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Average Deal Size Shrinks for NJ-Based M&A Market
While the global and U.S. mergers and acquisitions markets appear to have stayed, if not record-breaking, quite strong in 2016, deals involving New Jersey companies took a steep drop in average value compared with 2015.
Permian Deals Pile Up With Exxon, Noble Acquisitions
The Permian Basin continues to be a hot area for energy deals, keeping lawyers busy this week with two multibillion acquisitions involving companies linked to legendary Texas wildcatters.
Deal Watch: White & Case Leads on Transactional Tables
White & Case ranked No. 1 for M&A globally in league table rankings for legal advisers in 2016, according to data analyzed by Bloomberg and Mergermarket. The latter listed the Am Law 100 firm as working on 319 announced deals last year valued in excess of $665 billion.
Kirkland, Cleary Lead McDonald's $2.1B China Partnership
State-owned CITIC teamed up with The Carlyle Group to help open 1,500 more restaurants in Hong Kong and the mainland.
Top Lawyers Sign Letter Opposing Sessions
More than 140 attorneys from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argued that Sen. Jeff Sessions is unfit to serve as U.S. attorney general.
Panel Allows Suit Over Lehman Bankruptcy Claims to Proceed
A wealth management fund that invested $21.9 million in Lehman Brothers Finance AG just before its 2008 bankruptcy can move forward with a breach of contract claim against a separate bank assigned bankruptcy-claim rights.
Partners Play Musical Chairs As NY Tech Scene Heats Up
Fenwick & West, which recently opened an office in New York, has hired a tech and life sciences dealmaker away from Lowenstein Sandler, which in turn added a Morgan Lewis transactional partner to its tech group.
Ethics of Using Hacked Information to Prosecute Criminal and Civil Claims
Rahul Mukhi and Martha Vega-Gonzalez write: The documents contained in WikiLeaks, the Panama Papers and other troves of information never meant for public consumption have no doubt piqued the interest of prosecutors and plaintiffs' lawyers. However, there are significant legal and ethical pitfalls in taking information illegally obtained by hackers and using it in litigation, whether criminal or civil.
Global Law Firms Face a World of Questions in 2017
Ever since the financial crisis, Big Law has adapted to volatile market conditions. But the U.K.'s shocking decision to leave the European Union and Donald Trump's equally unexpected victory in the U.S. presidential election have created significant uncertainty in the world's two largest legal markets.Trending Stories
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