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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

• Clifford Chance and DLA Piper lead $11.9bn sale of baby food business to Nestle

  Apr 26 2012 Clifford Chance and DLA Piper have taken leading roles on Pfizer's $11.9 billion cash sale of its baby food business to Nestle. Nestle is advised by US law firm... 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

• 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

• 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

• Kirkland & Ellis increases pay for all associates in London

  Jan 13 2012 Kirkland & Ellis has increased the salaries of all associates in London, with newly qualified lawyers now £7000 better off on £97,000. The increases put the firm... more

• Washington lawyer pleads guilty to securities fraud

  Dec 17 2011 Washington lawyer Matthew Kluger pled guilty on Wednesday to securities fraud, obstruction of justice and other charges. The charges maintained that over the... more

• Skadden matches Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 01 2011 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has matched the 2011 bonuses offered by market leader Cravath, Swaine & Moore, all but ensuring a steady and predictable bonus... 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

• 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

• Veteran Skadden partner Peter P. Mullen dies

  Oct 19 2011 Veteran partner Peter P. Mullen of the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has died at the age of 83. Mullen joined the firm in 1961, when it... more

• Should law firms stay on home turf?

  Oct 17 2011 Interesting article here about the effect of international expansion on law firm balance sheets. The article points out that of the five elite London firms belonging... more

• The inside scoop on performance reviews at Skadden

  Oct 14 2011 There is an interesting article here at Above the Law that gives some insight into the annual review process at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. The report... more

• Kirkland & Ellis boosts HK practice with multiple lateral hires

  Aug 15 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has been on a lateral hiring spree in Hong Kong, scooping up eight partners from rival firms: two from Allen & Overy, three from Latham & Watkins, and... more

• Kirkland boosts Hong Kong office with triple hire from Skadden

  Aug 09 2011 Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office. The firm has scored with the hire of Asia corporate co-heads... more

• SNR Denton has a bumpy ride with falling profits and partner defections

  Jul 04 2011 SNR Denton is facing difficult times in the wake of its transatlantic merger. The firm has reported an 8 per cent drop in revenue to £154.4million for the 2010/11... more

• Kasowitz Benson to launch corporate real estate practice after Skadden hires

  Jun 24 2011 Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman is set to launch a corporate real estate practice, after the hire two real estate partners from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &... more

• Strategic career advice for young lawyers from Ronald Barusch

  May 31 2011 Ronald Barusch, a M&A practitioner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, offers some interesting advice for law grads in this article in the Wall Street Journal.... more

• Skadden leads ranking of top US law firms

  May 17 2011 If you needed another ranking of the top US law firms, here it is. Corporate Board Member magazine and global business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc asked US... more

• Five firms advise on Microsoft's $8.5b acquisition of Skype

  May 12 2011 Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.... more

• US BigLaw cut down to size

  Apr 26 2011 The 250 largest law firms in the US reduced their lawyer headcount by about 3,000 lawyers last year, and has scaled back by about 9,500 lawyers since 2008, according... more

• US lawyer accused of stealing and trading on info from top law firms

  Apr 07 2011 Matthew H. Kluger, until recently a senior associate at the Washington office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, has been charged with stealing confidential... 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

• Respected lawyer Joseph H. Flom dies

  Feb 23 2011 Joseph H. Flom, the respected corporate lawyer that helped to build Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom into a leading US law firm, has died of heart failure in New... 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

• Skadden retains top spot in deal-maker rankings

  Jan 07 2011 US law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has held onto it’s position as top dealmaker for the second year in a row. The value of worldwide deals rose by 23... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell climbs to No. 2 spot in dealmaker league table

  Dec 21 2010 US firm Sullivan & Cromwell has climbed five spots to the No. 2 spot in the Thomson Reuters league tables for dealmakers. The firm advised on $230.2 billion worth of... 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

• Skadden shuts down its San Francisco office

  Dec 08 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced that it will close its San Francisco office at the end of June 2011. The lawyers in the San Francisco office - 17... more

• Insight into the life of a deal lawyer

  Dec 07 2010 Ronald Barusch spent over 30 years as an M&A practitioner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, before retiring this year. In this article he gives some insight... more

• Skadden boosts Palo Alto litigation practice with hire of solo practitioner

  Dec 01 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has secured the hire of Silicon Valley solo practitioner Allen Ruby. Ruby will bring his successful litigation practice to Skadden... more

