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Sidley adds five-partner finance team from Clifford Chance in New York and DC
Lee Askenazi, who co-led Clifford Chance’s financial markets team, joins with four more partners
Japan’s Nagashima Ohno to launch Silicon Valley office
Big Four firm adds second US office after New York in response to growing demand for legal advice on Japan-US transactions and investment
Bird & Bird reports 4% revenue increase as PEP dips
UK-founded firm cites challenging market conditions as topline hits €702m and PEP drops 1.5% to €819k
Charles Russell Speechlys marks US debut with six-partner raid on Withers
London firm hails ‘defining moment’ as it opens private client-focused offices in New York and New Haven
Kirkland, Paul Weiss, MoFo guide latest blockbuster pharma merger
Kirkland advises Vertex in $10bn acquisition of Paul Weiss- and Morrison & Foerster-repped Crinetics
Paul Hastings adds Cahill’s private credit co-leader in New York
Peter Williams’ hire follows Paul Hastings boosting private credit group earlier this year with hires from Cadwalader and Haynes Boone
Katten adds DLA Piper capital markets co-chair for Miami launch
Josh Kaufman joins as managing partner of new office and lead partner of Katten’s public company advisory practice
Freshfields, HSF Kramer lead on Sky’s £1.6bn acquisition of ITV’s media and entertainment arm
Freshfields advises ITV as HSF Kramer acts for Sky in deal set to reshape British TV landscape
Sullivan & Cromwell launches German litigation practice with Hengeler partner duo
Commercial disputes lawyers Philipp Hanfland and Maximilian Bülau join in Frankfurt as practice co-heads
Kirkland tops global M&A rankings after strongest first half for dealmaking since records began
Chicago-founded giant comfortably ahead of Skadden and Sullivan & Cromwell in second and third spot respectively
Macfarlanes ups NQ salary to £150k, matches Magic Circle
Leading City independent ups NQ salary from £140k alongside pay bumps for trainees that sees it exceed the Magic Circle
Eversheds Sutherland adds Paris funds team from Willkie Farr
Partner Tiana Rambatomanga joins at head of three-strong team to launch UK-headquartered firm’s Paris fund structuring practice
Sidley hits Clifford Chance for top restructuring duo in London
Clifford Chance’s global restructuring co-head Philip Hertz and London restructuring lead Melissa Coakley join Sidley as US firm continues City hiring spree
Simmons posts 12% revenue jump to £690m as PEP grows 11%
Latest results continue long-term growth trend, with profits increasing 43% in five years
Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader cement $3.9bn merger
Combination touted as the ‘largest law firm merger in history’ goes live today
Addleshaw Goddard posts double-digit revenue growth as PEP hits £1.1m
Turnover rises 17% to £644m as firm continues Europe and Middle East expansion
Cravath, Latham guide Martin Marietta’s $13.5bn Lhoist North America merger
French firm Bredin Prat also helps steer latest in string of deals in the US building-products industry
Shoosmiths tops £1m PEP for second consecutive year as turnover inches up
UK firm cites investment in technology and high-value work across corporate, litigation and real estate as turnover exceeds £221m
Ashurst, Perkins Coie complete $2.8bn transatlantic merger
Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices
Davis Polk hires Hogan Lovells M&A chief ahead of merger
Longtime Hogan dealmaker Bill Curtin joins in Washington DC just days before his former firm combines with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft