Brian Baxter

November 10, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In a down year for big corporate bankruptcies, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom bagged a big assignment Monday for Seattle-based biotechnology company Dendreon as the prostate cancer drug maker filed for bankruptcy in Delaware. Also tapped by the debtor as claims agent in its Chapter 11 case is Prime Clerk, a company started last year by former Weil, Gotshal & Manges restructuring partner Shai Waisman.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

November 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Covington & Burling picks up a leading consumer financial services lawyer from Morrison & Foerster, a firm that recently saw a technology transactions partner join the NBA; Gibson Dunn makes a government hire after election season; two more firms raid Bingham; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

14 minute read

November 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The Washington, D.C.-based firm confirmed a decision to separate its eight-lawyer bankruptcy and financial restructuring practice following a strategic review.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

November 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Bingham McCutchen and Edwards Wildman Palmer aren't the only big firms with strong New England roots playing the merger game. Boston-based Hinckley, Allen & Snyder bolted on a four-lawyer IP boutique in Providence this week as the 150-lawyer regional firm with $90 million in gross revenue sidles up to the back end of The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

November 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As Boston-based legal giants Bingham McCutchen and Edwards Wildman Palmer move toward potential merger votes with separate suitors, the latter is shedding a small number of staffers from its struggling London office. Bingham, meanwhile, could see up to 25 partners in three offices head elsewhere ahead of a possible union with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, which this week quietly hired the cohead of Bingham's derivatives and commodities practice.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

November 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

One of the world's largest firms expands in the Garden State and Casablanca; Katten Muchin Rosenman adds a former Dealmaker of the Year; Norton Rose Fulbright gets into cybersecurity; Willkie Farr & Gallagher goes to Houston and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

November 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

An annual partnership retreat at Bingham McCutchen scheduled for this week in Scottsdale, Ariz., has been canceled. Bingham's partners are facing a Wednesday deadline to accept offer letters from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, as the two firms continue to mull a potential combination of their operations.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

November 03, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Monday was a three-deal day for the corporate lawyers at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Sullivan & Cromwell, as the two leading Am Law 100 firms each advised clients on a trio of notable transactions. Covington & Burling, Hogan Lovells, Jones Day, Kirkland, Davis Polk and Wachtell also had key roles on five separate deals.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

November 01, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A Steptoe & Johnson crisis manager joins a spin shop, while a former special counsel quietly departs; Kirkland adds another Skadden partner; King & Spalding brings on Bobby Jindal's brother; Baker & Hostetler bags three across the country; a Bingham IP star departs; and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

12 minute read

November 01, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A Steptoe & Johnson crisis manager joins a spin shop, while a former special counsel quietly departs; Kirkland adds another Skadden partner; King & Spalding brings on Bobby Jindal's brother; Baker & Hostetler bags three across the country; a Bingham IP star departs; and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

12 minute read