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Kirkland bankruptcy team defects to Jones Day
Seven Kirkland & Ellis lawyers have quit the firm's Los Angeles office to join Jones Day, reports The Am Law Daily. Kirkland's West Coast restructuring group head Richard Wynne, partner Bennett Spiegel, of counsel Erin Brady and Lori Sinanyan, and ass...
28 May 2009 | 16:23
Mayer Brown selects final seven for partner board
Mayer Brown has finalised the details of its management restructuring, with the firm electing the remaining seven members of its 12-strong partnership board. Corporate partner Jeffrey Gordon (New York), corporate and securities chief Bob Gray (Houston...
28 May 2009 | 15:59
Freshfields acts on high-stakes India mobile deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured a major role on talks between Indian mobile phone provider Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN over a cross-shareholding deal that could lead to a full merger. Freshfields is advising MTN, with a team led by...
28 May 2009 | 13:19
SJB builds Bridges with US ally Goodwin Procter
SJ Berwin has launched an extranet with one of its primary US referral partners in an unusual move for a non-exclusive alliance. The site, named The Bridge, is only accessible to staff at SJ Berwin and US ally Goodwin Procter. The initiative, overseen...
28 May 2009 | 06:40
Norton Rose gains seven-strong BLG team in HK
Norton Rose has boosted its Asian disputes practice with the hire of a team from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert. Former Barlows Hong Kong managing partner Camille Jojo is relocating to the City law firm's Hong Kong office along with a team of six associates.
28 May 2009 | 06:16
Fasken overhauls City management team with new senior partner role
Fasken Martineau's London office has seen an overhaul of its senior management with the appointment of a new managing and senior partner. The Canadian firm appointed UK life sciences chief Gary Howes to take over the post of managing partner from Norm...
28 May 2009 | 06:00
Hengeler Mueller introduces set partnership route for associates in new six-year strategy
Hengeler Mueller has revamped its associate career track, introducing a formal six-year route to partnership. The German law firm will now decide whether its associates will make the partner grade within six years, in a clear 'up or out' strategy. The...
28 May 2009 | 05:55
Weil partner testifies in $2.4bn Refco fraud case
Weil Gotshal & Manges corporate partner Jay Tabor has pointed an accusing finger at Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins and his firm for their role in the billion-dollar Refco scandal, reports the Am Law Daily. Collins has been charged by federal prose...
27 May 2009 | 13:40
Top US firms in driving seat on GM bankruptcy
A quartet of US firms are advising General Motors on what could be the biggest bankruptcy filing in US history, reports The Am Law Daily.Weil Gotshal & Manges business finance and restructuring partner Stephen Karotkin is heading the firm's team advis...
26 May 2009 | 14:45
Former Lovells Mid East chief joins Baker Botts
Baker Botts has hired former Lovells Middle East head Shibeer Ahmed in a boost for its Dubai project finance practice. Ahmed joined the US firm's Dubai office earlier this month - having left Lovells at the end of April. He had co-headed Lovells' Mid...
26 May 2009 | 14:43
CC New York corporate partner joins K&L Gates
Clifford Chance's (CC) US practice has lost its fifth partner this month, with the news that New York-based corporate partner David Bernstein has joined K&L Gates. The veteran corporate partner had no management responsibilities at the magic circle fi...
22 May 2009 | 13:40
Shearman takes lead on $1.2bn Novartis buyout
Shearman & Sterling has advised longtime client Novartis on its $1.2bn (£757m) acquisition of the generic cancer drug business of EBEWE Pharma, reports The Am Law Daily. Corporate partner Harald Selzner, who is based in Duesseldorf, led the firm's te...
22 May 2009 | 11:46
DLA scales back US pay cuts after staff protest
DLA Piper has amended associate pay cuts after an outcry from lawyers who thought a 20% reduction based on early billable hour reports were unfair, reports the National Law Journal. The firm is instead cutting all associate salaries by 10%.
21 May 2009 | 06:44
Houthoff Buruma and Loyens come out on top in Netherlands with increased 2008 revenue rises
Houthoff Buruma and Loyens & Loeff have emerged as the top legal performers in the Dutch legal market, with the firms reporting larger revenue increases in 2008 than their rivals. Houthoff, which is the fourth-largest law firm in the Netherlands by nu...
21 May 2009 | 05:10
Latham and MoFo score leads on Hong Kong aluminium IPO
Latham & Watkins and Morrison & Foerster have taken leading roles on a high-profile Asian initial public offering (IPO) as a run of major deals hit the region. The two firms are advising on the Hong Kong float of aluminium maker China Zhongwang. Latha...
21 May 2009 | 05:00
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