Brian Baxter

December 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A leading French M&A lawyer heads to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Paris; King & Spalding brings back a former partner and sees its M&A cohead head to the NFL; Squire Patton Boggs makes it rain Down Under and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

11 minute read

December 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Virtu Financial, a high-speed trading shop led by former Paul Weiss corporate partner Douglas Cifu, tapped the firm to handle its $180 million sale of a minority stake to Singapore's Temasek Holdings, only months after it scuttled a $250 million initial public offering.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

December 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A trio of partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Edwards Wildman Palmer sets up shop in new locales; three more firms hire Bingham McCutchen refugees; Chadbourne & Parke adds a former U.S. ambassador; Skadden brings back a top federal regulator; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

December 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As the holiday season rolls around, transactional work for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is ramping up. The firm recently grabbed a role on a handful of big deals worth more than $15 billion for clients like Hawaiian Electric Industries, Japan's Ostuka Holdings, the Robb Report and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

December 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Kerry Potter McCormick, an investment funds associate with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York, started a petition to have embattled comedian Bill Cosby removed from Temple University's board of trustees. Cosby, represented by high-profile Hollywood litigator Martin Singer, stepped down from the board this week, a move praised by the board's chair, Cozen O'Connor vice chair Patrick O'Connor.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

December 03, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Former Cleary Gottlieb senior associate Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of The Lending Club, stands to see his stake in the peer-to-peer lender be worth some $160 million after an initial public offering next week. Fenwick & West and O'Melveny & Myers are also poised to profit from The Lending Club's future float.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

December 02, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ogletree Deakins, Quinn Emanuel and Winston & Strawn join the Houston hiring frenzy; Bingham McCutchen's exodus continues; three Howrey alums find a new home at Novak Druce; Jenner & Block brings on a former Deepwater Horizon task force head; Skadden adds one in London and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

December 01, 2014 | Law.com

Partners at both Am Law 100 firms voted to form a 1,000-lawyer firm called Locke Lord Edwards as of Jan. 10, 2015.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

November 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The world's second-largest firm by attorney head count adds two more former federal regulators to its ranks; American Apparel hires a Loeb & Loeb partner; Greenberg Traurig bags Edwards Wildman Palmer's Los Angeles partner-in-charge; Steptoe & Johnson snags an IP trio and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

November 27, 2014 | The American Lawyer

John Altorelli, cochair of the U.S. finance practice at DLA Piper in New York, has become at least the third former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner to file for personal bankruptcy protection. The Chapter 7 filing by Altorelli in Connecticut comes after a recent ruling in Dewey's own bankruptcy case precluding ex-partners from invoking a key defense against clawback claims by the defunct firm's liquidating trustee.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read