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Orrick adds seven-lawyer healthcare regulatory team in DC, Boston
Trio of partners join from Wilson Sonsini and boutique Hooper Lundy & Bookman as Orrick continues life sciences push
Weil adds Latham PE dealmakers for Los Angeles and San Francisco launches
Tana Ryan and Navneeta Rekhi join as New York firm targets West Coast growth
A&O grows revenue, profit in pre-merger year
Profit before tax jumps 17.2% to £1.0bn as PEP hits £2.2m ahead of tie-up with Shearman & Sterling
Shoosmiths' revenue passes £200m milestone as PEP jumps 16%
Strong performance across corporate and litigation practices fules 6% turnover trise to £206.7m as PEP hits £781k
Skadden tops M&A league rankings in first half as deal value rebounds
Paul Weiss and Latham & Watkins follow closely behind as megadeals contribute to 18% rise in global deal value
Latham, S&C among raft of firms guiding Paramount’s $28bn Skydance merger
Ropes, Cravath and Simpson Thacher also acting in deal to intended to turn Hollywood icon into a tech-media hybrid
Baker McKenzie, Linklaters lead on Carlsberg’s £3.3bn Britvic acquisition
Bakers counsels Carlsberg in deal to help Danish brewer expand beyond beer
Gibson Dunn secures privacy partner in London from Goodwin
Lore Leitner brings experience in GDPR-driven privacy compliance programmes as US firms cite growing demand from clients for data security and AI advice
Raft of City firms up NQ salaries amid ongoing pay war
HSF, DLA Piper and HFW among firms to boost pay as Paul Weiss introduces new UK training contract that dishes out market-topping £180k to its NQs
Proskauer scoops two partners apiece from A&O Shearman and Cahill in London
A&O’s former banking co-head Philip Bowden among banking and finance quartet
Fieldfisher grows revenue 10% as PEP sees modest increase
European firm grows profits per equity partner 4% to £966k in year to end of March following previous year’s 11% decline
HFW revenue passes £250m revenue milestone fuelling 8.8% rise in PEP
UK-headquartered firm grows revenue by 11.4% in second year of new strategy
Osborne Clarke posts double-digit rise in UK PEP as firm-wide revenue grows 19% to €525m
UK independent points to growth in US and ESG and energy practices as it exceeds €500m revenue target one year early
US and UK growth drive 17% increase in Kennedys’ revenue
Turnover at insurance specialist jumps to £384m as fee-earner count climbs by 12%
Macfarlanes raises NQ pay to £140k
City stalwart becomes highest-paying UK firm after international Magic Circle rivals
Freshfields recruits Skadden New York head of tax
Steven Matays joins Magic Circle firm as it continues to push for more US market share
Linklaters, Latham shepherd VW’s $5bn joint venture with Tesla rival Rivian
Linklaters acts for longtime client VW on proposed partnership that will see Rivian’s technology used in both companies’ electric vehicles
Baker McKenzie completes 2024 partner promotions with 45-strong round
Summer tally follows 21 North and Latin America appointments in January with the overall proportion of women rising to more than half
Paul Hastings absorbs 12-lawyer litigation team in Paris from local boutique
Top flight white collar and investigations partner Antonin Lévy takes entire team from Antonin Lévy & Associés to US firm
Paul Hastings adds finance partner in London from Weil
Reena Gogna latest hire to boost US firm’s lender-side leveraged finance offering in the City