Good morning! Today is Thursday, March 18, and here’ a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Polsinelli Shughart announces plans to acquire Hendren Andrae… Fox Rothschild expands their West Palm Beach office… Fish & Richardson pick up five lawyers from Darby… Former Apple general counsel Daniel Cooperman returns to Bingham McCutchen… Former Homeland Security deputy general counsel Jason Klitenic joins [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 3, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue is down at Winston & Strawn… DLA Piper forms an alliance with a Brazilian law firm… Former Arnold & Porter chairman Michael Sohn joins Davis Polk… A former secretary sues Drinker Biddle over a pay dispute… Ex Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo hires [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Good morning everyone! Today is Tuesday, March 2, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Revenue and profits are down, while PPP is up at Dickstein Shapiro… Steptoe & Johnson open a new office in Beijing… According to Am Law Daily’s “Diversity Scorecard” diversity at major law firms declined in 2009… The NALP settles on a heavily [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Adams & Reese, a regional law firm based out of New Orleans, is opening its third Florida office in Tampa. In December, the firm broadened its south eastern base by taking over offices in Sarasota and St. Petersburg. The Tampa office will open with eight attorneys and a certified land planner. For [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith have expanded their offices in New York City. The Los Angeles based firm signed a lease at 77 Water Street for 75,716 square feet of space. This new space is two times as large as their old location at 199 Water Street. The firm signed a 10 year deal with Goldman [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Chartwell Law Offices continues to expand its New York City office as it has acquired law firm Kenneth Goldberg and Associates. Chartwell, a full-service law firm formed in 2002 by four lawyers, is now comprised of 57 lawyers with offices in five states along the eastern seaboard. “While many firms are contracting and a few have collapsed, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
After major layoffs in 2009, Latham and Watkins are reportedly expanding their operation to Houston. Bloomberg is reporting that lawyers recruited from Akin Gump and Baker Botts will head Latham’s new Houston outfit. Coming from Akin Gump is Michael Dillard, who headed Akin’s energy and global transactions practice, and Sean Wheeler, who focused on representing investors [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Sidley Austin is opening an office in Silicon Valley and picking up four laterals in the process. Thomas DeFilipps is joining the firm from Wilson Sonsini and will be the managing partner. Three attorneys are moving from Howard Rice. They will be joined by eight more from Sidley Austin’s San Francisco office. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
We told you last week that Ropes & Gray is opening a new office in London. The office is being setup with two partners who moved from White & Case and two partners from the US. Now Ropes & Gray has a fifth partner in London. Jonathan Bloom, also formerly of White [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Ropes & Gray is launching a new office in London, slated to open in January of next year. The office will be led by Maurice Allen and Michael Goetz who are moving over from White & Case. Two senior partners from the US, Newcomb Stillwell and David Chapin, will also join the London [...]
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