Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson is based in London, where he writes about global law firms and the business of law. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @chris_t_johnson.
March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Deals of the Year: Dell / EMCSimpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom took the lead in the biggest tech-industry deal ever.
By Chris Johnson
16 minute read
March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Startup FeverA selection of nonlegal businesses at leading U.S. and U.K. law firms
By Chris Johnson
4 minute read
March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer
World's First Publicly Traded Law Firm Takes a Big HitSlater & Gordon saw its market cap drop 95 percent on a reported loss of $740 million.
By Chris Johnson
4 minute read
March 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer
Deals of the Year: Heinz / KraftCravath, Swaine & Moore, Sullivan & Cromwell and Kirkland & Ellis each had starring roles in a fast-paced food-industry merger.
By Chris Johnson
8 minute read
March 22, 2016 | The American Lawyer
How To Stem Millennial 'Brain Drain'Lessons and tips from the consulting profession and other industries about how to keep your millennial employees.
By Chris Johnson
12 minute read
March 22, 2016 | Law.com
Brussels Blasts Disrupt Big Law BusinessBrussels, the seat of the European Union and a hub for U.S. and international firms, was in lockdown Tuesday after a series of explosions rocked the city's airport and a central subway station. At least 34 have been killed in the terrorist attacks.
By Chris Johnson, Julie Triedman and Nell Gluckman
6 minute read
March 21, 2016 | The American Lawyer
What Killed Greenberg Traurig's U.K. Merger?Behind the failed merger talks between Greenberg Traurig and London-based Berwin Leighton Paisner.
By Chris Johnson
13 minute read
March 10, 2016 | The American Lawyer
The Am Law 100: A Big Year for Fried Frank as New Strategy Pays OffFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson achieved significant increases in revenue and profit in 2015, driven at least partly by strategic and operational changes made by chair David Greenwald.
By Chris Johnson
4 minute read
March 04, 2016 | The American Lawyer
World's First Publicly-Listed Law Firm to Restructure After Mammoth LossAustralia's Slater & Gordon, which went public in 2007, is planning to restructure its debt and U.K. operations after posting a net loss of almost a billion Australian dollars in the second half of 2015.
By Chris Johnson
6 minute read
February 26, 2016 | The American Lawyer
The Am Law 200: Revenue, Net Income Down at Foley HoagFoley Hoag saw slight declines in both revenue and net in 2015, according to reporting by The American Lawyer.
By Chris Johnson
2 minute read
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