Sidley Austin boosts Shanghai capital markets practice with Baker & McKenzie hire
Chicago-based firm Sidley Austin has boosted its Shanghai capital markets practice with the hire of a partner from Baker & McKenzie…
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Kirkland & Ellis promotes 81 to partnership
Kirkland & Ellis has promoted 74 attorneys to the partnership in the US, along with seven attorneys from the firm’s global network. The details of the promotions are as…
Kirkland & Ellis boosts HK practice with multiple lateral hires
Kirkland & Ellis has been on a lateral hiring spree in Hong Kong, scooping up eight partners from rival firms: two from Allen & Overy,…
Kirkland boosts Hong Kong office with triple hire from Skadden
Kirkland & Ellis has hired three partners from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's Hong Kong office. The firm has scored…
Proskauer & Rose continues London expansion with triple hire
Proskauer Rose has continued its strategy of growth in London with the hire of three funds partners: Kate Simpson from Kirkland &…
Kirkland & Ellis pursue talent in real estate practice
Kirkland & Ellis is vigorously expanding its real estate practice – since March the firm has paid a premium to lure 10 top real estate lawyers from other firms. The latest…
Ex-Kirkland & Ellis partner indicted for tax fraud
Rumors have been circulating about Theodore Freedman since he departed from his bankruptcy and restructuring practice at Kirkland & Ellis last October. And now the former partner…
UK trainee retention figures a mixed bag
Trainee retention figures are finding their way out into the light of day, and some of the results are less than pretty. Slaughter and May has offered a job to all of its…
Pay gap between US and UK law firms widens
The pay gap between lawyers in the UK and thos in the US is widening, with a new survey showing that magic circle firms pay newly qualified lawyers around £61,000 US firm White &…
US firms hiring to boost private equity practices in Europe
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 London in 2009,…
Kirkland & Ellis boosts Washington M&A practice with four hires
Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its M&A practice with the hire of former Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris, along with three other prominent antitrust lawyers. Muris,…
Pinsent Masons lures funds practitioner from SJ Berwin
TheLawyer reports that Pinsent Masons has bolstered its funds practice with the hire of a senior associate from SJ Berwin’s fund…
25 member construction litigation team leaves Howrey
A 25 member construction litigation team from Howrey is set to join Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in its Los Angeles, San…
Latham & Watkins hires three Kirkland partners in Chicago
Latham & Watkins’s Chicago office has hired three partners from Kirkland & Ellis. Real Estate partners Robert Buday, Nathaniel Marrs…
All star team for Apple's IP battles
Apple Inc has assembled an all star cast of intellectual property lawyers as it faces a slew of intellectual property lawsuits in connection with the development of the iPhone. This week Apple Inc will face before…