Anthony Lin

July 03, 2013 | Law.com

U.K. Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy said Wednesday that its gross revenue and overall net income increased slightly in its most recent fiscal year, while its profits per partner held steady for the third straight year.

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August 16, 2007 | National Law Journal

Baker & McKenzie, the world's largest law firm, is set to announce today that it grossed $1.83 billion in its 2007 fiscal year -- a 20 percent increase in revenue. The firm will also report that, for the first time, its profits per partner were over the $1 million mark, up 22 percent from the year before. Chairman John Conroy attributed the results to a strategic plan the 3,600-lawyer firm adopted three years ago.

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January 10, 2005 | National Law Journal

Dechert, which already has a large Northeast presence, has recruited 65 lawyers from Washington-based Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, effectively acquiring Swidler's New York office.

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September 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A Malaysian claimant said Indonesia's highest court declined to enforce arbitral awards worth $300 million on the grounds that doing so would "interfere with the judicial process in Indonesia."

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February 20, 2013 | Law.com

Out of 23 international law firms that applied, Singapore has awarded additional Qualifying Foreign Law Practice licenses to four: Sidley Austin; Linklaters; Jones Day; and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Unlike other foreign firms, QFLP firms can practice local Singapore law in certain areas and directly hire Singapore-qualified lawyers.

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August 22, 2005 | National Law Journal

Partners at pioneering international law firm Coudert Brothers have voted to let the firm break up after failing to reach a merger agreement with another firm.

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September 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Former Herbert Smith Freehills partner Betty Tam is joining Mayer Brown JSM's Shanghai office, while former Jingtian & Gongcheng partner Guoqing Li is coming on board in Beijing.

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October 26, 2007 | National Law Journal

Baker & McKenzie said Thursday that it had requested and received the resignation of indicted partner Martin Weisberg. Weisberg was indicted last week in the Eastern District of New York on charges that he participated with five other defendants in a stock-fraud scheme that netted two overseas short-sellers $55 million in illegal profits. He has pleaded not guilty.

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September 21, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SULLIVAN CROMWELL has unveiled a plan to pay senior associates and counsels supplemental bonuses tied to the firm's financial performance. According to a memo circulated internally Wednesday, the New York firm will set aside a pool for the new bonuses, which are for associates at the fifth-year level and up, as well as counsels, and which will be paid in addition to those lawyers' base salaries and normal year-end bonuses.

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August 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

Cooley Godward Kronish has welcomed two new partners to its New York office but has also lost one to a rival. Joining the firm are Laura Grossfield Birger, the former chief of the general crimes unit at the Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office, and Jennifer B. Coplan, a former counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton. The additions come at the same time as the departure of veteran executive compensation specialist Paul M. Ritter, who will head that practice at Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel.

By Anthony Lin

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