News About White & Case

White & Case secures Macfarlanes partner to head London white collar team

Neill Blundell joins having led Macfarlanes’ corporate crime and investigations practice

21 Dec 2023

White & Case announces 42-lawyer partner promotion class

Cohort edges down from 46 last year with proportion of women slipping from 52% to 36%

16 Nov 2023

McDermott snaps up White & Case’s former Brussels head

Axel Schulz adds depth to competition team following retirement of heavyweight Philip Bentley KC

16 Nov 2023

Gibson Dunn opens in Riyadh with team from White & Case

US firm follows up Abu Dhabi launch earlier this year with Saudi Arabia move as it continues to grow rapidly in the Gulf

14 Nov 2023

Kirkland & Ellis secures Latham, White & Case partners for Riyadh launch

Chicago giant chooses Saudi Arabia for Middle East headquarters citing Kingdom’s growing significance for clients

31 Oct 2023

White & Case names new executive partner in London

Inigo Esteve succeeds Dipen Sabharwal as head of US firm’s 500-plus lawyer London office amid wider leadership reshuffle

24 Oct 2023

White & Case is fastest-growing law firm in Africa since 2019, study finds

US firm grew African headcount 177% between 2019 and 2022, according to Africa Legal

23 Oct 2023

Allen & Overy bolsters London arbitration practice with White & Case partner hire

Construction specialist Daniel Garton adds to Magic Circle firm’s ranks ahead of Shearman merger

18 Sep 2023

White & Case elects New York litigator as first woman chair

Executive committee member Heather McDevitt to succeed veteran chair Hugh Verrier 1 September

28 Jun 2023

White & Case builds London antitrust bench with Kirkland & Ellis partner hire

US firm adds England and Wales and Germany qualified Dr Michael Engel amid rising demand for antitrust advice across EMEA

26 Apr 2023

Watson Farley & Williams hires White & Case asset finance team for Tokyo debut

UK firm follows up Seoul launch in February with new office focused on aviation and maritime finance work

17 Apr 2023

White & Case revenue edges down to $2.83bn as PEP drops back from record high

New York firm expresses satisfaction with 2022 performance given economic headwinds as PEP declines by 20%

13 Apr 2023

Linklaters secures renewable energy partner duo in New York as it targets US energy transition work

Hires from White & Case and Troutman Pepper come as Inflation Reduction Act heralds clean energy investment boom

6 Mar 2023

Sidley Austin taps White & Case for Middle East-focused M&A partner in New York

Michiel Visser joins the firm’s global M&A and private equity practice

15 Nov 2022

White & Case names 46 new partners in European dominated promotion round

Women make up 52% of the latest partner cohort, with M&A lawyers accounting for 39% of promotions

7 Oct 2022

Host of top law firms advise on blockbuster Porsche IPO

Freshfields, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Gleiss Lutz, White & Case and Sullivan & Cromwell included in line up

29 Sep 2022

Latham and Sayenko Kharenko take lead roles on Ukraine's $20bn debt restructuring

Pair advised JPMorgan on international agreement to save $6bn over two years

17 Aug 2022

Weil, White & Case advise on Ukrainian debt restructuring deal

Plan will suspend Ukraine’s debt payments for two years as Russia’s war drags on

15 Aug 2022

White & Case hires M&A specialist from Slaughter and May

US firm underscores commitment to London growth as Di Yu joins as eighth M&A partner lateral in the City since the start of 2021

8 Aug 2022

Ropes & Gray, White & Case and Hengeler Mueller lead on NielsenIQ and GfK combination

BakerHosteler, Squire Patton Boggs and Simpson Thacher also work on merger set to create a leading global provider of consumer analytics

7 Jul 2022