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Norton Rose Fulbright Joins Ranks of the Legal Giants
As the merger between London-based Norton Rose and Am Law 100 stalwart Fulbright & Jaworski officially went live on Monday, The Am Law Daily looks back to The American Lawyer's Am Law 100 list from 1999—just before Clifford Chance clinched the first large transatlantic tie-up with Rogers & Wells—to see which U.S. firms chose to expand abroad by staking out a merger partner in London.Is the Magic Circle Becoming the Tragic Circle?
From 1998 through 2001, U.K.-headquartered law firms had astonishingly high growth rates. The last three years have been less kind, and firms are trying to hold on to these gains by the skin of their teeth. The largest and most lucrative mergers and acquisitions deals in Europe are being cherry-picked by U.S. firms, and Europe has seen neither a rise in U.S.-style litigation nor the volume of corporate meltdowns handled by their American counterparts. Partha Bose analyzes who will survive -- and how.The government's case against Apple and and five of the "big six" book publishers is good news indeed for plaintiffs lawyers at Hagens Berman and Cohen Milstein as they pursue their own class action claims against the same crowd of defendants.
Plenty has changed in a decade of investor-state arbitration. But not enough.
Coudert Meltdown May Refuel Firms' China Plans
The decision to break up Coudert Brothers leaves an established China practice group of about 50 attorneys with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai -- a development that is reviving U.S. law firms' interest in the region. Says one observer: "You can assume that there will be a scramble. That's driven by the fact that many, if not most, Am Law 100 and even [Am Law] 200 firms have China aspirations -- and there are far fewer experienced, U.S.-trained lawyers practicing in China than there is demand."Coudert Meltdown May Refuel Firms' China Plans
The decision to break up Coudert Brothers leaves an established China practice group of about 50 attorneys with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai -- a development that is reviving U.S. law firms' interest in the region. Says one observer: "You can assume that there will be a scramble. That's driven by the fact that many, if not most, Am Law 100 and even [Am Law] 200 firms have China aspirations -- and there are far fewer experienced, U.S.-trained lawyers practicing in China than there is demand."Trending Stories
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