Brian Baxter

July 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The longtime head of Andrews Kurth's corporate governance and securities practice is preparing to leave the firm just weeks after it settled a malpractice case seeking $50 million in damages over its representation of an affiliate of convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

July 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

After a spate of lateral departures following a tough financial year in 2013, Bingham McCutchen has reportedly sounded out several Am Law 100 firms for potential tie-up talks, which come at a record-setting time for law firm mergers.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

July 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A month after Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz executive compensation partner Jeremy Goldstein left the venerable Am Law 100 firm to start his own practice, the country's most profitable shop on a profits-per-partner basis looked outside its ranks to find a replacement in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett partner Andrea Wahlquist. She becomes only the fourth lateral partner hire in Wachtell's storied history.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

July 18, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A flurry of moves at DLA Piper; a longtime Quinn Emanuel partner departs; and Bingham loses two more amid merger talks in our latest look at notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

July 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Foley & Lardner, Dorsey & Whitney and leading Canadian firms Miller Thomson and Stikeman Elliott are advising on a $3.8 billion oil and gas merger that will create the largest producer in North Dakota's lucrative Bakken Shale formation.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

July 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In an era when many large firms have shortened their monikers, Gordon & Rees added two new name partners to its shingle earlier this year to become Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani. Miles Scully, one of those partners, talks with The Am Law Daily about that decision, litigation with Alex Rodriguez and his firm's expansion efforts as it prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

July 17, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A tax filing released this week by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the embattled governing body for college sports, shows the big money it paid to Latham & Watkins during its most recent fiscal year.

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

July 16, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells are representing Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox on its $80 billion unsolicited takeover bid for Time Warner, which has rejected the offer. Cravath, Swaine & Moore is advising Time Warner on the matter. All three firms have long histories with the two media giants.

By Brian Baxter

37 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie heads to Brisbane, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan takes its litigation prowess to Houston and a trio of partners leave Kirkland & Ellis in our latest look at notable moves from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

July 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

After outpacing the Am Law 100 pack for transactional work during the first half of 2014, Skadden has stepped up its game in the third quarter by advising Brazil's BTG Pactual Group on its $1.7 billion buy of Italian insurer Generali's Swiss private bank as well as Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprungli on its purchase of Russell Stover Candies for a reported $1.4 billion. Skadden also recently advised on an agreement to save struggling retailer American Apparel.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read