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The American Lawyer

The Disruptors: How Paul Weiss and Freshfields are Transforming the Global Elite Race

They have starkly different backgrounds. But both firms have succeeded in ways that other firms have not when breaking into significant foreign markets. Leaders at both firms explain how.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

Nonequity Tiers Are Growing, but These Big Firms Say Path to Equity Remains the Same

Leaders of Paul Weiss, McDermott and Weil explain their firm's path to partnership approach—and the benefits from it.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Tie-Up or Break-Up? Latin American Firms Are Doing Both

Being independent allows local law firms in the region to do business with whom they want, when they want, but deprives them of some of the institutional support they might enjoy with a global firm.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Techification of the Law Firm C-Suite

While many lawyers were busy focusing on how generative AI would impact the practice of law, its shockwaves were reaching all the way to the venerable Big Law C-suite.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

How Hogan Lovells' South African Dream Crashed—Twice

Hogan Lovells is closing its office in Johannesburg saying it wants to focus on strategic markets but there's much more behind the African exit.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

UK and US Law Firms in Merger Talks as Demand for Scale Grows

"There have been a number of direct outreach inquiries from U.K. to U.S. firms," noted a firm consultant.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Big Law Congressional Investigations Practices Are Proliferating. Here's Why

"There aren't that many matters for law firms anymore where you're going to be dealing with the CEO, the general counsel, and all those senior people," said Robert Kelner at Covington.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Invests More in Alumni Networks, Seeing Returns in Business, Talent

Debevoise, Sidley, McDermott, Eversheds and Epstein Becker leaders say they have seen the benefits of a robust alumni connection program.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

With Recent Mergers, Am Law 200 Firms 'Look Outward For Expansion'

This shift isn't happening in isolation. A Compass analysis shows stagnant growth, if not outright shrinkage, among several of the local players in one mature Big Law market.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Underwriting' Laterals Stokes Tension Among Nonequity Partners

Although pay for equity partners is going up, "we are seeing some firms that are not raising compensation for nonequity partners or, in some cases, cutting comp," observed a recruiter.
5 minute read

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