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The Cravath Effect And Why Every Law Firm Wants to Be Them (But Few Can)

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The Cravath model—characterized by selective hiring, intensive associate training, lockstep compensation, and extraordinary attention to detail—has created an elite club with membership requirements few can meet. The model thrives on focus. The firm maintains a relatively small footprint with offices only in New York, Washington DC, and London.

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Dentons Appoint US Managing Partner

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Holahan John

Dentons US announces the appointment of John Holahan to the key leadership role of Managing Partner. Holahan joins Chief Executive Officer of Dentons US Sonia Martin and Dentons US Chair Keith Moskowitz in executing on a strategic plan that is laser focused on the United States. As Dentons US Managing Partner, Holahan, along with Martin, will continue to have responsibility for

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HSF-Kramer Levin Merger Vote Looms as U.S. Losses Hit $11M Over Two Years

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Is a $2 Billion Megafirm at Stake? As Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel prepare for a pivotal partner vote this month on their transatlantic merger, newly filed accounts reveal HSF’s U.S. operations posted a combined $11.2 million loss over 2023-2024. But with the creation of a $2B revenue legal titan

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Preeminent SEC Enforcement Lawyer Joins Latham in New York

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Marc Berger

Marc Berger, a leader of the SEC’s Enforcement Division and New York Regional Office between 2017 and 2021, and former Chief of the Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force in the SDNY, brings vast experience to the firm’s market-leading White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice. Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that Marc Berger

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Linklaters Expands With Litigator Hires In US

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Linklaters Comiskey

Linklaters’ US Growth Continues Linklaters has made a significant move in the US market hiring four litigation partners in New York, continuing the trend of British-based firms expanding their presence in America. Adeel Mangi, Muhammad Faridi, Diana Conner, and George LoBiondo have joined Linklaters from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, a New York litigation boutique.

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