North America

OFFICE OPENINGS

Withers opens in Boston as it hires trio of patent partners from Burns & Levinson

New team expands firm's global tech practice, focusing on life sciences and venture capital
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

NFL-based rule sees law firms boost leadership diversity at a faster pace than peers

Early adopters of Diversity Lab's Mansfield Rule outpace non-adopters by more than 30 times
DEALS

Fenwick & West advises Coinbase on landmark crypto listing

Latham & Watkins acts for the financial advisors on the deal
APPOINTMENTS

Sheppard Mullin elects new chair as veteran lawyer Guy Halgren steps down after two decades

Washington DC-based corporate partner Lucantonio Salvi will assume the role in October
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Law firms still struggling on gender equality, according to US study

Yale Law Women survey highlights that only 20% of equity partners are women
LAW FIRM MERGERS

Holland & Knight in talks to merge with Dallas-based Thompson & Knight

Deal with tentative summer closing date would be largest US merger since Covid-19 struck
PARTNER HIRES

Cooley makes double capital markets hires in New York amid SPAC boom

Rupa Briggs and Nicolas Dumont join as partners from White & Case and Fenwick & West respectively
LAW FIRM LEADERSHIP

Linklaters names New York-based antitrust partner as new US global practice head

Thomas McGrath replaces the Diageo-bound Tom Shropshire with immediate effect
LEGAL SPENDING TENDS

Firms see clients pause relationships in biggest market shakeup since financial crisis, study finds

Wolters Kluwer report shows AmLaw 150-200 firms most impacted as in-house teams pare legal spend
PARTNER HIRES

Milbank strengthens private equity offering with double partner hire from Schulte in New York

Duo includes Schulte's former M&A co-head Richard Presutti and capital markets partner Antonio Diaz-Albertini

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