Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has emerged a ENERGY STAR Partner, becoming the first Texas-based law firm to join the ABA-EPA Law Office Climate Challenge. The project is joint collaboration by the Environment, Energy, and Resources Section of the American Bar Association and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Gardere committed to reducing energy use in its offices by at least 10 percent.
Source:pr-usa.net
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Romania is Now Home to White Case
White & Case has recently opened a branch in Bucharest, becoming its 37th firm. The Romanian office will be led by lawyer Todd Shollenbarger. His team will consist of 10 lawyers focused on real estate, finance, energy and private equity.
Source: www.thelawyer.com
Proskauer Rose’s 2007 Revenues Are Up
Proskauer Rose posts a 19% increase in revenues for the year 2007. 2006’s figure of $514.3m (£262m) increased to $627.8m (£320m). Profits per partner (PEP) has grown 15% to reach $1.5m (£763,000). This is good news following Proskauer’s 2007s launch of offices in London, as well as Sao Paulo.
Source: www.legalweek.com
Ropes and Gray Opens Up Shop In Chicago
Boston based Ropes & Gray has launched a new office in Boston this past Monday. It currently predicts that within the next two years, it will grow to house 100 lawyers. The firm has been around now for 140 years accumulating about 900 lawyers in seven offices, six in the US and one in Tokyo.
Source: www.chicagobusiness.com
New Shanghai Office
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP opened an office in Shanghai, which brings the total number of offices in Asia Pacific to six. The Shanghai office is to focus on M&A, corporate finance and real estate.
Source: www.lawfuel.com
A New Addition to Kaye Scholer
Kaye Scholer has a new addition in its Frankfurt office. Mayer Brown patent litigation lawyer,Wolfgang Leip, has joined as Partner. Leip moved to the US firm’s German arm last month along with associate Benedict von St André and two assistants.
Source: www. legalweek.com
Firm Mergers Dropped Some in 2007
Law firm consultancy Hildebrandt International reports that in 2007 55 law firm mergers. Not bad, as compared to the 58 law firm mergers in 2006. The trend is still apparently higher than from 2004 and 2005. Hildebrandt expects the 2008 number to stay fairly high.
Source: www.nylawyer.com
Nixon Peabody Goes Green
Nixon Peabody is looking to gain LEED certification for its new Albany office. The U.S. Green Building Council offers LEED certification to buildings who meet particular qualifications concerning its environmentalism. Nixon Peabody plans to move into their hopefully LEED certified building in mid-May.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
Kurt Nondorf to Lead Jackson Walker’s Houston Office
Kurt Nondorf has recently joined the Houston office of Jackson Walker LLP as managing partner. His position entails the overseeing of the firm in its Houston location. Nondorf was previously head of transactions section in the firm’s Dallas branch, where he practiced commercial real estate.
Source: www.bizjournals.com
James E. Baiers Rejoins Clark Hill as an Of Counsel Attorney
James E. Baiers was a member of Clark Hill from 1979 through 1996. He then went into the private sector and became the Chief Legal Officer for one of the countries largest publicly traded professional employer organizations with over 30,000 employees under contract. In that position he was responsible for all of the company’s legal matters including SEC filings, government compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and litigation.
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