News About Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Kirkland recruits antitrust partner quartet from Cleary across Brussels and London

Top-ranked EU competition lawyer Robbert Snelders among those moving over

18 May 2026

Cleary adds Paul Hastings partner in London for European real estate launch

Departure of Stephen Nicolas leaves Paul Hastings with no London real estate partners following other recent exits

23 Oct 2025

Cleary to shutter Frankfurt office after 34 years

Closure follows departure of senior partners from shrinking office in recent years

22 May 2025

Cleary Gottlieb adds five-partner IP litigation team from Latham & Watkins

Incoming group will be based in New York, Washington DC and the Bay Area

1 Apr 2025

Cleary acquires London Gen AI-focused legaltech startup

Springbok AI’s founder and team of 10 data scientists and AI engineers to join Cleary

17 Mar 2025

Cleary to shut Beijing arm, joining US law firm exodus from mainland China

New York firm to focus China coverage in Hong Kong

17 Feb 2025

Cleary, Freshfields secure major wins for Amazon and Apple as CAT strikes down class action

First outright rejection of certification effectively tightens UK’s class action regime putting spotlight on independence of class representatives

16 Jan 2025

Cleary makes up 26 in latest partner promotions round

US firm completes first promotions round since it introduced non-equity partner tier

11 Nov 2024

Cleary introduces non-equity partner tier

Follows similar move by rivals Cravath, Paul Weiss and WilmerHale

14 Oct 2024

Paul Weiss hires rising M&A star from Cleary in New York

Nickolas Bogdanovich joins after Cleary M&A partner James Langston defected to Paul Weiss in May

27 Aug 2024

Cleary, DLA Piper and Sidley lead on T-Mobile’s $4.4bn buy of US Cellular’s wireless operations

Clifford Chance, Cravath and Washington DC boutique Wilkinson Barker Knauer also act in deal that will bring T-Mobile four million new customers

29 May 2024

Cleary Gottlieb adds private equity lawyers from Kirkland, Travers Smith in London recruitment drive

Debt finance partner Alexander van der Gaag joins from Kirkland as counsel Joanna Roberts moves over from Travers Smith

13 May 2024

Cleary, Skadden and Goodwin chip in for Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys deal

Cleary acts for Synopsys as Skadden and Goodwin counsel Ansys in cash-and-stock deal that could attract regulatory scrutiny

17 Jan 2024

Freshfields and Skadden shepherd eBay-backed Adevinta’s €14bn take private

Wachtell, Clifford Chance and Cleary also among firms called in for one of Europe’s biggest buyouts this year

22 Nov 2023

Cleary Gottlieb adds antitrust partner in Washington DC from Shearman & Sterling

Ryan Shores is latest partner to depart Shearman ahead of its planned merger with Allen & Overy

4 Jul 2023

S&C, Cleary, Ropes & Gray and Hengeler line up for $4.25bn Baxter Biopharma Solutions sale

Deal sees Advent and Warburg Pincus turn to longstanding advisers as they unveil standalone services business

9 May 2023

Cleary secures Linklaters private equity partner to continue run of senior London lateral hires

Edward Aldred joins New York firm as fifth London partner lateral in last four months

24 Mar 2023

Cleary Gottlieb, Sullivan & Cromwell and Freshfields among firms called in for UBS’ landmark Credit Suisse rescue

Deal to shore up banking system also sees Quinn Emanuel assemble team of lawyers to advise disgruntled bondholders

20 Mar 2023

Cleary Gottlieb raids Travers Smith and Dechert in London for partner trio

Wall Street firm continues eye-catching UK investment, targeting private equity and insolvency

10 Jan 2023

Cleary secures leading public M&A partner from Linklaters in London

Arrival of Nick Rumsby marks rare City partner lateral for top 30 US firm

18 Nov 2022