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• Covington & Burling to launch in South Korea

  Mar 16 2012 Covington & Burling announced this week that it plans to launch a new base in Seoul, South Korea. Other international firms that have announced their intention to... more

• Ropes & Gray hires ex-Amarchand lawyer as partner in London office

  Mar 14 2012 Ropes & Gray has hired a former White & Case senior associate as a partner in its London office. Anand Damodaran was previously an associate with Amarchand &... more

• Ropes & Gray applies for entry into South Korea

  Mar 08 2012 US firm Ropes & Gray is the latest international firms to announce plans to open an office in Seoul, after a free trade deal between the US and South Korea opened the... more

• US law firms line up to enter South Korean legal market

  Dec 29 2011 Law firms looking to expand into South Korea – after a trade deal with the US opened the country’s legal market to foreign firms – will be on the lookout for signs of... more

• South Korea opens doors to US law firms

  Dec 01 2011 South Korea has opened its doors to foreign law firms, with British firms permitted to open there since July, and a free trade agreement concluded last week that also... 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

• Merit list: law firms that offered jobs to 100% of summer associates

  Aug 17 2011 Above The Law has posted a list of firms that have offered jobs to 100 per cent of summer associates, readying themselves to start naming and shaming those firms that... more

• Salans hires former Ropes & Gray partner to be global chief operating officer

  Aug 12 2011 Salans has hired a partner from Ropes & Gray to be its new global chief operating officer. Peter Griffith will be responsible for the firm's global support services,... more

• Ropes & Gray launches in Shanghai

  Jul 21 2011 US firm Ropes & Gray has launched its third office in Asia with a new office in Shanghai, which will focus on private equity, life sciences and investment funds work.... more

• Williams & Connely takes first rank in "Best Law Firms to Work For" list

  Jul 13 2011 Vault has released its “Best Law Firms to Work For” list – ranking law firms on the basis of associate satisfaction. The top ten firms from the list are as follows:... more

• US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe

  May 09 2011 US firms are busy hiring to boost capacity in Europe as lucrative private equity work picks up in the region. Boston-based firm Ropes & Gray, which opened in... more

• Ropes & Grey builds private equity practice with Jones Day hire

  Mar 11 2011 Global law firm Ropes & Gray has developed its private equity practice with the hire of Peter Baldwin, a corporate partner from Jones Day. Baldwin is the second... more

• Headcount in decline for a second year at US top 250 law firms

  Nov 09 2010 The largest 250 law firms in the US have seen their lawyer headcount drop for the second consecutive year. This year’s 1.1 per cent decrease in headcount... 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

• Do family-friendly policies hold female lawyers back?

  Sep 14 2010 Most large firms offer staff flex-time and part-time work, promising that associates will not derail their careers by taking up these options. The Careerist makes... 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

• 100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at Five BigLaw Firms

  Aug 03 2010 Above the Law lists five law firms that have made 100 percent offer rates: Ropes & Gray, extending offers to all 82 of its summer associates in all of its... more

• Ropes, Mason Hayes, Wilmer lead on $1.1 bn SkillSoft LBO

  Feb 15 2010 Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes & Curran have lined up to advise on one of the largest leveraged buyouts in Ireland since the credit crunch - the $1.1bn sale of SkillSoft... more

• Ropes & Gray expands new City office with Freshfields hire

  Feb 10 2010 Ropes & Gray has hired Matthew Cox, counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as its fifth partner in London alongside Maurice Allen, Michael Goetz, Jonathan Bloom,... more

• Former Ropes & Gray associate pleads guilty in Galleon case

  Dec 11 2009 In the Galleon Group insider trading probe, Brien Santarlas, former Ropes & Gray intellectual property associate, pleaded guilty to stealing information about firm... more

• Ropes & Gray gains early Euro boost with role on €3.5bn Liberty takeover

  Nov 14 2009 Ropes & Gray's newly-launched City practice has secured a trophy mandate after being instructed to advise cable group Liberty Global on deal finance for its €3.5bn... more

• Ropes goes head-to-head with Kirkland on Bain work

  Oct 26 2009 Kirkland & Ellis’s core relationship with Bain Capital will come under threat when fellow US firm Ropes & Gray launches a UK office, as first revealed on The... more

• Ropes & Gray to launch in London with two Freshfields finance partners

  Oct 23 2009 Ropes & Gray plans to launch a new office in London early next year, headed by two former finance partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. This will be the... more

• Ropes & Gray, Davis Polk advise on Pfizer's $2.3bn settlement

  Sep 03 2009 Ropes & Gray served as Pfizer's lead outside counsel in negotiating Pfizer's agreement to pay $2.3 billion in penalties to settle charges of illegally marketing drugs.... more

• Weil Gotshal on Lehman's $2.15bn Neuberger Berman sale

  Oct 01 2008 Weil Gotshal & Manges, Lehman's bankruptcy counsel, is handling the sale of Lehman's asset management unit, Neuberger Berman, to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman... more