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April 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Equities: Back in the Running

The highly anticipated "great recovery" of 2010 turned into the humdrum recovery of 2010. Still, one sector of the American economy came close to living up to the hype: equity markets.
5 minute read
February 23, 2011 | The American Lawyer

BP-Reliance Deal Ropes in V&E, Magic Circle and Indian Firms

Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Vinson & Elkins, and Indian firms AZB & Partners and Talwar, Thakore & Associates are advising on the $7.2 billion deal that will see BP plc acquire a 30 percent interest in offshore oil and gas fields held by India's Reliance Industries Ltd.
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August 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Fried, Frank's Asia Fizzle

The New York firm, which entered Asia in a big way seven years ago, is now down to three partners in Hong Kong and barely a shingle in Shanghai. What went wrong?
6 minute read
August 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The Score: Firms Eye Devils Deal, Proskauer Seals TV Pacts

Proskauer Rose is advising the U.S. Golf Association and NASCAR on new television broadcast rights deals with Fox Sports and NBC Sports, respectively; Boies, Schiller & Flexner and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are leading on a looming sale of the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils; and several Am Law 100 lawyers take seats on the NCAA's expanded infractions committee in our latest look at sports and the law.
10 minute read
December 04, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Jackson Lewis, Dorsey Tap Firm Veterans for Top Posts

The two Am Law 100 firms are getting new leaders, with labor and employment firm Jackson Lewis naming litigation head Vincent Cino to succeed Patrick Vaccaro as chairman, and Minneapolis-based Dorsey & Whitney choosing corporate partner Kenneth Cutler to follow Marianne Short as the firm's managing partner.
6 minute read
August 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Talk to Me

New York's Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle finished last among the 160 firms ranked. Despite its small size and an atmosphere described by some as "very relaxed," the 200-lawyer firm suffered from poor marks in management communication. Associates also said that Curtis, Mallet management seemed to have a general disregard for associates' opinions in firm affairs, with one associate describing managing partner George Kahale III as someone who "runs the firm as a dictatorship."
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January 23, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Four Firms Grab Roles on Pan American's $1.5 Billion Mining Deal

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March 28, 2012 | The American Lawyer

From Singapore to Switzerland, More Law Firm Merger Talks and Tie-Ups

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January 26, 2012 | The American Lawyer

The Bankruptcy Files: Europe, Energy, and Beyond Oblivion

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