A new study by management consultant firm KermaPartners reveals that increasingly, law firm partners are taking jobs with less profitable firms in search of job security. KermaPartners examined 240 lateral partner moves at Am Law 200 law firms in Q1 2009. Seventy percent moved to firms with lower profits-per-partner. In Q1 2008, 46% of lateral partners moved [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 19, 2009
Since January, Greenberg Traurig has recruited 45 lateral partners, and plans to acquire more this year. In 2008, the firm hired 51 lateral partners in the entire year. The firm’s most recent acquisition is Paul Maher from Mayer Brown, who is founding the UK’s Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP. Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international, full-service law firm with [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 6, 2009
A pair of ex-Dreier attorneys is joining Hiscock & Barclay to found a new Sports & Entertainment Practice Area. Thomas I. Mandelbaum was co-chair of Dreier LLP’s Entertainment Practice Area. Monika A. Tashman also joins the new group. They were previously both partners at Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz. The new practice area will be co-chaired by Mandelbaum and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Over five years, London firms’ hiring of lateral partners has almost doubled, from 42 hires in 2004 to 79 in 2008. The data come from a Legal Week study tracking hiring at 33 US and UK firms’ London offices. Orrick, Weil Gotshal, Arnold & Porter, Cleary Gottlieb, Cravath, and Skadden all brought on laterals. On the other hand, [...]
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