Brian Baxter

July 18, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

Struggling retail chains shopping for law lawyers in what might well become the year of the retail bankruptcy saw several of their ailing brethren dip into the Big Law ranks this month for a trio of Chapter 11 cases.

By BRIAN BAXTER

4 minute read

July 17, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Struggling retail chains shopping for law lawyers in what might well become the year of the retail bankruptcy saw several of their ailing brethren dip into the Big Law ranks this month for a trio Chapter 11 cases. And Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a firm not down for advising debtors, appears to have a role in one case.

By Brian Baxter

13 minute read

July 09, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Donald Vieira, a former chief of staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's national security division and leader of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's CFIUS and national security practice, has left the firm's office in the nation's capital for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

July 06, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Baker Botts and Davis Polk & Wardwell played leading roles in the combination of two video shopping giants, Pennsylvania's QVC and St. Petersburg, Florida-based HSN Inc.

By Lizzy McLellan and Brian Baxter

3 minute read

July 03, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The two Am Law 100 firms are advising on an initial public offering valuing the New York-based, meal-kit delivery company at $1.89 billion. Wilmer is also netting a seven-figure fee for its work.

By Brian Baxter

26 minute read

June 28, 2017 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp. has turned to Weil, Gotshal & Manges and two other firms as it pursues a $1.6 billion sale to Key Safety Systems Inc.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

June 28, 2017 | International Edition

US firm confirms launch details for new patent prosecution boutique Haley Guiliano

By Brian Baxter

3 minute read

June 27, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Haley Guiliano, a boutique firm specializing in patent prosecution and other intellectual property work, will officially separate from Ropes & Gray on Aug. 1. The new firm will combine operations with Shvarts & Leiz, a small shop comprised of fellow Ropes & Gray alums, and have offices in London, New York and San Jose, California.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

June 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp. has turned to Weil, Gotshal & Manges and two other firms as it pursues a $1.6 billion sale to Key Safety Systems Inc. The proposed acquirer, advised by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, is owned by China's Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. Big legal fees loom on the horizon.

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read

June 16, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Soupman Inc., a company that licenses the name made famous by the sitcom "Seinfeld," filed for bankruptcy on June 13 in Delaware, just weeks after its CFO was arrested for tax evasion. Polsinelli is seeking to save the debtor as it pursues a sale in Chapter 11. But some other large law firms face big writeoffs on their legal bills.

By Brian Baxter

30 minute read