Good Morning! Today is Tuesday, February 9, and here’s your daily round up… A Senate report says that attorney-client accounts are being used to circumvent money laundering laws… King & Spalding picked up three litigators from Orrick… Winston & Strawn added three in New York… Wilson Sonsini picked up an O’Melveny partner in San Francisco… Former Michigan Chief Justice joined Miller [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 8, 2010
Lovells has opened a second office in Saudi Arabia through its associated law firm Al-Yaqtoub Attorneys and Legal Advisers. The new office is located in Jeddah and joins its sister office in Riyadh. Lovells is one of a few international law firms to have offices in both Saudi cities. Crispin Rapinet, regional managing partner for Asia [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 28, 2010
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi is opening a New York office in Manhattan that will be led by new partners David Leichtman and Hillel Parness, both of whom were previously partners with Lovells. Also joining the New York office as a partner is Bryan Vogel, who most recently was of counsel in the New York [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 21, 2010
The merger between US firm Hogan & Hartson and the UK’s Lovells will take effect on May 1 of this year, and the two firms are making final preparations. Today, the firms released the names of the 12 partners who will sit on the board, with each firm nominating six lawyers based on geographic [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Last night the partnerships of both Hogan & Hartson and Lovells finished voting on the proposed merger and it has been approved on both sides of the Atlantic. As of May 1, 2010, the two firms will become one mega trans Atlantic entity called Hogan Lovells. Although the new name wasn’t announced until [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 17, and here’s a look back at yesterday’s news. The Chicago school district has been ordered to allow students immediate transfers in the wake of the killing of a student… Proskauer Rose has a new class of partners… Jackson Lewis opened a new office in Cincinnati… Merger talks continue, but partners at Hogan [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 16, 2009
Merger talks are still underway between US firm Hogan & Hartson and the UK’s Lovells, but one importnat hurdle has now been cleared. The partners of both firms have agreed on a name. If the merger goes through, the firm will be known as Hogan Lovells, leaving Nelson Hartson out in the cold. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
A scant few hours ago I promised to bring you any updates on the Hogan & Hartson/Lovells merger talks, and so here it is… The two firms issued a joint press release this morning announcing that the management of both firms unanimously supports the merger. If the partner vote scheduled for mid December goes as [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Good morning everyone! It’s Thursday, October 29th and here in Las Vegas it feels like winter has already arrived. As I write this, my house is being buffeted by gusts of wind up to 50mph. Here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s stories… Foley & Lardner has struck a deal with the NIH… McGuire Woods gets [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 9, 2009
Good morning everyone and TGIF! The blawgosphere was rocked yesterday by the newsthat Hogan & Hartson has entered merger talks with Lovells… But somewhere around the edges, some other news snuck in. The DOJ has begun investigating IBM for antitrust violations… and Holme Roberts & Owen opened a new office in Dublin…
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