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Kirkland shortens equity partner track to reward best talent in record deal markets
Salaried partners given earlier chance to make coveted equity status in latest reflection of hyper-competitive market for talent
Arent Fox and Schiff Hardin announce merger to create firm with revenue of more than $500m
Combined firm to house more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals and rank among US top 100 by revenue
All change at the top at Hausfeld as founder steps down
Women take UK and US managing partner roles as firm’s co-chairs step up to replace Michael Hausfeld
BP unveils trimmed-down roster of 26 panel firms as it seeks to 'consolidate external spend'
Some 26 firms appointed globally following competitive tender that assessed candidates' D&I and energy transition capabilities
Sidley hires former FINRA market regulation enforcement head as a partner in New York
Lara Thyagarajan is the latest in a trio of recent Sidley hires from US financial regulatory agencies
Bonus season gets underway as quartet of New York firms fall in line with pacesetter Cravath
Cleary, Boies Schiller, Fried Frank and Cadwalader match Cravath with 15% bonus increase to $115,000 at top end of scale
Global organisations fail to make meaningful progress on diversity and inclusion
Baker McKenzie survey finds companies are still mainly focused on raising awareness
Dechert private equity partner pulls out of White & Case team move
London lawyer was previously lined up to join New York firm as part of a three-partner team
Simpson Thacher and Weil unveil bumper New York-focused partner promotion rounds
Amid surging deal activity, Weil promotes record-breaking 26 partners; Simpson Thacher elevates 31
Sullivan leads global M&A ranking from Latham and Kirkland as deals smash through $5tr barrier
US firms dominate global ranking with domestic deals accounting for almost half of record-breaking worldwide activity, according to Refinitiv
Raft of Chicago IP firms add DEI efforts to billable hours
Quintet made up of Leydig Voit & Mayer, Loeb & Loeb, Marshall Gerstein & Borun, McAndrews Held & Malloy and McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
Mayer Brown promotes 39 lawyers to partner in bumper US-focused round
Chicago firm joins host of rivals swelling partner ranks amid surging work volumes
Sidley introduces leadership-oriented career development track for associates
Chicago firm's new programme includes paid-for access to external MBA-level executive leadership training and opportunity to earn new enhanced job titles
Talent wars pose greatest risk to law firms' prospects but outlook remains 'bullish', survey finds
Leaders have definitively shifted their focus from cost cutting to standing out in a hypercompetitive market and using tech to build value
Cleary Gottlieb hires veteran antitrust litigator from WilmerHale to launch first California base
New York firm's launch in Palo Alto will be followed shortly by a second office launch in San Francisco
Gibson Dunn hires Morgan Lewis partner trio in DC to grow new tax controversy group
Sanford Stark to co-chair team as firm responds to 'growing demand' for contentious advice and representation
Perkins Coie relocates to Chicago's recently opened Bank of America Tower
Seattle firm takes up slightly smaller footprint in three storeys with focus on collaboration and employee wellbeing
MSG Entertainment taps Samsung USA legal chief as next general counsel
Jamal Haughton joins as general counsel and executive vice president after five years at Samsung USA
Debevoise & Plimpton appoints first senior ESG advisor in New York
Ulysses Smith joins US firm amid ongoing industry-wide ESG push
Only 27% of Manhattan lawyers are back in the office, study finds
Numbers expected to surge to 61% in January, according to The Partnership of New York