Brian Baxter

October 31, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings corporate partner Thomas Kruger—an avid bike rider who last month helped Tate's Bake Shop find a private equity buyer—is advising another investor group on its purchase of Alta Bicycle Share, a company behind ride-sharing programs in several cities, including New York. Edwards Wildman Palmer and Jones Day also picked up roles on the deal, which could give the Big Apple's embattled Citi Bike program a much-needed reboot.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

October 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Irwin Raij, cochair of Foley & Lardner's sports industry team, is part of a star-studded, 22-person investor group bringing a second professional soccer team to Los Angeles. McDermott Will & Emery and Proskauer Rose are also working on the deal, which reportedly marks the highest price ever paid for a franchise in Major League Soccer.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

October 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As the 2014-15 National Basketball season tips off this week, several Am Law 100 firms are getting in on some off-the-court legal action. DLA Piper has been retained to advise on a sale of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Sullivan & Cromwell is counseling the owner of the New York Knicks on a potential split of his company's operations and Proskauer Rose its representing the league itself on a landmark deal in Brazil. The NBA players union also filed its annual operating report, which details legal fees paid to Paul Weiss, Orrick, Steptoe, Weil and Winston & Strawn.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

October 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Three more Edwards Wildman Palmer partners head elsewhere amid the firm's looming merger vote with Locke Lord; Kirkland's latest lateral raid targets Skadden; a Bingham McCutchen restructuring partner heads in-house; Tom Daschle joins forces with Baker Donelson; and more notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

October 24, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Eight months after leaving Kirkland & Ellis for McDermott Will & Emery, private equity partner Leonard Klingbaum is on the move again; Greenberg Traurig hires a former California Senate leader; Weil, Gotshal & Manges adds a high-yield partner in London; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter and Wenxiong Zhang

6 minute read

October 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ahead of a looming merger vote with Locke Lord, a 20-lawyer IP group from Edwards Wildman Palmer in Boston is poised to depart for Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo as a result of a conflict between their representation of a large pharmaceutical company and Locke Lord's work for a generic drug manufacturer.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

October 22, 2014 | The American Lawyer

A month after Bingham McCutchen's management disclosed to its partnership plans to merge with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, lingering issues remain over what a combined firm might look like. At the same time, Bingham is grappling with internal issues, including controversial pay packages, a heavy debt load and an exodus of top talent.

By Brian Baxter

10 minute read

October 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Six weeks after joining Fried Frank, former Sidley Austin securities and derivatives enforcement head David Katz returns to the firm; Kirkland & Ellis makes two more high-profile additions; Schulte Roth snags Patterson Belknap's trusts and estates chair; and other notable hires from throughout The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

October 21, 2014 | The American Lawyer

In yet another high-profile lateral addition, Kirkland & Ellis poached Weil, Gotshal & Manges private equity partner Douglas Ryder in New York. The hire is the latest in a series of notable moves by Kirkland, which also recently raided Ropes & Gray in Hong Kong, but will lose the founding partner of its San Francisco office to a longtime private equity client.

By Brian Baxter and Julie Triedman

7 minute read

October 20, 2014 | The American Lawyer

As the U.S. moves to become the world's largest oil producer, lawyers from Cooley, Latham & Watkins, McGuireWoods, Norton Rose Fulbright, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are helping QEP Resources unload its natural gas pipeline and processing unit for $2.5 billion in cash to Tesoro Logistics, a refinery operator owned by Tesoro Corp.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read