Leopard Hot Spot News


McDermott Advises Meredith Corporation on $175 Million Acquisition of Allrecipes.com

Hogan Lovells has confirmed the appointment of London real estate litigator Nicholas Cheffings as the first sole chairman of the transatlantic law firm

Sidley Austin and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have become the latest US law firms to post rising revenues for 2011

Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of former Garrigues managing partner Jose Maria Alonso Puig

Commodities trader Glencore International and mining giant Xstrata turned to longtime legal advisers Linklaters and Freshfields: $41 Billion Deal

Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200: Seyfarth Shaw, Allen & Overy, Barnes & Thornburg, Bingham McCutchen, Burr & Forman

Richard J. Holwell, the New York federal judge who presided over the insider-trading trial of Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam, is stepping down to start a boutique law firm

Baltimore-based Miles & Stockbridge is opening a Washington office Feb. 15

Revenue, Profits Up at Schulte Roth

Patton Boggs has picked up a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission member

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to launch a dedicated German capital markets offering in Frankfurt with the hiring of a two-partner team from Shearman & Sterling

Pepper Hamilton Hires Nonlawyer CEO to Run Firm

Robert Connolly’s 15-year run as general counsel of BlackRock is over

Van W. Ellis Joins Morrison & Foerster's Washington, D.C. Office, Continuing Expansion of Global Life Sciences Platform

SNR Denton profit shrinks by around 40%, with the firm's latest limited liability partnership accounts showing a fall in profit from £37.9m to £22.5m

Allen & Overy (A&O) has strengthened its US intellectual property (IP) litigation practice with the hire of Steven Adkins from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Kennedys is launching an apprenticeship scheme for school leavers in a bid to provide legal career opportunities for students without a degree

Slater & Gordon used some of the millions generated from its 2007 public listing to snap up the large British personal injury firm Russell Jones & Walker

ROI On Conference Education

Challenging Interview Questions You Should Know How To Answer

Vinson & Elkins Named Among 2012 Best Companies to Work for in Texas

Orrick Cases Make List of ‘10 Biggest IP Litigation Wins of 2011

Paul Hastings LLP, announces that the firm represented GE Capital

Squire Sanders advises on sale of Fallago Rig Windfarm

Berwin Leighton Paisner has repaid a £18.6m debt used largely to refurbish its City premises and launch its Moscow operations

Paul, Weiss Reaches Firm Highs in Revenue, Profits

Four-partner equity capital markets team has left Cobbetts to join the London office of Canadian law firm Gowlings

Clifford Chance has been instructed to advise a group of judges fighting upcoming changes to their judicial pensions

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has seen the amount of time devoted to pro bono and volunteering work by partners and employees fall by 11%

Sidley, Silicon Valley Office Helps Boost Revenue, Profits

Orrick’s Merit-Based Matrix Continues to Be the Most Transparent

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler saw its gross revenue creep up less than 1 percent to $175 million last year, while revenue per lawyer dropped 5.6 percent to $925,000 and profits per partner dipped about 2 percent to roughly $1.58 million

Arnold & Porter partner William Baer is President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is set to launch a dedicated capital markets practice in Germany, with the hire of two partners from US rival Shearman & Sterling

Law Grads Can’t Escape Hefty Student Loans

Eight-Steps for Achieving Your Goals

Few California firms saw large gains in revenue or profits, while at the other end, firms like Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman spent 2011 mostly treading water

What Employers Look For In A Third-Party Recruiter

Pinsent Masons and McGrigors are set to merge on 1 May, with the combined firm to operate under the Pinsents banner

CPA Global has appointed a new head of legal service outsourcing following the departure of former LSO chief Leah Cooper

Herbert Smith, a venerable London-based firm with over 1,000 lawyers, is in preliminary talks with Australia's Freehills concerning a possible megamerger

McDermott Will & Emery and Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft have become the latest US firms to post rising revenues

Linklaters and Ashurst have taken lead roles on TPG Capital's $800m acquisition of hedge fund services company GlobeOp

The Transfer Window: Slaughter and May, Norton Rose, Linklaters, McDermott Will & Emery, Bird & Bird

LG and Hogan Lovells have advised on the sale of London’s Sanderson Hotel and St Martins Lane Hotel to Middle Eastern investor Capital Hill Hotels for £192m

League tables for 2011 ranking outside legal advisers showed that M&A and transactional work continued to stay hot in the energy, mining, power, and utility sectors

Weil's Profits Jump 8 percent

Dealmaker of the Week: Waajid Siddiqui of Hogan Lovells: ExxonMobil is selling a 99 percent stake in its Japanese refining and marketing business

Oneida Suit Over Nixon Peabody Payments to Proceed

Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200: Davis Polk & Wardwell, K&L Gates, Akin Gump, Arnstein & Lehr, Baker & Hostetler

Bryan Cave Comes Into Latest Tie-Up with Revenue on the Rise

Chair of Patton Boggs’ in Washington is one of three finalists vying to become the next dean of Brooklyn Law School

U.S. Adds 243,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Drops Again

Baker & McKenzie has bolstered its Spanish practice with the hire of senior arbitrator José María Alonso Puig from leading local firm Garrigues

Legal Sector Added 1,000 Jobs in January

DLA Piper's International limited liability partnership (LLP), reported revenues of £619.9m during the financial year ending 30 April 2011

Paul Hastings Advises Petron Corporation and Petron Corporation Employees’ Retirement Plan on $176 Million Share Placement

Ballard Nabs Schiff Partners To Launch 3 Atlanta Practice Areas

Law firms pursue growth by poaching in tough climate: DLA took on 87 new partners from other firms

Gordon & Rees Opens New Offices in Carlsbad and St. Louis

Recruiter Corner: Should You Hire An Assistant?

