Hillary Flynn

July 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Five partners leave Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis to start their own firm; Jones Day adds a partner in Hong Kong; and Bingham McCutchen snags a tax partner. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected]

By Hillary Flynn

3 minute read

October 03, 2013 | The American Lawyer

After seeing eight Dallas-based partners jump to Sidley Austin two weeks ago, Weil, Gotshal & Manges is now losing the managing partner of its Houston office and three other partners to Winston & Strawn.

By Hillary Flynn

3 minute read

July 23, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie hires 20 attorneys in Madrid; Jones Day adds a former federal prosecutor in Texas; and Willkie Farr & Gallagher poaches from Kirkland & Ellis in London. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected]

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

August 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Lawyers land at new firms from Epstein Becker & Green's recently shuttered Atlanta office; Winston & Strawn grabs a four-partner intellectual property team from Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner; and a white-collar partner returns to O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

5 minute read

August 20, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A four-attorney team leaves Dow Lohnes for Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Atlanta; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe hires in Tokyo from Paul Hastings; and Davis Wright Tremaine gains a health care lawyer in Seattle. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].

By Hillary Flynn

5 minute read

October 07, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is advising First Reserve and its portfolio company Templar Energy on a $1 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets from Denver-based oil and natural gas company Forest Oil Corporation. Hall Estill is also representing Templar while David, Graham & Stubbs is advising Forest Oil.

By Hillary Flynn

3 minute read

August 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Dole CEO David Murdock has agreed to buy the remaining 60 percent of the fruit and vegetable company he does not already own in a deal worth $1.6 billion. Paul Hastings is advising Murdock while Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is representing Dole. Meanwhile, Sullivan & Cromwell is serving as counsel to a special committee of Dole's board of directors.

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read

August 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is advising Paulson & Company on its $512 million acquisition of Steinway, which is being represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In accepting Paulson's offer, the renowned piano maker is backing off an earlier $438 million deal with a Kohlberg & Company affiliate.

By Hillary Flynn

3 minute read

June 19, 2013 | The American Lawyer

St. Louis–based Husch Blackwell announced Wednesday that it is merging with Texas's Brown McCarroll. The news comes two days after Polsinelli snagged 11 lawyers from the firm, which appears to have touched a nerve with Husch Blackwell's managing partner.

By Hillary Flynn

6 minute read

July 09, 2013 | The American Lawyer

In-house lawyers at leading financial services companies are concerned about what they say is the willingness of the outside law firms they employ to let their attorneys engage in business-related communications on personal devices. The Am Law Daily sought the law firms' take on the topic, but got mostly silence.

By Hillary Flynn

4 minute read