Reed Smith appoints new MP for New York office
Reed Smith has appointed Edward Estrada as managing partner in its New York office. Estrada takes over from former New York managing partner Jordan Siev, who has led the New York…
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Law Schools offer jobs to graduates
The New York Times has reported on an initiative by the law school at Arizona State University to offer graduates clinical legal experience. Law dean Douglas J. Sylvester led the effort to found a non-profit law firm…
Washington DC firm Patton Bogs lays off 65
Washington DC law firm Patton Boggs has laid off 30 lawyers and 35 staffers. The firm responded to a drop in profits by making redundancies in its New York, New Jersey, Washington…
The Chartwell Law Offices merges with Miami firm
Miami-based maritime and admiralty law firm Houck Anderson is set to merge with another east coast firm, The Chartwell Law Offices, under the latter’s name.…
Cravath appoints co-heads of M&A practice
Cravath Swaine & Moore has appointed two partners to head its global M&A practice: New York partners Robert Townsend and Faiza Saeed. The co-heads replace former global…
Pepper Hamilton boosts white collar practice
Pepper Hamilton has given a further boost to its white collar litigation & investigations practice group with the hire of Linklaters…
Seyfarth Shaw hires 6 real estate attorneys in NY
Seyfarth Shaw has taken up six real estate attorneys in New York. Partners Adrian Zuckerman, Linda Bielik and Cynthia Mitchell and counsel Ralph Berman have joined from
Debevoise & Plimpton to cut trusts and estates
New York based firm Debevoise & Plimpton is eliminating its trusts and estates practice, surprising industry observers in light of the firm’s prestige, size and strong…
Goodwin Proctor bolsters finance practice in NY
Goodwin Procter has hired Brynn D. Peltz as a partner in its Financial Institutions Group in New York. Peltz leaves behind a partnership role at
Lowenstein Sandler boosts NY finance practice
Lowenstein Sandler has boosted its New York specialty finance practice with the hire of veteran lawyer Seth T. Goldsamt from McDermott Will & Emery. Goldsamt’s has expertise in public and private securities offerings…
Jones Day promotes 45 to global partnership
Jones Day has promoted 45 lawyers to the partnership, effective January 1, 2012. "The promotion of these new partners reflects Jones Day's ongoing commitment to developing and…
Kirkland & Ellis boosts HK office with Paul Weiss hire
Kirkland & Ellis has boosted its Hong Kong M&A practice with the hire of partner Frank Sun from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,…
Chadbourne boosts Latin America group with A&O hire
Chadbourne & Parke has boosted its Latin America group with the hire of leading banking and finance lawyer Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja, who was formerly a Senior Counsel at…
Sidley Austin promotes 26 to partnership
Sidley Austin has promoted 26 associates to the partnership across nine offices. “Our 2013 class of new partners is made up of an exceptional group of lawyers who have…
Large law firms maintain high billing rates
Leading partners at major law firms are still able to demand a premium for their services, according to a survey published by The National Law Journal. The survey looked at 55 firms from among the top 350 US firms, with…