• Skadden matches Cravath's bonus scale

  Nov 24 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced the rate of bonuses to be received by associates, matching the figures announced a day earlier by Cravath, Swaine &... more

• US study links firm profits to the appearance of managing partners

  Oct 27 2010 Law firms looking to bolster their profits might want to consider electing a managing partner with powerful looks. An new study published in Social Psychological... more

• Clifford Chance appoints new leadership for global competition group

  Oct 22 2010 Clifford Chance has appointed new leadership of its global competition group, with Oliver Bretz to become managing partner of the global practice while Thomas Vinje... more

• Skadden relocates lawyers to boost Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice

  Oct 06 2010 US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is boosting its Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice, relocating two lawyers to deal with an increase in... 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

• Quality of life in law firms - rankings released

  Aug 12 2010 Vault has released the results of its Law Firm Quality of Life Rankings, based upon surveys of associates who were asked to report on “overall satisfaction,... more

• Good news for law students: New York summer programs expand

  Aug 11 2010 The New York Law Journal has published some good news for law school graduates. Columbia Law School has reported that their second-year students have secured 8 per... more

• Winston & Strawn and Skadden lead deal for sale of Motorola's wireless business

  Jul 20 2010 Winston & Strawn and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have taken the leading roles on the sale of Motorola's wireless equipment business to Nokia Siemens Networks.... more

• Skadden hires top corporate crime lawyer from Serious Fraud Office

  Jul 01 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has boosted its London corporate investigations practice with the hire of top prosecutor Matthew Cowie. Cowie has worked at the US... more

• Six firms lead $3.2 billion pharma merger

  Jun 22 2010 Six firms have advised on the $3.2 billion merger between Biovail, Canada's largest public pharmaceutical company, with California-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals.... more

• Skadden hires top antitrust partner from Clifford Chance

  Jun 14 2010 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has secured the hire of Simon Baxter – formerly the global head of the European competition and regulation group at Clifford Chance.... more

• GMR QIP; Skadden, Luthra, Amarchand advise

  May 26 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s corporate partner from Hong Kong, Edward Lam with Moshe Kushman, the tax partner based out of Los Angeles, advised the bankers... more

• $4 billion pharma deal steers clear of hostility.

  May 18 2010 The merger of Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc steered away from hostile takeover and has been concluded as a consensual acquisition.... more

• Skadden gives retirement policy a (slight) shift

  May 17 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have announced changes to their retirement policy. The previous policy required partners to begin transferring work to younger... 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

• Four firms guide biggest telecom deal in two years

  Apr 22 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Jones Walker have taken key roles on the $10.6 billion... more

• Skadden and Sadis guide $4.2 billion hedge fund sale

  Apr 14 2010 Citigroup has announced the sale of its hedge fund unit, including its funds of funds business, to alternative asset manager SkyBridge Capital for $4.2 billion.... more

• Skadden and Wachtell lead $1.6bn merger between Mirant and RRI

  Apr 13 2010 Mirant Corporation and RRI Energy, Inc have announced a $1.6 billion merger deal, combining their companies to create a new company, GenOn Energy. The agreement will... more

• Skadden and Cleary take top roles on $12bn Coca-Cola buyout

  Feb 26 2010 Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has advised Coca-Cola on its $12.2bn deal to acquire the North American operations of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises,... more

• Prosecutors Want to Use Skadden Partner’s Media Statements in Ex-Client’s Retrial

  Feb 18 2010 Richard Marmaro is no longer representing former Brocade CEO Gregory Reyes, but the lawyer’s words may still play a part in the executive’s backdating retrial.... more

• Skadden offers London associates paid sabbatical

  Apr 19 2009 Skadden has offered its London associates the possibility of taking a one-year sabbatical at a reduced salary. The cost-cutting measure guarantees not to eliminate... more

• Skadden partnership decisions down from 2008

  Apr 02 2009 Skadden has promoted a total of nine lawyers worldwide, two of which were in London and four in New York, to its partnership ranks. This is a significantly lower... more

• O'Melveny's David Foster defends litigation group

  Mar 30 2009 O'Melveny & Myers partner David Foster, newly in charge of the firm's litigation practice in London, spoke highly of the firm's litigation resources following the... more