Brian Baxter

September 27, 2014 | The American Lawyer

After months of partner departures, Bingham McCutchen has dipped into the lateral market to make some hires of its own by bringing on an energy partner in Washington, D.C., and a senior counsel in San Francisco. The Am Law Daily looks at those moves and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

September 26, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Or perhaps it's a tax break. White & Case is the latest Am Law 100 firm to announce the opening of a global services center separate from its other offices. The legal giant, which grossed $1.44 billion last year, has moved 45 back-office staff positions to Tampa thanks to $300,000 in incentives from the Sunshine State.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

September 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Richard Smith, head of regulatory and government investigations at Norton Rose Fulbright, has been hired by the National Football League Players Association for its investigation of the league's indefinite suspension of former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice, who himself has retained former Crowell & Moring litigation partner Peter Ginsberg.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

September 25, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Despite worries over Western sanctions, a trio of Am Law 100 firms sidled up for the $700 million sale of Pabst Brewing Co. to Russia's Oasis Beverages, while Russian veteran Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton advised aluminum giant United Company Rusal on its recent $5.15 billion debt restructuring.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

September 24, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Four months after withdrawing from litigation in an East Texas federal court due to their former client's alleged falsification of evidence, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Sanford Warren Jr., senior counsel R. Scott Rhoades and counsel Joshua Hedrick are starting their own firms in Dallas. Akin incurred roughly $5.4 million in legal fees by taking on a case for a company whose principals are now under criminal investigation.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Bingham McCutchen lost four more partners to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld this week in Hong Kong and London, as the former continues to pursue a potential merger with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. McCarter & English adds eight partners of its own through a merger, Jones Day hires another Latin American dealmaker and more notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

September 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Rumored for weeks to be mulling a potential union, the two Am Law 100 firms saw their leaders reach an agreement on a merger deal Friday that could create a 2,100-lawyer firm with offices in 28 cities. The potential combination, which does net yet include a letter of intent, comes after months of lateral partner departures at Bingham. The firm has gone through a leadership change as it seeks to rebound from a tough year financially in 2013.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

September 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Magic Circle firm's New York hiring spree continued, although one partner has left the London-based legal giant's office in Washington, D.C., for a top in-house job at Chevron. The Am Law Daily looks at those moves and more in our latest tally of notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

14 minute read

September 19, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Valerie Ford Jacob, the head of the capital markets group at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, is leaving with partners Michael Levitt and Paul Tropp to join Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York. The moves are the latest high-profile lateral hires by Freshfields in the U.S.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

September 18, 2014 | The American Lawyer

German software giant SAP has turned to Jones Day and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison for its $8.3 billion acquisition of enterprise software company Concur Technologies. The deal is one of a handful of major software transactions announced so far this month and third major M&A mandate in a week for Jones Day.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read