Akin Gump and Cooley announce partner promotions
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has completed its most recent round of partner promotions. The firm promoted 11 globally, making up one new partner in London and…
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Akin Gump brings on four partners from Morgan Lewis
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired a four-partner team from Morgan Lewis. The team focuses on financial restructuring and global debt, and includes Thomas O’Connor, Renée…
DLA Piper builds West Coast litigation with hire from Barnes
DLA Piper has hired litigator Levi Heath from Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles.
Heath joined Barnes as a partner in 2011. Prior to that he held positions at
Akin Gump joins salary bump set in motion by Cravath
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has raised its salaries globally, following the recent trend set by Cravath Swaine &…
Osborne Clarke builds finance team with investment hire
Osborne Clarke has hired partner Simon Thomas from Macfarlanes. Though Thomas worked in Macfarlanes investment management group, he…
Li Chen returns to Shearman from Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld M&A partner Li Chen has been hired by Shearman & Sterling. Chen previously spent eight…
Turnover up 17% at Sidley as Reed Smith sees 5% decline
Several firms have revealed 2016 financial results, with Sidley Austin reporting a 17% increase in turnover at its London office, where revenue rose to £75.2m for the year. The…
Linklaters, Simmons, and Akin Gump kick off 2017 with new hires
Several firms have started the new year with new hires, including European hires for Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons, and UK hires for
Akin Gump adjusts associate pay
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has announced a change to associate pay in light of a fluctuating pound. Newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in the firm’s London office…
Dentons private equity leaders jump to Akin Gump and Proskauer
Dentons saw two leaders depart from its City private equity practice, with Igor Krivoshekov heading to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &…
Akin Gump London revenues spike after merger
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld showed a spike in revenue at its London branch,
a result of its first full year of financial results after its merger with
Akin Gump lures Jones Day construction head
Hamish Lal, construction head and arbitration specialist at Jones Day, is leaving the firm to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &…
Akin Gump holds junior lawyer salaries high
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld revealed that it will maintain an increased salary level for its junior lawyers that it absorbed when it hired legacy
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe hire partner and launch in Geneva
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe joins the ranks of just a few international firms that have launced offices in Geneva. The firm hired Vanessa Liborio Garrido de Sousa…
Akin Gump reinforces compliance team in Hong Kong
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld made two moves to boost its investigations and compliance team in Hong Kong, first relocating international trade partner Tatman…