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02-19-2014

Baker & McKenzie Opens Myanmar Office in Yangon

Baker & McKenzie opened its 16th office in the Asia Pacific in Yangon, Myanmar. The move is seen as bolstering the global law firm's strategy to establish itself as the international law firm with the widest presence in the region. The announcement was made in the Annual Pacific Meeting of the firm ....[more]
02-17-2014

Major Takeaways from New Study of Law Firm Hiring and Retention

The NALP Foundation recently released the report of a study done with Major, Lindsey & Africa concerning the hiring and retention of associates from 2006 through 2011. The study, named, "Keeping the Keepers III: Mobility & Management of Associate Talent," is a national study and report of law firm a....[more]
02-14-2014

Bryan Cave Posts Three Percent Growth and Gross Revenue of $643 Million

The financial reporting season has arrived and most big law firms are posting modest growth and an increase in gross revenue. Recently Dentons US posted a growth of 4.8% with gross revenue of $743 million, Mayer Brown posted a growth of 5% with global gross revenue of $1.14 billion, and now Bryan Ca....[more]
02-12-2014

Paulette Brown Nominated as President of the American Bar Association

New Jersey lawyer Paulette Brown, 62, has been nominated as President for the American Bar Association, the 400,000 member group that formulates codes of conduct and ethics for lawyers and also establishes standards for law ....[more]
02-10-2014

Sedgwick to Open Global Administration Center in Kansas City

Following the latest trends in cost-cutting and near-shoring work, California's Sedgwick LLP has decided to create its global administration center in downtown Kansas City, with an investment of $4.6 million and backing from the Missouri state administration. Local administration expects the law fir....[more]
02-07-2014

Wells Fargo Survey Finds Large Performance Gap between Law Firms

A latest survey of law firms conducted by Wells Fargo Private Bank's Legal Specialty Group found an average increase in gross revenues by just 2.2 percent across 2013, while net income grew only by 1.6 percent. This fell far short of the 5 percent increase in gross revenues witnessed in 2012. The su....[more]
02-05-2014

Leadership Shake-Up at DLA Piper

Top global law firm DLA Piper ....[more]
02-03-2014

Two Corporate Attorneys Move Over to McDermott from Kirkland & Ellis

Two corporate lawyers, Stephanie McCann and Leonard Klingbaum have moved over from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to join as partners at McDermott Will & Emery, the WSJ Law Blog reported. McCann advises on the portfolio of private ....[more]
01-31-2014

Greenberg Traurig Expands M&A Practice with Two New Hires

Miami-based Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced the hiring of two new partners to join their Global Corporate M&A Practice. The two new partners, Ron E. Deutsch and Nicole A. Perez are respectively moving over from their former law firms Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and ....[more]
01-29-2014

Fried Frank’s Permanent Paris Partner Eric Cafritz Leaves Firm

Fried Frank's permanent partner in Paris, Eric Cafritz, who was also the founding partner of the firm's Paris office, is leaving for London. This would leave the firm without any permanent partner presence and with only a few lawyers in Paris. The only other office of the firm in Europe still has on....[more]