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Reed Smith builds in Saudi Arabia with corporate trio
US firm nearly doubles Riyadh headcount with two partners and an associate from local boutique AlAmmar Law
Mayer Brown builds in Tokyo with seven-lawyer A&O Shearman team
Arrival of partners Toshiro Mochizuki and Kana Morimura follows recent hire of A&O Shearman’s Tokyo head
Skadden and Paul Weiss advise on $22bn US insurance deal
Skadden acts for Corebridge as Paul Weiss counsels Equitable in all-stock deal to create company with $1.5trn in AUM
Top Spanish firm Cuatrecasas sees revenue inch up 2.7% to €447m
Revenue growth slows in 2025 after double-digit increases in previous two years
Morgan Lewis hires five-lawyer trade team in Paris from Hughes Hubbard
Move follows Morgan Lewis hiring senior trade partner in Washington DC from Hughes Hubbard last September
Ropes & Gray hires eight-lawyer M&A and PE team in Paris from Latham
Group led by three veteran Latham partners significantly expands Paris office Ropes opened last year targeting private capital work
Reed Smith turnover approaches $1.6bn as PEP tops $2m
Solid performance across private equity, finance and litigation help drive record results for Pittsburgh-based firm
HSF Kramer adds Paul Hastings M&A partner trio in New York
Robert Leung joins as Americas head of energy, mining and infrastructure alongside Mike Huang and Daniel Grossman
Kavanagh wins second term as HFW senior partner
Giles Kavanagh to begin second four-year term this April having overseen revenue growth of more than 20% since 2022
Morgan Lewis names employment chief McManus as next chair
David McManus to succeed veteran leader Jami McKeon in October
Vinson & Elkins debuts in Brussels with ex-Hogan Lovells partner
US firm hires antitrust partner May Lyn Yuen for first Continental European office
Fieldfisher relocates 90 business services roles to Belfast
Roles move from London, Manchester and Birmingham as UK-founded firm doubles down on Belfast as business services centre
Ashurst hits Goodwin for three-partner London PE team
Group’s hire comes ahead of Ashurst’s merger with Perkins Coie
White & Case revenue hits $3.6bn as PEP jumps 10%
Firm points to strength of global network as profit per equity partner hits $4.4m, aims to reach $5bn revenue by 2028
CMS makes up 54 in latest partner promotions round
Majority-female round focuses on Europe and corporate practice
Weil names successor to longtime leader Wolf
Ramona Nee to succeed Barry Wolf as executive partner at the start of 2027 as Jonathon Soler becomes sole managing partner
Goodwin snags Jones Day litigation partner trio for Orange County launch
Cybersecurity, privacy and technology litigation team join to open Goodwin’s fifth West Coast office
Reed Smith hires partners from six Big Law rivals for Boston debut
Top 40 firm launches with partners hired from K&L Gates, White & Case, Goodwin Procter, Morrison Foerster, McDermott Will & Schulte and Weil
Wachtell, Clifford Chance lead on $10.5bn storage megadeal
Wachtell counsels Public Storage, the largest self-storage company in the US, on acquisition of Clifford Chance-counselled rival National Storage
Cooley’s turnover rises 10% as it approaches $2.4bn
London’s revenue contribution jumps 17% to $110.3m following an 8% decline in 2024