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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

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

McDermott Stems the Tide as Revenues, Profits Rise

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

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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

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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

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Howrey Exiles Fitting in with Big-Firm Rivals

Cahill Advises SP Newsprint in DIP Facility

Shearman & Sterling Advises Sany Heavy Industry on Merger with Putzmeister Holding in Major Chinese-German Transaction

Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Alfa Bank on Sale of Merchant Acquiring Business

Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in Offering of $700 Million Senior Notes by JBS USA, LLC

Minter Ellison has launched an office in Mongolia in response to demand from clients for it to have a presence in the region

Herbert Smith could go ahead with its proposed tie-up with Australia's Freehills as early as 1 July this year

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan's London office has seen revenues almost double over the last year

Dallas-based McKool Smith announced the addition of two accomplished qui tam partners from Day Pitney

Revenue Up, Profits Down Slightly at Cadwalader

Which law firms have the strongest brands in the United States? Skadden, followed by Jones Day, Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, and Wachtell, lead the big firm pack

Kaye Scholer saw gross revenue dip 3.4 percent last year to $420 million, while the firm's profits per equity partner slipped 6.4 percent to roughly $1.4 million and revenue per lawyer dropped 4 percent to $985,000

Morris, Manning & Martin has added five international trade lawyers to its Washington office

Ireland's Beauchamps Solicitors has acquired Landwell Solicitors

Nixon Peabody last week notified Congress it is lobbying on behalf of Hogan Lovells

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SNR Denton has seen its Paris office hit by a 10-lawyer walkout to US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed, led by three partners

Slaughter and May has been called in to advise on a multimillion-dollar dispute relating to the high-profile liquidation of US broker MF Global

DWF and Cobbetts have called off merger talks due to "current uncertainty in market conditions"

Australia's Slater & Gordon, the world's first publicly listed law firm, is set to acquire UK personal injury specialist law firm Russell Jones & Walker

The Transfer Window: a round-up of recent moves including SJ Berwin, Taylor Wessing, Eversheds, Reed Smith, Maclay Murray & Spens, White & Case, DLA Piper

Clifford Chance has rehired Jason Fry, the secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce ICC as co-head of its international arbitration group

Cobbetts has agreed to refinance £10m in existing loan and overdraft facilities in a new deal with Lloyds Banking Group

For 2011, gross revenues at Quinn Emanuel rose 31% to more than $723 million

After its merger with St. Louis-based Bryan Cave, 18 of the partners from Denver's Holme Roberts & Owen are now listed as counsel on the firm's attorney roster

Slater & Gordon Snaps Up UK Personal Injury Firm, Russell Jones & Walker

Skadden, Morgan Lewis Rev Up For Pep Boys Buyout

Jenner & Block saw its gross revenue and profits per partner pushed to record levels last year thanks to a combination of new work, cost-cutting, and fewer equity partners

Madoff Work Helps Boost Baker & Hostetler Revenue 14 Percent

Kirkland, Davis Polk Help ABB take over U.S. electrical components maker Thomas & Betts

Born of an October 2011 merger, Edwards Wildman Palmer announced the election of a new leadership team triumvirate Monday

Patton Boggs Reports 6.2% Drop in Profits Per Partner in 2011

Kaye Scholer has added a white collar litigation attorney to its Washington office

Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit

Mourant Ozannes has confirmed Hong Kong office launch, with Guernsey corporate partner Paul Christopher formally taking up a role as managing partner of the office

Cleary Gottlieb Counsel in Five of The Deal’s “M&A Deals of the Year”

Winston & Strawn Mourns the Loss of Fellow Partner Paul Bishop

Skadden is representing The Gores Group in its acquisition of Pep Boys

Paul, Weiss Wins Dismissal of Securities Class Action Against Triad Guaranty Inc.

WilmerHale’s Dayton office has been ranked among The Dayton Metro Area’s “Top Workplaces” by Dayton Daily News

Edwards Wildman Inks 11-Year Extension to Lease at One Financial Plaza

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Baker & McKenzie Represents Gibson Guitar in Onkyo Strategic Alliance

Dechert Represents Celgene in Acquisition of Avila Therapeutics

Goodwin Procter Represents Avila Therapeutics in Merger with Celgene Corporation

Chadbourne Celebrates the Opening of Its Istanbul Office

Paul, Weiss Advises Quiznos in Restructuring Deal

Firm Represents Underwriters in $500 Million Notes Offering by Amphenol Corporation

Andrews Kurth Represents IDB in US$ 183 million and Euros 19.1 million Unsecured A/B Loan

Quarles & Brady's Nettles Appointed to R&B singer Usher's New Look Foundation

Cahill Represents Initial Purchasers Rule 144A/Reg S Offering by Clearwire Communications

Hiring and pay for new associates remain in the doldrums at many large law firms

William DeStefano and Terri Pawelski Join Stevens & Lee

Swedish law firm Vinge has appointed Stockholm banking partner Maria-Pia Hope as its new managing partner

Hogan Lovells' international partnership saw capital contributions from members increase by more than £10m during the financial year ending 30 April 2011

Australia's Slater & Gordon, the world's first publicly listed law firm, is set to acquire UK personal injury specialist law firm Russell Jones & Walker

Female Bosses Are No Longer Dreaded

Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200: Quinn Emanuel, Adams and Reese, Baker Hostetler, Ballard Spahr, Blank Rome

Jones Day, Kirkland Advise on Eastman Chemical's $4.7 Billion Solutia Buy

Revenue, Profits Surge at Quinn Emanuel

Hispanic Farmers Implore Judge Regarding Representation In Howrey Case

Edwards Wildman Palmer is hitting back over a salacious suit filed earlier this month

Olswang's highest paid member took home £681,000 last year according to limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts

The Ultimate Lateral Hire: DLA Piper resulted from the combination of three large firms that were themselves the products of mergers of once-independent enterprises

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