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The Recorder

K&L Gates Beefs Up West Coast Corporate Practice With Hires From Reed Smith, Hanson Bridgett

Mattias Luukkonen and Michael Gorback are the latest California-based partners to join K&L Gates since the beginning of 2023, joining names from Tucker Ellis, Ellis George and Akin.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Kirkland Seeks Dismissal as Defendant, Sanctions in Suit Against Former Bankruptcy Judge

Kirkland & Ellis seeks to be dismissed from a federal lawsuit filed against former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones that is connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Elizabeth Freeman, a former partner in Texas' Jackson Walker.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Gibson Dunn Breaks $3B Revenue Mark With Litigation, Transactions Firing on All Cylinders

Gross revenue was up 12.3% while profits per equity partner rose 13.4% during the firm's 28th consecutive year of revenue growth.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Paul Hastings Lands Goodwin PE Partner as New Vice Chair of Private Equity

Josh Ratner's move from Goodwin to Paul Hastings follows others, including a group of private equity attorneys led by Scott Joachim last year in Palo Alto.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Akin Lures Paul Hastings' Alternative Lender and Private Credit Group Head

Bill Brady said Akin provides an opportunity to grow his practice, and he was attracted to the firm's strategy of operating as a "global one-stop shop" for private credit lenders.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kirkland Crosses $7B Mark, With Steady And Countercyclical Business Drivers

The firm continued to improve its profit margin, as average PEP rose nearly 6% to $7.955 million, according to American Lawyer reporting.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorney of the Year Finalist: Focus on Client Retention Led to $100 Million Judgments

"I appreciate being nominated in this standout crowd, and I'm not just saying that," said finalist Beth-Ann Krimsky.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Morgan Lewis Adds on Three Investment Management Partners From Perkins Coie

The group includes Perkins' former investment management practice co-chair Todd Zerega, who joins the firm in Pittsburgh.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Three Big Law Firms Unite to Pitch Law Students on Practicing in Phila.

Ballard Spahr, Blank Rome and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath are hosting a webinar next week to make the case that Philadelphia is an "incredible place to practice law." They're motivated in part by a shift away from on-campus recruiting.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Willkie Continues Growth Run, Seeing 8.7% Rise in Revenue and 29% Expansion in Nonequity Tier

Amid a string of laterals and promotions, the firm's partnership expanded, with about a 3.5% increase in the equity tier and a 29% rise in the nonequity tier, up to 121 partners.
5 minute read

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