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Plus, an elite law firm’s pay model gets a big overhaul, and BuzzFeed’s blank-cheque listing falters One thing to start: US corporate lawyers are on track to receive record bonuses...
Elite New York law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore is overhauling its pay structure to reward partners based on merit, removing one of the last bastions of so-called pure lockstep...
Firms offering awards of $115,000, 15% higher than 2020, after frantic year. US corporate lawyers are on track to receive record bonuses this year as a wave of dealmaking and...
In two weeks, he will step down as governor of New York and it’s not clear what he will do for a living or even where he will live. Unlike...
In 2009, Latham & Watkins laid off 12% of associates and 250 staff members in response to the global financial crisis. In 2020, it avoided cuts—and had one of the...
Several New York firms engaged in some of their most expansive lateral hiring, while some also used the period to move further away from the strict lockstep partner pay model.
Latham & Watkins is poised to pick up Rick Kline, co-chair of Goodwin Procter’s capital markets practice, in California, according to several sources with knowledge of the move. Kline is...
Kirkland & Ellis, Boies Schiller Flexner, Holland & Knight and Akerman saw an uptick in partner departures this year. Kirkland & Ellis saw more partner departures in the first eight...
Davis Polk & Wardwell’s decision this week to modify its lockstep compensation formula shows the Big Law talent war is alive and well in the industry’s highest echelons, despite moves...
The COVID-19 crisis has cast a pall over the lateral market, but “unicorn” partners and groups in hot practices are still forcing firms into competition. Lateral partner moves between law...
Matthew Topic was named a Kirkland & Ellis partner in 2012. That’s right around the time he began looking for his next job. Topic wasn’t a partner in the traditional...
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has created a plaintiffs’ side trial group and plans to substantially increase the number of plaintiffs’ cases it takes on, many of which will be performed...
Randall Sunberg and partner Denis Segota are joining Baker McKenzie as partners in its health care industry group and its North America corporate and securities practice in New York. The...
The war for lateral talent is more fierce than ever, despite—or in some cases because of—the likelihood that a recession looms. As it has in years past, the lateral hiring...
A strong, although uncertain, economy going into the new year is driving an uptick in work for law firms as corporations scramble to position themselves for success in 2019, creating...
The continued Big Law free agent era will have consequences for top- and mid-tier firms alike in 2019. By at least one measure, 2018 proved to be the busiest year...
NEW YORK - Lippman Jungers LLC, a global legal recruiting firm, announces the additions of Senior Managing Director Vijay Luthra and Senior Recruiter Mary Copeland to its New York office. Luthra and Copeland will focus...