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White & Case Adds Securities Expert |
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
White & Case has announced that Adele Hogan, formerly of Linklaters, has joined their New York Office. Hogan is a capital markets partner who specializes in securities offerings including financial institutions, telecommunications, transportation, oil and gas, and health care.
Source: www.nylj.com |
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Sheppard Mullin Institutes Chief Talent Officer Position |
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has announced that Robert Neufeld, formerly of Blank Rome LLP in New York, will join their Los Angeles office. Neufeld will join as a chief talent officer, the first time anyone at Sheppard Mullin has held this title. He will handle what Sheppard Mullin is referring to as the "associate lifecycle," which includes recruiting, performance and development, diversity and inclusion, and direct practice group support.
Source: www.metnews.com |
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Gibson Dunn Heads to Dubai |
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has announced that they will open an office in Dubai, UAE, by the end of the year. According to representatives of the firm, this move makes sense as a solidification of their existing Middle Eastern practice. Gibson Dunn now has 14 offices, including five non-US branches.
Source: www.thelawyer.com |
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Locke Liddell and Lord Bissel Merger Official Today |
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Tuesday, 02 October 2007 |
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The merger between Locke Liddell & Sapp PLLC and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP becomes official as of today. The new firm will be called Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP and has 700 attorneys in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Sacramento and Washington, D.C..
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Allen & Overy Heads to Brazil |
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
Allen & Overy is considering a move to South America with a new branch in Brazil. Leading the project are co-managing partners Ian Shrank and Bruno Soares, and the new office should be open in Sao Paulo within the next six months.
Source: www.legalweek.com |
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Firm Puts Halt on Promotions |
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner held a meeting earlier this month to announce to associates that their policy for making partner had change. From now on, the partner title would be given to significantly fewer senior associates, and the firm has established strict guidelines describing the process. The firm assured current partners that this new policy would not affect their standing.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Linklaters Shuffles Partners Around |
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
Linklaters has recently done some management reorganization, moving global finance and projects chief John Tucker from London to New York. This move has been made in order for the firm to accentuate their United States practices. Additionally, US Managing Partner Paul Wickes will don a new title as US Senior Partner, and Larry Byrne and Nick Rees will become co-managing partners of the New York office.
Source: www.legalweek.com
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Dewey Ballantine & LeBoeuf Lamb Set to Merge |
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
Dewey Ballantine LLP and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP have announced that their respective partnerships have approved their intended merger. As of October 1, the two firms will unify under the name Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. The new firm will house 1,300 attorney across 12 countries and will be headquartered in New York City.
Source: www.prnewswire.com |
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Less is More for Duval & Stachenfeld |
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
Duval & Stachenfeld of New York is taking a novel approach to first year salaries. Instead of joining in the frenzy of salary hikes that has swept through American law firms over the past few years, Duval & Stachenfeld has decided to lower the pay for beginner attorneys to $60,000. After the first year, attorneys earn as much or more than they would at major firms. The thought behind this is that the lower pay will attract candidates from second-tier schools or less competitive candidates from top schools as well as laterals unsatisfied with their current situation.
Source: law.com |
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Yale Picks Top Family Firms |
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
A woman's group in the Yale Law School has produced a list of the top ten family-friendly firms. The firms were chosen based on length of maternity leave (as well as how often attorneys use it), on-site childcare facilities, compensation, and flexible schedules as well as other factors. The top spot went to Quarles & Brady, followed, in order, by Proskauer Rose; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld; Jenner & Block; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw; Covington & Burling; Arnold & Porter; DLA Piper; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris Glovsky & Popeo and Faegre & Benson.
Source: www.nlj.com |
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Sheppard Mullin Amps Up Santa Barbara Office |
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP has announced the hiring of two attorneys in their Santa Barbara office. Christina L. Costley and Alexey Vorobiov, both formerly of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, will join Sheppard Mullin's Business Trial and Labor and Employment practices respectively. Sheppard Mullin has also moved special counsel J. Daniel Farrell from their New York office to Santa Barbara.
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DLA Piper Adds Duo to New York Corporate Practice |
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
DLA Piper has announced the hiring of two corporate and securities attorneys in the New York office. Drew Chapman, formerly of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, and Jack Kantrowitz, formerly of Sidley Austin, will join the firm as partners.
Source: home.businesswire.com
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Paul Hastins Adds Asian Finance Group |
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP has announced that it has hired three finance partners in Asia. Joseph Kim or LAtham & Watkins and David Vance of Baker & McKenzie will join the firm's Tokyo office, and Patricia Tan Openshaw of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom will join the firm's Hong Kong office.
Source: www.financeasia.com |
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Greenberg Traurig Beefs Up Bankruptcy Practice |
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
Greenberg Traurig announced that it has hired a shareholder for its Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy Practice. John W. Weiss will join the firm's New York office and focus on representing debtors, official and unofficial committees, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, lessors and lessees of both real and personal property, and others involved in bankruptcy issues.
Source: lawfuel.com |
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King & Spalding Raids Kilpatrick Stockton |
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Friday, 21 September 2007 |
King & Spalding has announced that it has raided Kilpatrick Stockton's intellectual property practice and acquired three partners. George Marcou, former managing partner of King & Spalding's DC office, heads the group, and is joined by fellow partners Dawn0Marie Bey and Michael Dimino. Additionally, the acquired seven Kilpatrick government relations attorney, including Christoper Ott, John Howell, Michael Rishling, Arch Galloway and Dan Hickey.
Source: legaltimes.typepad.com |
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Jersey First Year Pay Hikes |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
Much like the rest of the country, firms in northern New Jersey have been on a first year pay hike spree. McCarter & English has announced that first-years will earn $135,000 starting in January, which is an 8 percent increase. This move was made in order to stay competitive with other norther New Jersey firms' first year rates, such as Drink Biddle ($145,000), Proskauer Rose ($145,000), Lowenstein Sandler ($140,000), Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik ($140,000) and Day Pitney ($135,000).
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Sullivan & Cromwell Ups the Bonuses Ante for Senior Associates |
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
Sullivan & Cromwell has announced a new bonus plan for senior associates that will link supplemental bonuses to the firm's financial performance. The new system will work by setting aside a certain amount of money for the bonuses--estimated to be around $2.5 million--and make this money available to fifth-years on up, as well as counsels. The firm expects that associates of the same level will earn approximately the same bonuses, although bonuses will be based on financial results and overall activity.
Source: www.nylj.com
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Pepper Hamilton Moves in Manhattan; Plans for Growth |
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
Pepper Hamilton has moved its New York office into a larger space in order to make room for an expected 50 attorney increase over the next few years. The Philadelphia based firm has installed eight attorneys--six of them partners--in the 37th floor of The New York Times Building. The new office is triple the size of their old, Lexington Avenue location.
Source: nylawyer.com |
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
White & Case has announced the hiring of two private client attorneys. John M. Olivieri and Cecily P. Maquire will join the firm from Dewey Ballantine, the former as partner and the later as counsel. The pair is rumored to have left Dewey Ballantine due to its impending merger with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.
Source: www.nylawyer.com |
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Greenberg Traurig Acquires Government Affairs Associate Director |
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
Greenberg Traurig has announced that Anne P. Van Buren has joined its Albany office. Van Burn is a Governmental Affairs attorney and will be the Albany office's Associate Director. She joins Greenberg Traurig from The Business Council of New York State, where she was the Director of Energy and Telecommunications.
Source: lawfuel.com
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