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October 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Squeeze Play

Investors in Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme are now at the mercy of a floundering receivership. What went wrong?
6 minute read
September 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Kirkland, DLA Lead on Vista's Active Network Buy

Vista Equity Partners is relying on frequent outside counsel Kirkland & Ellis for its $1.05 billion purchase of cloud-based event management software maker Active Network, which has turned to a team of DLA Piper lawyers for representation on the deal.
4 minute read
February 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

The 2010 Lateral Report Starring Roles

When Laura Brank (photo at left), who was managing partner of Chadbourne's Moscow and St. Petersburg offices, defected to Dechert's new Moscow group last November, the departure caused something of a cold war. Brank is one of this year's star laterals, our picks for the most important partner moves of 2009.
14 minute read
January 06, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Bankruptcy Files: A Big Start to 2012

15 minute read
August 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Fading Away

Since January 2008, Am Law 200 firms have laid off more than 2,900 lawyers. As part of our annual midlevel survey, we asked 6,101 third-, fourth-, and fifth-year associates to assess how their firms handled layoffs.
12 minute read
March 07, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Cooley, Winston Help Hot Topic Find New Home in Latest Retail Deal

The two Am Law 100 firms are advising on the $600 million sale of teenage clothing retailer Hot Topic to Sycamore Partners, the latest in a trio of retail-related transactions by the New York-based private equity firm.
4 minute read
June 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Crazy Like a Fox

10 minute read
May 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Losing Their Balance

Cravath, Swaine & Moore suffered a 13 percent drop in revenue and a 24 percent plunge in profits per partner in 2008. As Cravath goes, so go New York's top firms?
6 minute read
August 02, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Pro Bono Team Says You Can Fight City Hall

Over the past decade, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyers have filed dozens of suits against public bodies —many of them targeting New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration—as part of a program aimed at assisting overmatched neighborhood groups. Is the firm boosting good government or just playing politics?
10 minute read
May 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Cleary, Linklaters Advise as Citi Sheds Brazil Assets

Citigroup is selling Brazilian unit Credicard to São Paulo–based Itaú Unibanco in a cash deal worth $1.38 billion. Brazil's Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados is serving as local counsel to Citi on the sale.
3 minute read

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