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• When big law firms crumble

  Feb 09 2009 Wall Street lawyers whose businesses falter find their bankers promptly at the door asking for repayment of loans. BusinessWeek article by Michael Orey about the fall... more

• Sonnenschein inherits IndyMac role from Thacher

  Jan 09 2009 Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal has taken the lead role on the $13.9bn sale of US bank IndyMac following its December capture of 100 lawyers from Thacher Proffitt &... more

• King & Spalding out of proposed Thacher acquisition

  Dec 22 2008 King & Spalding no longer is in the running to acquire a part of Thacher Proffitt & Wood, writes The American Lawyer. In the past week, when King & Spalding neared... more

• Thacher Proffitt loses vice chairman Leslie to Greenberg Traurig

  Oct 27 2008 Thacher Proffitt & Wood lost its vice chairman and lawyers in the firm's now-closed White Plains office to Greenberg Traurig. The incoming group includes real estate... more

• Abraaj Capital hires lawyers from Simpson Thacher and Allen & Overy

  Sep 10 2008 Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital has bolstered its team with the hire of two lawyers, Andrew Chvatal and Darius Jannat, from the New York office of... more

• Chinese companies eyeing Wall Street generate opportunities for US law firms

  Aug 19 2008 As Chinese public companies migrate to the major IS stock exchanges from smaller trading venues, they're seeking increasingly sophisticated legal counsel and... more

• Simpson Thacher gets tough on associates as M&A work slows down

  Aug 12 2008 Up to 30 associates at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have been asked to consider their positions as a result of a mid-year performance review, writes TheLawyer. more

• Simpson, Weil, Linklaters, Cravath on KKR’s landmark dual listing

  Jul 30 2008 The world’s elite firms are jostling for position on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s (KKR) landmark dual listing in Amsterdam and New York. A team from Simpson Thacher &... more

• Cleary appeals sanctions over Congo witness row

  Jun 27 2008 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton attemps to reverse a stinging sanctions order by Southern District of New York Judge Loretta Preska last August saying the firm had... more

• Simpson Thacher hires Akin partner Tristan Brown

  Jun 14 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has ramped up its executive compensation capabilities, snaring a partner from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Tristan Brown will join the... more

• Simpson Thacher Hires Pro Bono Counsel, former Columbia Dean Harlene Katzman

  Jun 12 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced the hiring of Harlene Katzman as Pro Bono Counsel, a newly created role at the firm. Ms. Katzman was previously Dean of the... more

• Simpson Thacher joins the rush from New York to Brazil

  Jun 10 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is set to become the latest major US law firm to enter the Brazilian legal market when it opens an office in Sao Paulo later this year, the... more

• Chadbourne & Parke launches in Brazil

  Jun 06 2008 Chadbourne & Parke has confirmed that it is to follow its recent opening in Mexico with an office launch in Brazil. As According to The Lawyer, the firm has confirmed... more

• Clifford Chance taps Thacher Proffitt for US banking hire

  May 20 2008 Clifford Chance has hired a securitisation partner from Thacher Proffitt & Wood to beef up its US financial products practice. Robert Villani will join the firm's... more

• Simpson Thacher and Skadden take lead roles on Mars’ merger with Wrigley

  Apr 30 2008 Elite Manhattan firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken lead roles on Mars’ merger with rival confectionary group Wm Wrigley... more

• Bucking Trend, Law Firms Build Structured Finance Groups

  Apr 07 2008 Structured finance, which includes work related to the full spectrum of mortgage-backed securities, is the acknowledged ground zero of the current credit crisis, and... more

• Cadwalader and Simpson Thacher scoop Microsoft bid for Yahoo!

  Feb 05 2008 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has assembled a top tier M&A team to help Microsoft win its $44.6bn battle for Yahoo! The firm's three-partner team is led by global head of... more

• American law firms: overpaid, over here and taking over?

  Jan 09 2008 Among her 300 million citizens, America finds room for 2.2 million prisoners, half a million soldiers — and 1.1 million lawyers, increasing numbers of whom find their... more

• Cravath, Swaine & Moore Is Giving Its Associates Two Year-End Bonuses

  Nov 01 2007 Cravath, Swaine & Moore has raised the salary bar for law firm associates in Manhattan. The firm has announced that it will award a special one-time bonus for... more