Brian Baxter

December 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer private equity partner David Higgins is poised to become co-managing partner of the London office at Kirkland & Ellis, which has also brought on several more lawyers from Debevoise & Plimpton in New York.

By Anna Ward

4 minute read

December 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Houston-based oil exploration and production company Cobalt International Energy Inc. owes more than $3.5 million in legal fees to a half-dozen law firms, according to bankruptcy court filings.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

December 13, 2017 | The Recorder

The pending demise of Sedgwick has resulted in a maritime group that the firm recruited nearly two years ago decamping for Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani.

By Brian Baxter | Meghan Tribe |

3 minute read

December 13, 2017 | National Law Journal

Doug Jones, a name partner at Birmingham's Jones & Hawley and a former partner at Haskell Slaughter and Whatley Drake, stunned Republican candidate Roy Moore in a special U.S. Senate election in Alabama.

By Brian Baxter | C. Ryan Barber |

24 minute read

December 12, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Private equity giant The Carlyle Group LP has invested an undisclosed sum in New York-based Prime Clerk, a bankruptcy claims administrator started by former Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Shai Waisman.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

December 08, 2017 | The American Lawyer

As U.S. firms seek to increase market share, so do their colleagues overseas. DAC Beachcroft and Mills & Reeve recently signed agreements with firms in Argentina, Germany and The Netherlands.

By Joseph Evans and Alex Berry

5 minute read

December 08, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Sometimes bankruptcy court bites back. A trio of Chapter 11 filings in recent weeks by Amfuel, Level Solar Inc. and RDX Technologies Corp. have a host of large law firms awaiting outstanding payments.

By Brian Baxter

5 minute read

December 07, 2017 | The American Lawyer

CMS is the latest firm to recruit from Sedgwick's sole remaining overseas outpost after similar moves by two other U.K.-based firms.

By Joseph Evans

2 minute read

December 06, 2017 | The Recorder

Joshua Grode, co-chair of the transactions practice since joining Irell & Manella in 2014, is poised to leave the firm and become CEO of film and television production company Legendary Entertainment.

By Brian Baxter |

4 minute read

December 06, 2017 | The American Lawyer

DAC Beachcroft is bringing on a six-lawyer team from the shuttering Am Law 200 firm led by partners Mark Kendall and Duncan Strachan.

By Joseph Evans

3 minute read