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Star appellate attorneys quit Kirkland after Supreme Court gun victory
Duo to form boutique following Chicago giant’s decision to drop Second Amendment cases
Latham & Watkins hires WilmerHale’s former international arbitration head in New York
John Pierce will co-chair Latham’s international arbitration practice alongside Fernando Mantilla-Serrano
Ashurst to open in Texas as it targets US projects work
Third US office sets out to tap market opportunities fuelled by investment in infrastructure
Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields advise on €8.6bn Sitel and Majorel merger
Arendt & Medernach, Stibbe and Elvinger Hoss Prussen also advised on the deal
Apple, Google GCs among LCLD members making public diversity pledges
Promises are part of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Leaders at the Front campaign
Fennemore agrees tie-up with 113-year old East Bay firm Wendel Rosen
Deal adds 56 lawyers to Fennemore’s roster, taking its total headcount to 250
Six Flags adds chief legal officer from Sabre six months after axing GC role
Aimee Williams-Ramey joins following 'strategic reorganisation' that saw GC Laura Doerre leave last December
Brown Rudnick elects tax partner as next chair and CEO
Vincent Guglielmotti takes over from William Baldiga as US firm's youngest ever leader
Wachtell and Hogan Lovells lead on $26bn deal for Prologis to buy Duke Realty
Alston & Bird and Fried Frank also secure roles as all-stock deal follows previous unsuccessful $24bn bid in May
WilmerHale hires former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara
The US attorney turned podcast star joins as a partner in the firm’s New York office
Shearman & Sterling looks to home for latest partner promotions round
US lawyers dominate 12-strong cohort following last year’s mainly international round
Davis Wright Tremaine bolsters financial services offering with boutique tie-up
Merger with McGonigle sees Seattle firm double financial services headcount and add offices in Richmond and Chicago
Fast-growing Canadian startup 1Password adds former top Shopify lawyer as first CLO
Erin Zipes’ arrival follows Toronto-based company raising $620m earlier this year at a $6.8bn valuation
In-house counsel see total compensation jump by more than a fifth in 2021, study finds
Male GCs and senior counsel out-earned their female counterparts, according to BarkerGilmore
Paul Hastings celebrates 'milestone' hire of Gibson Dunn's M&A co-chair in New York
Eduardo Gallardo is latest high-profile addition in Big Apple as headcount nears 400