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• 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

• US firms boost China presence

  Apr 12 2012 International law firms have significantly increased their presence in China over the past year, with the top 250 US firms bumping their headcount in China by 10 per... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf loses six more partners

  Apr 06 2012 New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has seen six more partners and one of counsel resign this week, bringing the number of partner departures this year to 46, out of the... more

• Mayer Brown invreases revenue by 2.4%

  Feb 02 2012 Mayer Brown has increased its revenue by 2.4 per cent – after two years of falling revenues. The figures will be some relief for the firm after dropping 14 per cent in... more

• Where are they now? The Howrey lawyers make their way

  Feb 01 2012 In the year before Howrey went under, the firm had a headcount of 242 lawyers in Washington. After the firm’s collapse on March 15, 2011, those lawyers flooded the... more

• Quinn Emanuel boosts IP practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Oct 10 2011 Litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has boosted its intellectual property practice with the hire of high-profile partner Andrew Schapiro of Mayer Brown.... more

• Mayer Brown boosts insurance practice with Debevoise hire

  Sep 06 2011 Mayer Brown has bolstered its London corporate and securities practice with the hire of Debevoise & Plimpton associate Colin Scagell. Scagell joins the firm as a... more

• Mayer Brown reconfigures German practice around Düsseldorf

  Aug 19 2011 Mayer Brown has announced plans to close its Berlin and Cologne offices, shifting their operations to a new office in Düesseldorf, which is set to open at the start of... more

• Cadwalader bolsters HK office with Mayer Brown hire

  Aug 11 2011 US firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has boosted its Hong Kong office with the hire of partner Jeffrey Chen from Mayer Brown. Chen is widely regarded as one of the... more

• London Underground brings £142m negligence claim against Freshfields

  Aug 01 2011 The London Underground Ltd (‘LUL’) has brought a £142 million suit against Freshfields Bruckhaus Derinder regarding advice that the firm provided on a deal in 2002.... more

• Twitter as a marketing tool for law firms - who is using it and how?

  Jul 19 2011 Interesting article here about the law firms that are using Twitter as part of their marketing strategy. While many large law firms have Twitter accounts, the vast... more

• Mayer Brown set to launch in Singapore

  Jul 01 2011 Mayer Brown is set to launch in Singapore, after the firm relocated Hong Kong projects partner Kevin Owen to lead the new office. Owen will be joined by Hong Kong... more

• Simmons & Simmons hires group of partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner

  May 26 2011 Simmons & Simmons has bolstered its finance department with the hire of a group of partners and former partners from Berwin Leighton Paisner. The newest additions... more

• US firms increase presence in China

  Apr 27 2011 US firms are increasing their presence in China, with the top 250 US firms running 70 offices in China at the end of 2010. According to the National Law Journal, these... 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

• Mayer Brown to pay spring bonuses to US associates

  Apr 18 2011 Mayer Brown has jumped on the spring bonus bandwagon with the announcement that it will pay US-based associates according to the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore.... more

• Top IP litigators from Mayer Brown and DLA Piper launch boutique firm

  Feb 24 2011 Seven IP litigators from two top international law firms have partnered to open Feinberg Day Alberti & Thompson. Ian Feinberg comes to the new US firm from Mayer Brown... more

• UK firm Russell Jones & Walker boosts employment practice with Mayer Brown hire

  Dec 07 2010 UK firm Russell Jones & Walker has bolstered its employment practice with the hire of Mayer Brown's former London group head, Julian Roskill. Roskill became a... more

• Mayer Brown sells UK corporate secretarial arm to outsourcing company TMF

  Oct 05 2010 Mayer Brown has concluded an agreement with outsourcing company TMF for the sale of its UK corporate secretarial arm. Under the deal, five secretaries from the firm’s... more

• Trouble ahead for international law firms in Brazil

  Sep 27 2010 The future of foreign law firms in Brazil’s growing market is under question after the Sao Paulo Bar Association published an advisory decision – finding that the... more

• Morrison & Foerster boosts London finance team with Mayer Brown hire

  Sep 09 2010 Morrison & Foerster has bolstered the London finance department with the hire of Mayer Brown structured finance and capital markets partner Elana Hahn. Hahn has... more

• Mayer Brown bolsters China practice with double hire

  Aug 17 2010 Mayer Brown has boosted its Asia practice with the hire of two new partners. Xiang Yang Ge joins the firm from Winston & Strawn to take up a role as head of projects... more

• Merger talks between Simmons and Mayer Brown end without agreement

  Jun 30 2010 Merger negotiations between Simmons & Simmons and Mayer Brown have collapsed after preliminary talks failed to precipitate agreement between the two firms. A joint... more

• BuckleySandler bolster partnership with lateral hires

  Jun 24 2010 BuckleySandler has boosted the partnership with further high-level lateral hires. David Krakoff and Christopher Regan join the partnership from Mayer Brown, where... more

