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• Freshfields, Travers win lead role on LSE's Turquoise deal

  Dec 22 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Travers Smith won lead roles on London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) acquisition of Turquoise - a trading system set up in 2008 by nine... more

• Former NFL star Bruce Smith arrested and charged with DUI

  May 27 2009 Former NFL star Bruce Smith arrested and charged with DUI Check this Video more

• Herbert Smith plans to rehire former managing partner Xiao

  Mar 16 2009 Former managing partner Jeremy Xiao will be returning to Herbert Smith's Beijing office from Credit Suisse, the firm announced. Xiao will serve as a consultant. more

• Herbies, Slaughters, Ashurst on Bradford & Bingley nationalisation

  Sep 29 2008 Herbert Smith, Slaughter and May and Ashurst have all landed top roles on the £40bn nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley (B&B)... more

• Herbert Smith advises British American Tobacco in £13bn on restructuring

  Aug 14 2008 Herbert Smith has won the lead role on the £13bn restructuring of its long-time client British American Tobacco (BAT). more

• Reed Smith adds SEC trial attorney Amy Greer as a partner

  Aug 12 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Amy Greer as a partner in the Philadelphia office of its firmwide... more

• Trustee Targets Smith Gambrell in Hedge Fund’s Downfall

  Aug 07 2008 A bankruptcy trustee contends that the Atlanta law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell failed to prevent the founder of a now-defunct Atlanta investment firm from... more

• Reed Smith to open in Silicon Valley with Morrison & Foerster hire

  Aug 04 2008 Reed Smith is to launch an office in Silicon Valley after hiring Morrison & Foerster Palo Alto partner Rich Scudellari, who has joined the firm’s corporate and... more

• Smith Moore LLP set for merger with Leatherwood

  Jul 21 2008 Smith Moore LLP, a 130-attorney firm with offices in Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, N.C., and Atlanta, will join operations with Leatherwood, which has... more

• Law firms defy downturn to post bumper results

  Jul 14 2008 As investment banks continue to announce widespread redundancies, the largest global law firms are turning in double-digit revenue increases despite the credit crunch... more

• Record results from UK law firms - Allen & Overy breaks £1bn

  Jul 04 2008 Allen & Overy's figures show a 15% rise in turnover to £1.016 billion. RollOnFriday has published a detailed list of law firms which have posted double digit... more

• Salary sparring continues in the City

  Jun 29 2008 Two leading City firms have reversed their earlier decisions to freeze pay. Olswang has upped its NQ salaries to £63,500 despite earlier announcing it was not going to... more

• Reed Smith lets 50 secretaries go, but law firm continues to grow

  Jun 28 2008 The global law firm Reed Smith laid off 50 legal secretaries over the past few months, almost half of them based in Pittsburgh. At the same time, it has added 20... more

• Herbert Smith names Austin Sweeney as new Singapore chief

  Jun 24 2008 Herbert Smith has appointed Austin Sweeney as the new head of its Singapore office, with the corporate partner relocating from the firm’s City base to take up the... more

• Herbert Smith reverses decision to freeze salaries

  Jun 22 2008 Herbert Smith has become the second firm in recent weeks to renege on its decision to freeze junior lawyer salaries. The top ten City law firm announced today (19... more

• City law firms retain less than 90% of trainees

  Jun 14 2008 Some of the UK’s largest City firms have released their trainee retention rates for the September 2008 intake, with the majority offering places to fewer than 90% of... more

• Reed Smith taps Clydes for energy hire

  Jun 06 2008 Reed Smith has ramped up its energy, trade and commodities group with the hire of Clyde & Co partner Robert Parson. Parson, who leaves Clydes after six years, has... more

• Howrey Loses $250 Million IP Verdict in East Texas

  Jun 01 2008 A federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas gave a big win to hometown lawyer Sam Baxter of Dallas-based McKool Smith, awarding his client, Medtronic, $250 million... more

• UK law firm salary reviews: a bit of an anticlimax

  May 21 2008 There were several pay-freezes and a couple of modest increases in this year's first round of associate salary reviews, unlike during the previous downturn there have... more

• Herbies and the Times launch law student competition on diversity

  May 16 2008 City firm Herbert Smith has teamed up with the Times to launch an advocacy competition on the issue of diversity for all UK law students. The challenge is to... more

• Herbies' profit smashes £1m per partner

  May 14 2008 Herbert Smith has recovered from its poor 2006-07 financial performance with its average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure breaking the £1m barrier for the first... more

• Indian law colleges: International law firms pick cream of the crop

  May 14 2008 The placement period at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won't end for another month. But the batch of 80 students in the final year have... more

• Salary reviews - Freshfields leads Magic Circle

  May 11 2008 Following the recent salary reviews, RollOnFriday has published a detailed "Table of Dosh" currently including City law firms such as Shearman & Sterling, Freshfields,... more

• Herbert Smith announces associate pay freeze

  May 02 2008 Herbert Smith has confirmed that it will not be increasing associate salaries for the next financial year. Salary bands will remain the same as last year, with... more

• UK firms eye Singapore opportunities as local-law licences go up for grabs

  May 02 2008 Legalweek reports that DLA Piper, Lovells, Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Norton Rose are planning to apply for licences to provide local-law advice in Singapore. The... more

• Herbert Smith and Leading Saudi Law Firm Join Hands

  Apr 28 2008 Herbert Smith, a London-based law firm with over 1,200 lawyers in branches world-wide, has established a formal and exclusive association in Saudi Arabia with the Al... more

• Herbert Smith Tries More Management

  Apr 21 2008 For the last 15 years the United Kingdom's Herbert Smith has been one of the few international firms in London without a managing partner. That ended last week when... more

