Reed Smith has nabbed a 15-strong team of US lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, from New York, Washington DC, Houston, and Austin. The team is a combination of partners, associates, a counsel and a manager. What they…
Hogan Lovells is preparing for a partnership vote in which the firm is expected to hire a team of corporate partners from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The team previously worked at Dewey & LeBoeuf prior to departing amid the…
Norton Rose Fulbright has made up 46 new partners annual promotions round, up from 33 in 2013. This is the first promotions round since the merger of UK-based firm Norton Rose and US-based firm Fulbright & Jaworski last…
Pittsburgh-based law firm Reed Smith has launched an office in Houston - the firm’s first office in Texas. Reed Smith hired 12 partners from seven local law offices to get the ball rolling in Houston. Six partners…
Pittsburgh-based law firm Reed Smith is set to launch its 25th office in Houston. Details are scarce regarding the new office, but sources reveal that the Houston base will offer clients a full service with a…
A recent trend of international law firm mergers is set to continue, says UK legal consultant Tony Williams, who predicts that mergers will likely boost the number of law firms with $2 billion or more in revenues from…
Norton Rose has confirmed that it will merge with US firm Fulbright & Jaworski next year under the banner Norton Rose Fulbright, according to a report by RollOnFriday. After mergers with firms in Canada and South…
The merger between Atlanta-based firm McKenna Long & Aldridge and San Diego-based firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps has concluded, creating a 575-lawyer firm with 13 offices throughout the United States, five of…
Brand research company Acritas has compiled a list of the strongest brands in the US and global legal services market. Their study, which surveyed 902 clients, of which 667 were headquaretered in the US, found that the…
Some law firms are still in cost cutting mode, with many making significant staff layoffs and outsourcing legal support services. Since August O’Melveny & Myers laid off 75 staff and Paul Hastings Janofsky &…