Brian Baxter

April 12, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Five years after paying $612 million for cybersecurity company SecureWorks Corp., tech giant Dell Inc. is poised to pull off an IPO valuing the former at $1.4 billion. Hogan Lovells and Davis Polk & Wardwell also stand to benefit from 2016's first big tech listing.

By Brian Baxter and Rose Walker

15 minute read

April 11, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Holland & Knight keeps hiring; Kirkland picks up one from Paul Weiss; Proskauer Rose reels in some heavy-hitters; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

140 minute read

April 08, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Structured finance and capital markets partner Matthew Cahill became the latest partner at the firm to run afoul of the law, withdrawing from the partnership in London after being accused of tax fraud in a film investment scheme.

By Brian Baxter

7 minute read

April 05, 2016 | Law.com

Sidley Austin, McCarter & English and Winston & Strawn are among a dozen legal advisers providing outside counsel and arbitration services to the Major League Baseball Players Association, according to a recent Labor Department filing.

By Brian Baxter

24 minute read

March 31, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller and Cooley bulk up their nascent outposts in London; Gordon Rees and Shipman & Goodwin grow in New York; Hogan Lovells hires four in Australia and an ex-New York prosecutor; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

17 minute read

March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Andrew Caspersen, a Harvard Law School graduate turned private equity executive, was charged by the SEC and federal prosecutors with securities and wire fraud. Caspersen is related to several notable Big Law and Ivy League alums.

By Brian Baxter

11 minute read

March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer

The sports league paid a total of more than $20 million to three Am Law 100 firms last year, tax filings show.

By Brian Baxter

23 minute read

March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Wiley Rein's food and drug leader decamps for DLA Piper; Mayer Brown recruits a key Verizon in-house lawyer; Skadden hires from a high-profile boutique; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

21 minute read

March 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

McGuireWoods heads to San Francisco after a Reed Smith raid; Kirkland launches a Houston tax practice; Sidley Austin snags a high-powered IP team from Ropes & Gray; and other notable additions from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

March 23, 2016 | The American Lawyer

Julian Petty, head of Nixon Peabody's entertainment practice, reminisces about Phife Dawg, the late rapper and member of A Tribe Called Quest who was one of his first clients in building a practice with a hip-hop base.

By Brian Baxter

15 minute read