• DLA launches in Abu Dhabi while other top firms still waiting for licenses

  Apr 20 2008 DLA Piper is to formally launch in Abu Dhabi later this month, with projects and finance partner Stephen Webb -- currently based at the firm's Dubai office --... more

• Reed Smith Adds Partner With Federal Tax Expertise

  Apr 14 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Arnold E. Grant as a partner in the Tax, Benefits and Wealth Planning... more

• Indian salaries rocket as UK firms poach talent

  Apr 08 2008 A full-blown salary war has erupted in India in response to increased local and international competition for talent, resulting in pay increases of more than 50 per... more

• Lovells jumps 38 places to storm UK M&A top three

  Apr 04 2008 Lovells jumped 38 places to storm into the top three firms by value for UK M&A deals in the first quarter. The rankings show Linklaters as the firm advising on the... more

• Herbert Smith: emergency childcare first

  Mar 29 2008 Herbert Smith has introduced an emergency childcare service for all its staff, so allowing its lawyers to stay happily chained to their desks even during an outbreak... more

• Herbert Smith hands partnership to bumper 18

  Mar 28 2008 Herbert Smith has become the latest major UK firm to unveil its partner promotions, with the top 10 City outfit making up a bumper 18 new partners – double the number... more

• Reed Smith moves to boost shipping teams

  Mar 26 2008 Reed Smith Richards Butler is upping its focus on its international shipping practice with the relocation of a lawyer apiece to Dubai and Hong Kong. Partner Adam... more

• Reed Smith, Herbert Smith in as AOL buys $850m Bebo

  Mar 16 2008 The City arm of Reed Smith Richards Butler has picked up a profile-raising mandate on the $850m acquisition of social networking website Bebo by AOL. The firm’s London... more

• Linklaters ranked as 'superbrand' law firm

  Mar 10 2008 In a new study by Superbrands, Linklaters appears as the highest law firm on the list of best brands at 259. Clifford Chance is ranked at 296 and national firm... more

• Reed Smith Expands in China by Adding a Dewey & LeBoeuf Beijing Office

  Feb 28 2008 Reed Smith continued its expansion into China with the addition of a Beijing office of recently merged Dewey & LeBoeuf. The firm will get two partners and what it said... more

• Travers nets hat trick with Derby County FC deal

  Feb 04 2008 Travers Smith has landed its third top flight football takeover in two years, acting on the acquisition of Derby County FC. The firm advised US marketing company... more

• UK law firms gloomy about difficult year ahead

  Jan 31 2008 The UK's top law firms are steeling themselves for a difficult year ahead with confidence among senior managers falling for the first time in six years, according to a... more

• Reed Smith makes 55-lawyer raid in NYC

  Jan 23 2008 Reed Smith has today secured its long-awaited deal to ramp up in New York with the hire of 55 lawyers from 120-lawyer Anderson Kill & Olick. The new lawyers will take... more

• US firms losing merger fever

  Jan 23 2008 Merger and lateral activity among US law firms slowed slightly in 2007 but despite the darkening financial horizon, many in the industry expect the attorney shuffle to... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more

• UK trainees avoid crunch fallout as top firms’ retention soars above 90%

  Jan 17 2008 Trainee retention rates across the UK’s elite legal profession have remained steadfast, with many firms keeping hold of more than 90% of their intake despite a sharp... more

• Reed Smith Environmental Group Defects to Saul Ewing

  Jan 15 2008 Steven Picco, a leading environmental lawyer in New Jersey for 25 years, is heading a five-lawyer defection from the Princeton, N.J., office of international giant... more

• Reed Smith smashes revenue target in double-merger year

  Jan 09 2008 US firm Reed Smith has broken the $1m average profit per equity (PEP) partner barrier and smashed its revenue target with a solid set of year-end financial results at... more

• UK law firms bank on emerging markets to ride out credit crunch

  Jan 08 2008 Law firms at all levels of the market are bracing themselves for an uncertain year, with management looking at geographic diversification as a means of mitigating... more

• The American Lawyer chooses Litigation Department of the Year

  Jan 03 2008 The American Lawyer has chosen a Litigation Department of the Year for the fourth time. The Am Law 200 firms have been invited to compete for the overall title as well... more

• Charity Commission scoops former Herbies partner

  Jan 03 2008 Herbert Smith's former head of trusts and charities John Wood has been appointed to the Charity's Commission board, replacing Lindsay Driscoll. Wood, who is currently... more

• Reed Smith Partner Made Director Of Pittsburgh Branch Of Federal Reserve

  Jan 02 2008 Glenn R. Mahone, a partner at Reed Smith LLP in Pittsburgh, has been appointed a director of the Pittsburgh Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland for a... more

• Reed Smith London promotions slump to three

  Dec 08 2007 The combined entity Reed Smith Richards Butler has made up three partners in London, significantly fewer than the total promoted between Reed Smith and Richards Butler... more

• UK law firm Herbert Smith to contribute more for China's investment

  Nov 30 2007 Herbert Smith, one of the leading British law firms, vowed here on Thursday to contribute more for Chinese enterprises' drive to invest in the United Kingdom. Speaking... more

• Twenty graduates join Herbert Smith in Indian haul

  Nov 27 2007 Herbert Smith has stepped up its global recruitment programme with the hire of 20 trainee lawyers from India. The move comes as the firm completes its pilot... more

• Magic Circle Firms on Pace to Become Among World's Most Profitable

  Nov 14 2007 Six months into their current financial year, the United Kingdom's largest firms are continuing the impressive growth that characterized the 2006–07 financial year. In... more

• Reed Smith acquires Hong Kong law offices

  Oct 22 2007 Reed Smith's acquisition Friday of Richards Butler's 110-lawyer office in Hong Kong typifies a trend of U.S. law firms cracking the growing China market, experts said.... more