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Linklaters doubles down in New York with litigation team hire
Four partners join from boutique Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler following marquee hires across M&A and finance
Greenberg Traurig hires teams from McDermott and life sciences boutique for Munich debut
Five lawyers join from McDermott and four from Ehlers Ehlers & Partners for base focused on private equity, healthcare and life sciences work
A&O Shearman, Slaughters shepherd American Axle’s £1.16bn acquisition of UK car parts group Dowlais
Cravath also called in for deal that continues exodus of companies from London Stock Exchange
US firms grew revenue by 12.5% in bumper 2024
Billing rate hikes and transactional practices drive growth as Am Law 50 firms leave smaller rivals trailing, according to report by Wells Fargo
Value of ALSP market climbs to $28.5bn
Growth in demand for alternative legal services far outpaces traditional law firm segment, according to Thomson Reuters
HSF hits Orrick for 10-lawyer Germany corporate team
Team led by Orrick’s former Germany managing partner moves over in Düsseldorf
Fish & Richardson debuts in Chicago
Former Jenner life sciences co-chair Louis Fogel to head IP heavyweight’s new base
Morgan Lewis builds in London with partner hires from Baker McKenzie, Akin
Competition lawyer Paul Johnson joins from Baker McKenzie as structured finance lawyer Dasha Sobornova moves over from Akin
Burges Salmon names successor to senior partner Seaton
Renewables boss Ross Fairley to succeed Chris Seaton in May
Senior Drew & Napier disputes partner departs with team to found own firm
Siraj Omar launches eponymous firm in Singapore focused on commercial disputes
Squire Patton Boggs adds seven-lawyer team in Brussels from Fieldfisher
US firm beefs up environmental, safety and health practice with group led by partners Peter Sellar and Gerard McElwee
Kirkland recruits Skadden mass tort team for Philadelphia debut
Highly-regarded trial lawyer Allison Brown joins with four more partners
Hogan Lovells corporate partners exit for Jones Day ahead of Australian closure
Charles Bogle and James Wood move over in Sydney as Hogan Lovells prepares to shutter sole Australian office
King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm
Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team
Morgan Lewis shutters Shenzhen office after less than two years
Closure follows office head Shaobin Zhu defecting to DLA Piper last year
White & Case adds Travers’ tech and commercial transactions head in London
Dan Reavill’s exit follows Travers commercial and IP partner Ben Chivers leaving for Temple Bright earlier this month
Simmons bags DLA Piper’s UK competition head
Sarah Smith joins as head of Simmons’ UK competition and antitrust team following predecessor’s exit for Kirkland last year
Jones Day signs up former lord chancellor Alex Chalk as a partner in London
Chalk follows footsteps of ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer and former attorney general Lord Goldsmith in joining a top US law firm
Milbank makes up 17 in latest partner promotions round
New York stalwart promotes heavily in hometown and across alternative investments and energy
CMS rings in second redundancy round in 18 months
Firm to cut 15 roles in its real estate transactions practice, according to reports