The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted BigLaw positions. And keen second year law students…
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 give lower-than-average offer rates. The article…
Here is an interesting article about the growing trend for large companies to hire graduates directly from law school campuses in order to avoid paying large fees for inexperienced law-firm associates. Junior…
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:
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has reported much improved diversity statistics this year, after copping criticism on this issue in recent years. The firm ranked 67 of 194 firms on…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired top Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Christopher Bellini in…
US firms are flocking to Hong Kong with 46 of the top 100 US firms (by revenue) having a presence in the city. In the past year firms such as Locke Lord Bissell &…
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has taken the decision to grant spring bonuses to associates, matching the market with payments equal to those awarded by
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has boosted its Dallas office with the hire of five new partners. M&A partner Jeffrey Chapman, litigation partners William Dawson, corporate…
The Washingtonian magazine has released a salary survey issue, reporting on the salaries of all manner of professionals in the US capital, and including a section on lawyers and judges. Profits per partner at major…
Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private company in a deal woth $3 billion.
US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is boosting its Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice, relocating two lawyers to deal with an increase in…
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 will be well in excess of $100 million.…
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Andres Font Galarza, formerly a Mayer Brown antitrust partner, to join their Brussels office in…
Reed Smith has announced that it will be taking on Oliver s'Jacob, of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, as a partner in its London office. Reed Smith aims to boost its European and Middle East corporate practice through the move,…