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• Speculation on spring bonuses after S&C's 'anaemic' award

  May 01 2012 Speculation about the timing and amount of spring bonuses continues, after Sullivan & Cromwell’s announced relatively small bonus awards of between $1000 and $5000, or... more

• Quinn Emanuel leads the pack on spring bonuses

  Apr 27 2012 Quinn Emmanuel has become one of the first large law firms to announce the award of spring bonuses, and though the figures have not yet been released, a firm memo from... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell takes heat for silence on spring bonuses

  Mar 22 2012 Sullivan & Cromwell lawyers are waiting for an announcement from the firm on the issue of spring bonuses, having been promised in December of 2011 that bonuses would... more

• Large law firms likely to award spring bonuses again this year, say experts

  Jan 27 2012 Legal industry experts predict that large law firms will again award spring bonuses in 2012, following on from a trend begun in 2011, but that spring bonuses are... more

• US legal publication starts benchmarking female partner promotions

  Jan 15 2012 The AM Law Daily has taken a look at the number of women promoted to partner in leading US firms over the past four years, in order to set a benchmark against which... 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

• Sullivan & Cromwell repeats last year's bonus figures

  Dec 09 2011 Sullivan & Cromwell has announced that it will award year-end bonuses of the same size as were awarded last year, but sweetens the news by saying that associates can... more

• Kodak switches advisors in struggle to avoid bankruptcy

  Dec 06 2011 Photography company Kodak has switched legal advisors in the middle of its struggle to avoid bankruptcy, trading in Jones Day’s restructuring practice in favour... 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

• Cali firm Irell & Manella pushes ahead of the game with mid year bonuses

  Jul 26 2011 California law firm Irell & Manella has announced that it will be paying mid-year bonuses to associates. After being awarded bonuses that doubled the market... 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

• Four firms lead e3.2 billion auto acquisition by Daimler and Rolls Royce

  Mar 23 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hengeler Mueller, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken leading roles a e3.2 billion joint takeover offer of engine-maker... more

• Cleary steps up spring bonuses to match Cravath scale

  Mar 01 2011 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has announced that it will be paying spring bonuses, following the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore. The firm had previously... 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

• Sullivan & Cromwell partner dodges mandatory retirement by joining Dewey

  Feb 02 2011 Sullivan & Cromwell partner James Carter has moved to Dewey & LeBoeuf, one of the few large law firms without a mandatory retirement policy. Carter faced the prospect... 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

• Eight firms lead $1.4bn Dutch PE deal

  Oct 27 2010 Eight law firms have taken roles advising on a $1.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Dutch insurance company Brit Insurance Holdings by private equity giants... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell lead $7 billion BP sell off

  Jul 23 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell have scored leading roles in BP's $7 billion asset sale to Houston-based Apache. The sale of oil and gas assets in Canada,... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins lead one of the year's largest leveraged buyouts

  Jul 16 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins had taken leading roles in the $3.8 billion cash purchase of vitamin manufacturer NBTY by private equity firm The Carlyle... 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

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Weil Gotshal lead $1.36 bn cable deal

  Jun 15 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have scored leading roles on the $1.36 billion acquisition of cable services provider Bresnan Communications by... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Chadbourne & Parke lead $1.3 energy deal

  May 26 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Chadbourne & Parke have scored leading roles on the $1.3 billion acquisition by UIL Holdings Corporation of three natural gas utilities in New... 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

• 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

• Sullivan and A&O take key roles in Goldman Sachs fraud action

  Apr 19 2010 Until now, US regulators have not initiated actions against those who capitalised on the collapse of the US housing market. The first such action was brought on Friday... 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

• Allen & Overy advises Novartis on $28bn Alcon acquisition

  Jan 05 2010 Allen & Overy is advising pharma giant Novartis on its $28bn acquisition of a majority stake in eye-care company Alcon, with a team led by Eric Shube. US firms... more