• Merger talks resume between Mayer Brown and Simmons

  Jun 21 2010 Merger talks between Mayer Brown and Simmons & Simmons have been revived, with management teams engaged in high level talks last week. The merged firms would make... more

• Mayer Brown merger negotiations with Simmons fail

  Jun 07 2010 US firm Mayer Brown has suffered a setback in its effort to establish a merger with a UK firm as talks with Simmons & Simmons end without an agreement. The... 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

• Mayer Brown launches Paris competition and distribution practice

  Apr 19 2010 Mayer Brown has hired Nathalie Jalabert-Doury – formerly a partner at from Carreras Barsikian Robertson & Associés – to head a new competition and distribution... more

• Mayer Brown announces further layoffs

  Apr 09 2010 Mayer Brown has circulated an internal memo informing staff of a further round of layoffs. The memo says that the firm is letting go of 28 associates and 47 staffers,... more

• Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hires Mayer Brown partner Andres Font Galarza

  Mar 12 2010 Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Andres Font Galarza, formerly a Mayer Brown antitrust partner, to join their Brussels office in the antitrust and competition law... more

• Mayer Brown: Banks to face heavy capital burdens under Basel II

  Jan 19 2010 According to a release by global law firm Mayer Brown, a recent proposal by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to create significant capital reforms under the... more

• Ex-Mayer Brown partner Collins gets 7 years over Refco

  Jan 15 2010 Joseph P. Collins, a former Mayer Brown partner, was sentenced yesterday to serve seven years in prison for helping Refco Inc. executives defraud investors of $2.4... more

• Mayer Brown expands in South America with Brazilian alliance

  Dec 28 2009 Mayer Brown expands its presence in South America through an alliance with Brazilian 60-lawyer firm Tauil & Chequer. Mayer Brown will maintain its Sao Paulo office... more

• Mayer Brown leads on Saab acquisition by China's BAIC

  Dec 22 2009 Mayer Brown advised Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC) on its purchase of Swedish carmaker Saab assets and intellectual property rights from General Motorsm... more

• Four corporate partners leave Mayer Brown's London office

  Dec 19 2009 Four corporate partners have resigned from Mayer Brown's London corporate department. The US firm has just announced plans to lay off up to eight associates, but a... more

• Mayer Brown merges with Paris boutique Ayela Semerdjian

  Nov 25 2009 US firm Mayer Brown has successfully completed a tie-up with litigation boutique Ayela Semerdjian & Associes. Ayela Semerdjian is headed by partners Christophe... more

• Associate Makes Supreme Court Debut in Prosecutor Immunity Case

  Nov 05 2009 Lawyer Steve Sanders made his U.S. Supreme Court debut today arguing on behalf of prosecutors accused of conspiring to frame two murder suspects. Sanders is an... more

• Mayer Brown advises on Portsmouth FC sale

  Oct 07 2009 Mayer Brown corporate partner Rob Hamill has led a Mayer Brown team advising Sulaiman Al Fahim on the sale of Portsmouth Football Club to Falcondrone Limited, a... more

• Greenberg London adds Mayer Brown, Watson Farley partners

  Sep 11 2009 Greenberg Traurig Maher has continued its hiring drive with the addition of former Mayer Brown IP head and London general counsel Stephen Gare and competition partner... more

• Mayer Brown, Sidley Austin ask new associates to join early

  Sep 07 2009 Some US law firms are starting to feel more confident about their short term prospects. Mayer Brown asked half of its 12 New York associates it had originally asked... more

• Simpson Thacher project finance partner Miller joins Mayer Brown

  Sep 02 2009 Simpson Thacher & Barlett partner George Miller will join Mayer Brown as its first project finance partner in New York. more

• Jones Day adds Mayer Brown's London antitrust head Murphy

  Aug 26 2009 Jones Day has made its second lateral hire in the City this year with the recruitment of antitrust lawyer Frances Murphy who headed Mayer Brown's London antitrust team... more

• New group: Foreign law firms in India

  Jul 18 2009 After a Bombay High Court ruling in 1995, foreign law firms were barred from practicing in India. Under the newly enacted Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008,... more

• Mayer Brown hires finance partner trio in London

  Jul 14 2009 Mayer Brown has hired three leveraged finance partners for its London office in a move to ramp up its finance practice in the City. Leveraged finance partners Lee... more

• Mayer Brown partner found guilty of Refco fraud

  Jul 14 2009 Joseph Collins, a Mayer Brown partner charged with conspiracy relating to the fraud at collapsed commodities brokerage Refco was found guilty last week. more

• Mayer Brown loses top US finance partner Marshall Stoddard to Dewey

  Jul 07 2009 Finance lawyer Marshall Stoddard, co-chair of Mayer Brown's global finance practice, will leave the firm to become the US head of bank and institutional finance at... more

• Mayer Brown in talks with White & Case, Allen & Overy partners?

