Anthony Lin

April 26, 2006 | National Law Journal

Bracewell & Giuliani has recruited Mark Palmer, the former head of the U.S. corporate practice of British legal giant Linklaters, along with two former Linklaters associates, all of whom will join as partners. Palmer will become head of the firm's New York corporate practice. The group is one of the more significant to have joined the New York office of the 400-lawyer, Houston-based firm, which made a splashy launch in Manhattan last year by bringing aboard as a name partner former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

By Anthony Lin

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January 22, 2007 | Law.com

Milberg Weiss & Bershad has lost the two partners responsible for its antitrust practice. J. Douglas Richards and Michael M. Buchman have joined rival New York class action law firm Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross. The pair are veterans of major antitrust cases over prescription drugs, Microsoft software and auction house fees. They also participated in the massive case against Mastercard and Visa that produced the largest antitrust settlement in history.

By Anthony Lin

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August 01, 2007 | National Law Journal

WilmerHale has recruited Michael J. O'Brien, the New York managing partner of King & Spalding, to focus on mergers and acquisitions and private equity in WilmerHale's New York office. Last year, O'Brien led King & Spalding's team representing Caremark Rx Inc. in its $26 billion merger with CVS Corp.King & Spalding Managing Partner Joins WilmerHale

By Anthony Lin

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December 01, 2005 | Law.com

By Anthony Lin

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December 03, 2007 | National Law Journal

Miami-based Akerman Senterfitt has doubled the size of its New York office with its acquisition of 21-lawyer Stadtmauer Bailkin, a firm specializing in economic development and land use. Akerman Senterfitt, which opened its New York office two years ago, has about 500 lawyers nationwide.

By Anthony Lin

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May 11, 2007 | National Law Journal

O'Melveny & Myers has recruited a four-partner bankruptcy practice from Stroock & Stroock & Lavan. The practice is led by Michael J. Sage, who will be co-head of O'Melveny's restructuring group. O'Melveny's move comes just one day after Cravath, Swaine & Moore announced it was launching a bankruptcy practice with the recruitment of partner Richard Levin from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

By Anthony Lin

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August 26, 2005 | Law.com

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has agreed to acquire most of Coudert Brothers' China practice, in the first such move to follow Coudert's announcement last week that it is disbanding. The nine partners and roughly 30 other lawyers joining Orrick comprise all of Coudert's Hong Kong and Shanghai staff and a large part of its Beijing office, and will give Orrick its first presence in China.

By Anthony Lin

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November 05, 2009 | Law.com

The Korean government is planning a major deregulation of the nation's legal and other professional services markets, the Korea Herald reports. A number of measures aimed at reducing regulation have been recommended to the government by the Korean Development Institute, a think tank. Perhaps most controversially, the KDI has proposed that non-lawyers and conglomerates be permitted to own stakes in law firms. Local bar groups are not happy about the move toward less regulation of the trade.

By Anthony Lin

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May 31, 2006 | Law.com

British legal giant Clifford Chance announced on Tuesday estimated revenue of $1.9 billion and profits per partner of $1.5 million for the fiscal year ended April 30, up a respective 13 percent and 24 percent from the year before. The London-based firm, which is not included in the annual Am Law 100 survey of The American Lawyer magazine, has 268 of its 2,500 lawyers in New York.

By Anthony Lin

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February 15, 2007 | Law.com

Chicago-based McDermott, Will & Emery has recruited Andrew D. Kaizer, a top partner from the New York office of WilmerHale, to become head of its SEC defense group and a member of its trial department. Kaizer's move comes days after WilmerHale lost a trio of London technology partners to a new U.K. office for San Francisco's Heller Ehrman.

By Anthony Lin

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