• Joseph Shenker suceeds Rodge Cohen at Sullivan & Cromwell

  Jan 05 2010 On January 1, Joseph Shenker, 53, took over as Sullivan & Cromwell's chairman, replacing corporate real estate attorney Rodge Cohen, 65. Rodge Cohen who will... more

• US trio on track for Warren Buffett's $34bn railway buyout

  Nov 05 2009 A trio of US firms have taken lead roles on Berkshire Hathaway's $34bn (£20.6bn) acquisition of a 77% stake in railway operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF),... more

• Freshfields heads up firms on ING restructuring and €7.5bn rights issue

  Oct 28 2009 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Sullivan & Cromwell and Stibbe have all landed roles on ING's restructuring, which includes a €7.5bn (£6.8bn) rights issue. Sullivan... more

• Linklaters and Wachtell top global law firm rankings

  Oct 02 2009 After eight years, Clifford Chance lost its top spot as the world's largest law firm by revenue, according to data by Am Law Daily. Clifford Chance was replaced... more

• Slaughters, Linklaters advise on Barclays $12.3bn credit restructuring

  Sep 18 2009 Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft are all advising on a deal, in which Britain’s... more

• Hennigan Bennett represents Skype founders in eBay lawsuit

  Sep 18 2009 The founders of Skype are suing eBay for copyright infringement, a move that could block eBay's deal to sell a majority stake in Skype to a group of private investors... 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

• 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

• Major firms sign letter to SEC opposing shareholder rights proposal

  Aug 20 2009 Seven major US law firm signed to a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing their opinion on how to best implement a proposal to allow... more

• Top US law firms avoid deferrals

  Jun 18 2009 Most of the top US law firms are currently not deferring associates despite the financial crisis. According to the AmLaw Daily, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz;... 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

• Davis Polk, Weil Gotshal, and Sullivan lead on new AIG bailout

  Mar 03 2009 The American International Group (AIG) lost a record sum of $99 billion in 2008. To save the US insurance giant, the Treasury Department yesterday agreed to another... more

• Sullivan, Skadden and Davis Polk post falling profits in 2008

  Feb 12 2009 Wall Street leaders Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have all seen falling profits and flat revenues in 2008. Dewey... more

• Linklaters ousts Sullivan & Cromwell as global M&A king

  Feb 02 2009 UK firm Linklaters has taken the top spot in a global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table for 2008, beating US rival Sullivan & Cromwell, which has held the... more

• Linklaters tops M&A league as deal volume plunges 38 Percent

  Jan 02 2009 Linklaters was hired to advise on four of the 10 biggest mergers and acquisitions in 2008, leading the M&A league table published by Bloomberg today. In the smallest... more

• A&O, Linklaters, Sullivan in Anheuser-Busch InBev rights issue

  Dec 23 2008 Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised on a €6.3bn rights issue for recently formed brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev. Allen & Overy... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader cut back bonuses

  Dec 22 2008 Associates at Sullivan & Cromwell and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft will receive leaner year-end bonuses this year. Sullivan & Cromwell announced that year-end... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell cuts associate bonuses

  Dec 19 2008 Sullivan & Cromwell told its associates yesterday to expect lower bonuses, but indicated that their salaries will rise in 2009. First-years at Sullivan earn a base... more

• Law firms big winners in bailout

  Oct 29 2008 Law firms that used to handle dozens of M&A transactions may be doing poorly, but the bailout is a bonanza for others, such as Sullivan & Cromwell. H. Rodgin Cohen,... more

• Wachtell, Sullivan & Cromwell step up for Morgan Stanley

  Oct 14 2008 Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sullivan & Cromwell have snared the lead roles on Morgan Stanley’s $9bn (£5.2bn) injection from Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell, Davis Polk win roles on $37.8bn AIG deal

  Oct 10 2008 Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have secured roles on US insurance giant AIG’s additional $37.8bn funding. 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

• Non-American law firms move up latest list of top dealmakers

  Oct 19 2007 The third-quarter tables for legal advisers - those charts that list how many deals firms have worked on - provide few surprises but offer a glimpse into the tight... more