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By Roy Strom | April 11, 2017
The Chicago-based Am Law 100 firm had a 2016 to remember, as gross revenue rose 15 percent and profits per partner soared nearly 14 percent, helping Kirkland & Ellis break financial records.
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By Meghan Tribe | April 11, 2017
After making cutbacks to its equity partnership last year, Shearman & Sterling has recruited two corporate equity partners to its ranks in the Big Apple. One new addition is returning to the firm after a nearly two-year stint at Bridgewater Associates LP, the world's largest hedge fund.
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By Anna Zhang | April 11, 2017
Andre Zhu, who regularly advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions involving private equity investors, was most recently counsel with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in the Chinese capital.
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By Anna Zhang | April 11, 2017
Corporate partner Rose Zhu joins with two additional lawyers and one staffer.
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By Anna Zhang | April 10, 2017
Peter Godwin has relocated to Kuala Lumpur from Tokyo to lead the firm's latest office in Asia.
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By Brian Baxter | April 7, 2017
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, no stranger to big bankruptcy fees, has disclosed how much it was paid by Westinghouse Electric prior to the nuclear energy company's recent Chapter 11 filing. The Trump administration and Japanese government are seeking to avert a sale of Westinghouse—owned by Toshiba Corp.—to Chinese buyers.
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By Anna Zhang | April 6, 2017
Richard Gordon and Paul Lingard will take over as managing partners in Sydney and Perth, respectively, in May.
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By Brian Baxter | April 5, 2017
Seven months after slapping a $100 million gender bias suit against Chadbourne & Parke, litigation partner Kerrie Campbell in Washington, D.C., could finally be on the outs. The firm said Wednesday that a partnership vote would determine her future at Chadbourne.
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By David Ruiz | April 5, 2017
The intellectual property lead left Facebook after almost 10 years with the company.
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By Meghan Tribe | April 5, 2017
Led by a strong wave of cross-border combinations, law firm merger activity in the first quarter of 2017 continued to accelerate as legal services shops gained growth and market share through acquisitions, according to reports by legal consultancies Altman Weil Inc. and Fairfax Associates.
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