  Jun 23 2009 Mayer Brown is said to be in advanced talks with a group of around ten capital markets partners from White & Case and a leveraged finance team from Allen & Overy in... more

• Mayer Brown sued for alleged negligence

  Jun 09 2009 The insolvency administrator for Germany aviation company Thielert AG is suing Mayer Brown in Texas state district court in Houston, seeking $10 million in damages for... more

• Two more partners leave Mayer Brown's London office

  Jun 04 2009 Mayer Brown has suffered two more departures from its London office with corporate partner Fiona Adams and environment partner Cate Sharp both leaving the firm. more

• Mayer Brown associates take pay cuts to work in-house

  Jun 02 2009 Mayer Brown is paying some of its associates to work in-house at corporate clients. But there is a catch: The associates’ pay is reduced to $60,000 plus benefits, from... more

• Mayer Brown completes management overhaul

  May 28 2009 Mayer Brown has completed the restructuring of its management team after electing the final five partners to its 12-member partnership board. The new structure will... more

• Mayer Brown governance structure in limbo as Maher quits

  May 19 2009 Mayer Brown’s co-vice-chair Paul Maher has officially resigned from the firm after announcing that he would be taking a leave of absence to consider his options.... more

• Mayer Brown's Maher announces leave of absence

  Apr 28 2009 Mayer Brown's Paul Maher has indicated that he will be taking a short sabbatical from the firm after having been approached regarding "several ... opportunities."... more

• Mayer Brown extends first-year deferral

  Apr 22 2009 Reports exist that a few weeks after indicating its incoming first-year associates in 2009 would be offered the option to defer their start dates until early 2010,... more

• Mayer Brown's Paul Maher not promoted in restructuring

  Apr 19 2009 Paul Maher, vice-chair of Mayer Brown, has been passed over for a new role as the firm's management structure is being reworked. The role of vice-chair has been... more

• Mayer Brown will cut lawyers and staff in US

  Apr 02 2009 Mayer Brown has indicated that it will lay off over 100 lawyers and support staff, with 45 lawyers losing their jobs, throughout its US offices. In addition, many... more

• Mayer Brown will cut more jobs

  Mar 23 2009 Mayer Brown has indicated that it will eliminate 55 jobs in legal and support staff in its London office. In addition, the firm may freeze associate salaries. more

• US Court rules that Mayer Brown cannot be sued for Refco

  Mar 19 2009 The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently held that Mayer Brown is not subject to suit for its representation of Refco in an... more

• Mayer Brown chairman James Holzhauer to step down

  Mar 09 2009 Mayer Brown announced that chairman James Holzhauer will step down before the end of 2009. The firm did not name a successor. The announcement comes after years of... more

• Mayer Brown property litigation partner Freyne joins Howard Kennedy

  Jan 28 2009 Howard Kennedy has added Mayer Brown partner Michele-Anne Freyne, thus boosting its property litigation team. Freyne lead the London property litigation group at... more

• Cadwalader loses insurance partner and lays off nine more associates

  Jan 26 2009 Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is set to law off nine associates in the US. According to reports, six associates will have to leave the firm's New York office and three... more

• Mayer Brown loses three partners to Sheppard Mullin

  Jan 06 2009 Mayer Brown partners Bryan Daly, Charles Kreindler and Peter Morris are joining the Los Angeles office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. The trio joins... more

• Mayer Brown partner facing added charges in Refco case

  Dec 08 2008 New counts against Mayer Brown partner Collins accuse him of helping Refco evade covenants in its revolving lines of credit from 1998 and 2003 in order to defraud a... more

• Mayer Brown reveals list of new partners

  Nov 30 2008 Mayer Brown announced the promotion of 27 new partners worldwide. The appointments take effect on January 1, 2009. "We commend our new partners on this outstanding... more

• Mayer Brown makes up 27 new partners

  Nov 28 2008 Mayer Brown JSM has announced that it has elevated 27 of its own to the partnership. The firm has moved into its consolidation phase following the merger with Johnson... more

• Latham makes triple partner hire from Mayer Brown

  Nov 21 2008 Latham & Watkins has scored a major coup with a triple partner hire from Mayer Brown to boost the firm’s investment fund practice. Alan Van Dyke will become a... more

• Mayer Brown lays off 33 lawyers

  Nov 21 2008 Mayer Brown laid off 33 lawyers Thursday because of the poor economic climate. The firm stated: "Despite the current conditions in the worldwide financial markets,... more

• Mayer Brown grabs final Northern Rock mandate

  Oct 03 2008 Mayer Brown has won the last major role up for grabs on the Northern Rock saga, litigation partner Clare Canning advising the valuer of the bank’s compensation scheme... more

• Ropes & Gray expands Chicago foothold

  Sep 29 2008 Boston-based international law firm Ropes & Gray is expanding its foothold in Chicago, moving to new offices and hiring additional lawyers. The firm now has 12... more