Chicago, New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce the names of its 42 newly elected partners and 20 lawyers newly promoted to counsel, listed below by office and area of practice. These individuals will become partners and counsel in the firm effective January 1, 2022. “This class of partners and counsel […]
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DLA have appointed the first woman to take the role as country manager – employment lawyer Laura Scampion. “Laura has made a major contribution to DLA Piper since she joined us in 2011. She became a partner in March 2015, which coincided with the New Zealand firm integrating with DLA Piper,” outgoing country managing partner Martin
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Although retired, former Sullivan & Cromwell lawyer Rodgin Cohen is one of the law stars in the US legal world, referred to by the Wall Street Journal as the country’s leading banking lawyer and the ‘trauma surgeon of Wall Street’. Described as having near-legendary status on Wall Street, Cohen has been variously described as
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Christina Lee* Does your law firm have a LinkedIn profile? If not, have you thought about the advantages? A professional LinkedIn page can showcase your firm and its services, and drive interest and clients to your business. LinkedIn gives your law firm a chance to connect with potential clients looking for a lawyer, increase
Kirkland & Ellis is the highest-earning law firm in the world and as if that isn’t enough attraction for many lawyers, the latest alteration to the law firm’s attraction has been to shorten the road to equity partnership by a year – straight to highest-paid law firm top tier position. The move is made against
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Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced today that Kate Green, Harriet Oldmeadow and Nick Sinclair will be promoted to partner on January 1, 2022. The three lawyers advise in the areas of dispute resolution; domestic and international arbitration; corporate and commercial; projects; construction and engineering; and finance. Norton Rose Fulbright chief executive partner in
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Candice Harris & Jarrod Haar* – Internationally, and especially within the US, there has been a lot of talk about the so-called “great resignation” – the trend seeing large numbers of workers leaving their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, having reevaluated their priorities or simply because there are more opportunities than ever before. While there
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a garment wholesaling company in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in federal prison for scheming to undervalue imported garments and avoid paying millions of dollars in duties to the United States, failing to report millions of dollars in income
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Global Vice Chair of the Corporate Department, David Walker, was honored in the list of private equity’s top 50 dealmakers, fundraisers, and investors by Financial News. London corporate partner David Walker has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Influential in Private Equity 2021 by Financial News. The annual list celebrates private equity’s top
We’re pleased to announce that senior lawyers Bronwyn Heenan, Andrew Kirk and Mike Wakefield have been promoted to partnership, effective from 1 January 2022. Bronwyn and Mike will join the partnership based out of our Wellington office, while Andrew will become a partner based in Christchurch. Each of the newly promoted partners have reputations for
