- the first time... more

• Vault Top 100 Law Firms 2009: Wachtell #1 for sixth year

  Aug 16 2008 The top 10 firms as ranked in the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms are: 1. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (New York, NY) 2. Cravath, Swaine & Moore (New York,... more