Jones Day expanded its presence in California today with the addition of four partners. In San Diego, Patrick Elsevier is moving to Jones Day from Alston & Bird’s Atlanta office, and Ken Funahashi is coming on board from Baker & McKenzie. Elsevier is an IP litigator specializing in biotechnology patent litigation. Funahashi is a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 1, 2009
The American Lawyer has published its Global 100 list for 2009. Even with the recession in full bloom, the top 100 law firms managed to increase revenues by two percent, but revenue per lawyer dropped by three percent. In the category of number of lawyers, US firm Baker McKenzie topped the list with 3,949 attorneys [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
Baker & McKenzie reports its average profits per equity partner in fiscal 2008 fell 17%, to $992,000. Revenue was down 3.5% to $2.11 billion. The firm, which in April laid off 38 attorneys and 86 paralegals, has taken a number of other cost cutting measures. Baker & McKenzie was founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 9, 2009
Good morning! Here are the top stories: DLA Piper confirms that it laid off 21 lawyers and 100 staff yesterday… Dewey & LeBoeuf has lured away a team of top lawyers from Cooley Godward Kronish… Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie has announced it is laying off 11% of its lawyers and staff in China… Edwards Angell has hired on two [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie, which in April laid off 124 employees, announced today it is laying off 11% of its lawyers and staff in China. The firm has released no further details. It has 350 lawyers and staff across offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. If you have any details about layoffs at Baker’s China offices, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Chicago’s Baker & McKenzie has hired a seven-lawyer energy law group from the crosstown office of Thompson & Knight. The team includes partners Michael Byrd, Louis Davis and Ben Welmaker; Glen White as of counsel; and associates David Wildes, Cody Carper and James Sonnier. They will support Baker’s Houston-based Major Projects/Energy practice. Byrd represents clients in all phases [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Skadden has been ranked the top corporate law firm in the US for the ninth year in a row, according to Corporate Board Member magazine. The rankings are based on a poll of 6,300 directors and general counsel. Here are the top 20 on the America’s Best Corporate Law Firms list, including last year’s ranking: 1. Skadden Arps [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Germany’s Gleiss Lutz will launch a new Dusseldorf office in August, headed by corporate partner Thomas Menke, last of Baker & McKenzie. Menke handles international mergers & acquisitions and real estate transactions. He will work with an unnamed associate, formerly of Freshfields’ Dusseldorf office. Gleiss Lutz is a German law firm founded in Stuttgart in 1949 by Alfred [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 20, 2009
Tipsters are informing blawgers that Baker & McKenzie has cut salaries between 10% and 25% for some associates. We reported two weeks ago that the firm laid off 124 people. They also deferred start dates for trainees. If you have any details about salary cuts (or anything else) at Baker & McKenzie, please send us a confidential [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 11, 2009
This week in law firm layoffs: Brownstein Hyatt: 15 lawyers, 22 staff Chapman and Cutler: undisclosed lawyers Quinn Emanuel: 10 staff DLA Piper: estimated 32 lawyers Willkie Farr & Gallagher: 24 undisclosed Vedder Price: 9 lawyers Townsend and Townsend and Crew: 16 lawyers, 45 staff Bracewell & Giuliani: undisclosed staff Baker & McKenzie: 38 lawyers, 86 staff De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek: 90 staff Clifford Chance: 10 [...]
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