Paul Weiss Gets the Presidential Cold Shoulder President Trump has signed an executive order targeting Paul Weiss suspending security clearances and restricting government access for its lawyers and employees, in the same manner as his well-publicized moves against Perkins Coie. The move marks Trump’s third swipe at a law firm since returning to office. The […]
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The Two BigLaw $7 Billion Club Members Latham & Watkins is having a moment. The firm reported a whopping $7 billion in gross revenue for 2024, marking a 23 percent increase from the previous year and entering the $7 billion club with Kirkland & Ellis entering that magic rhealm in 2023 (coming in at $7.21
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Global law firm Ropes & Gray today announced the opening of an office in Paris, France, and together with the firm’s London office, forms a European hub for Ropes & Gray. Fabrice Cohen, Thierry Arachtingi, and Emmanuel Mimin join Ropes & Gray France AARPI as partners, with Fabrice Cohen serving as office managing partner. They are joined by a large group of counsel and
Trump Targets BigLaw Over DEI President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed squarely at the top 50 big law firms in the U.S., focusing on their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. The move was revealed in an executive order signed by Trump on 6 March and targeting Perkins Coie for its work
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Let’s cut through the corporate jargon: Hogan Lovells isn’t just “growing” – it’s latest results show the firm is scaling with surgical precision having just posted a $2.965B revenue haul for 2024, a near 9 percent jump that brings it within spitting distance of the elusive $3B mark.
The news was dropped by the firm in their March 6 release that we have here.
For context, that’s up 23 percent from 2023’s $2.7B. More telling? PEP hit $3.07M (up 12 percent while RPL nudged to $1.097M.
Pinsent Masons has opened an office in Saudi Arabia after building a presence in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Pinsent Masons has been involved in a variety of major project in the region and has a strategic arrangement with local Sqaudi firm Alsabhan & Alajaji which will continue in terms of a close relationship
Kevin Garvey is a former senior official in the first Trump administration where he was Associate Counsel to the President in the White House Counsel’s Office and then Deputy Chief and later Chief of Staff to the US Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer. At the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), Kevin was
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Billing rates at Big Law continue to soar, leaving even the most jaded GCs with a touch of vertigo. But as we navigate the choppy waters of 2025 – complete with AI fever dreams, inflation headaches, and a freshly minted administration in D.C. the question remains as to how long this ever-rising move can continue?
It doesn’t seem that long ago when hitting $1,000 an hour felt audacious.
Freshfields’ Boston Legal Move Freshfields continues its US expansion with a new office in Boston. The launch comes with the firm recruiting former Lathams M&A partner Matthew Goulding as the firm’s managing partner in Boston and to build the Boston legal team. Boston is a key area of operation for law firms as a hub
Linklaters CMA Appointment Linklaters has strengthened the antitrust and litigation practice in the UK with the recruitment of the Deputy General Counsel and Litigation Director at the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in London. The move is a significant appointment for Linklaters in the competition arena given the role Jessica Radke has had in
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