Covington Advises Moelis & Company on Amgen’s $1.16B Acquisition of Micromet

Hogan Lovells Negotiates $2 Billion Hospital Merger in Colorado

Shearman & Sterling Advises on $1 Billion Financing for American Tower

Mayer Brown secures 'springboard' injunction for QBE following trial over team departure

King & Spalding Advises BioScrip in Sale of Specialty Pharmacies and Centralized Specialty and Mail Service Pharmacy to Walgreens

SJ Berwin senior partner Jonathan Blake will not stand for a third term

McGrigors has advised Jimmy Choo on its move to a new London HQ in Westminster

LG and Hogan Lovells have advised on the sale of London’s Sanderson Hotel and St Martins Lane Hotel to Middle Eastern investor Capital Hill Hotels for £192m

Clifford Chance, Linklaters and SNR Denton have picked up lead roles after one of Europe’s largest independent refiners

Hogan Lovells' new chairman emerges as Ashurst head stands down early

Charles Russell has seen off competition from 34 law firms to win a first-time appointment as the exclusive regulatory legal adviser for Premiership Rugby

Berwin Leighton Paisner has made another addition to its finance practice, with Dechert’s Steve Clark set to join the firm as a partner

Herbert Smith has been selected by Aviva as one of four firms to sit on its UK catastrophic loss panel

Eversheds has strengthened its presence in Russia, adding a new ‘best friend’ alliance with Capital Legal Services

Clyde & Co has added Beijing, Australia and Mexico to its list of international targets, as the insurance leader ploughs ahead with plans to expand in the US

Linklaters is consulting with partners about its new five-year strategy, with a revised client focus, expansion in Germany and better performance management for partners

SNR Denton Joins Comeback List as Revenue, Profits Grow

Bill Cobb Returns to Jackson Walker

Wilson Sonsini Announces Bonuses and Base Salary Scale

Greenberg Traurig Hit With Suit Alleging Fraud

Steptoe & Johnson reported gross revenues of $376.5 million for the 2011 fiscal year – a 9.1% increase over 2010

170k New Private Jobs In January

McGrigors partners are set to vote on the firm’s proposed merger with Pinsent Masons

McDermott Stems the Tide as Revenues, Profits Rise

E-discovery is a $20 billion industry that is growing exponentially

Dundas & Wilson is to open an Aberdeen office led by senior corporate partners Douglas Crawford and David Davidson

Finnegan Deals Nice Merit Bonuses

How To Maximize Career Fair Opportunities

How To Recruit For Today’s Startup

Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles on a proposed merger between commodities trader Glencore and mining giant Xstrata worth around $82bn

Norton Rose saw staff costs increase by £12.3m during 2010-11 in the wake of significant international expansion

Jones Day and Covington & Burling have become the latest US law firms to bolster their London Office; hires from the Serious Fraud Office and Baker Botts

Fenwick Takes Lead on Facebook IPO on Heels of 2011 Revenue Uptick

Mayer Brown has posted a 2.4% increase in firmwide revenues for 2011 after two years of faltering financials

Skadden, White & Case, and Freshfields all have a hand in a transaction that will see Finland's Outokumpu become Europe's largest maker of stainless steel

Chadbourne & Parke is reportedly in line to be the first law firm to take space at One World Trade Center

Someone Is Paying Less Than Cravath

Baker Donelson, Womble Carlyle Continue to Grow

Twelve More Law Schools Slapped with Class Action Lawsuits Over Employment Data

Reno & Cavanaugh's D.C. office has added two attorneys to its affordable housing and economic development practice group

Simmons funds partner duo exit to join US firm's London base

Mayer Brown Bounces Back with Gains in Revenue, Profits

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz has merged with a second law firm in Houston, its third combination in less than four months

Do things normally pick up early in the year? Which quarter of the year is historically the best for our profession?

Kirkland & Ellis has added W. Neil Eggleston, a veteran white collar and securities enforcement lawyer, to its Washington office as a partner

K&L Gates Combines with Italian Firm of Marini Salsi Picciau, Adding Milan Office

Hogan Lovells Advises on Sweep of Deals for SABMiller

Womble Carlyle Merges with Hall and Bowers, Opens Columbia Office

Covington Advises SandRidge in $1.275 Billion Acquisition of Dynamic Offshore Resources and Related Financing

Jones Day boosts German practice by opening a new office in Düsseldorf

Fulbright's Pittsburgh Office Is on the Move

Shearman & Sterling Advises on IFR Asia’s Loan of the Year, Vietnam Capital Markets Deal of the Year

Hogan Lovells Moves Up the Most in GCR's Top Ten List of Global Elite Competition Practices

Baker Donelson Expands Texas Presence with Second Houston Merger

Is Your Work Style A Good Match?

Now Introducing ‘Leopard Pride’

Leopard Solutions has always worked to bring recruiters, employers and attorneys together. Now we’re adding one more tool to make that connection- Leopard Pride! Our new social network creates a ‘big tent’’ where students, attorneys, recruiter and employers can network, post questions and research their next move. It’s FREE, it’s NEW and a great way to make connections!

Leopard Pride »

ATTORNEYS
  • Find Jobs
  • Research Law Firms
  • Find Recruiters
  • News
RECRUITERS
  • Find Jobs
  • Find Attorneys
  • Find Law Firm
    Data News
LAW STUDENTS
  • Find Jobs, internships,summer
    associate opportunities
  • Research Law Firms
  • Research out to fellow students and
    attorneys in Leopard Pride
  • News