Baker McKenzie have announced their latest partnership round with women lawyers comprising over half the latest promotions for the global law firm, being 34 women lawyers out of the 66 new partners. The full list of the firm’s latest, 2024 partnership promotions is contained in the law firm’s media release below – Baker McKenzie media […]
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The sluggish M&A arena is picking up and profile law firm Gibson Dunn has made some major new lateral hires from Sullivan & Cromwell and Paul Weiss. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, with almost 1900 attorneys, has strengthened its mergers and acquisitions practice with two significant additions from rival firms this week. George Sampas, a longtime
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We reported on Dallas-based litigation boutique McKool Smith hitting one of the top spots in the ‘big law salary scale’ even though the firm is yet to hit the ‘big firm’ ranking with its 130 lawyer-strong team. But McKool Smith, billing itself as a ‘Powerhouse Litigation Firm’, which specializes in high-stakes patent cases and other
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“The 5am Finishes Are Worth It” The Daily Telegraph carried a story on the big money paid by major law firms and banks in the UK, shedding light on the demanding but high-paying lifestyle of the “super graduates” titled “‘I’m a super-graduate on £180,000 – the 5am finishes are worth it’” sheds light on the
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JUNE 18, 2024 In June 2024, Vault announced that Cravath was ranked No. 1 on its Vault Law 100, a ranking of the most prestigious law firms across the United States, for the ninth consecutive year. Vault also ranked Cravath as the best law firm in New York as part of its “Best Law Firms by Region” ranking. The results of the
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Will the London Law Salary War Polarize Law Firms? As more law firms continue to ratchet up their pay rates in the London legal market there is only going to be increased competition for legal talent in London with salaries reaching what the Financial Times called ‘insane’. The salary increases for newly qualified lawyers at
US law firm Sidley Austin has raised the compensation for its newly qualified associates in London to compete with the other mainly US-based law firms boosting law firm pay levels in the London legal talent war. Their base salaries have increased from £166,500 to £175,000, an additional £8,500 or 5% hike effective July 1st. The
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The Paul Weiss Mega-Million Talent Raid Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer Of all the big-money, Big Law talent raids in recent times, it has been Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison – aka Paul Weiss – who have been paying millions to recruit legal talent in an intense talent war for top dealmaking lawyers. We
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In a move to strengthen its corporate capabilities for the “next generation”, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced two major lateral partner hires from Davis Polk and Kirkland and Ellis. Jacqueline “Jackie” Marino has joined the firm’s Capital Markets practice as a partner in New York from Davis Polk & Wardwell. She brings extensive experience representing
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But Partner Earnings Remain In The Millions The top 15 US law firms operating in London saw their collective profits fall below £1 billion in the 2022/23 financial year, according to new research by legal accountancy and advisory firm Hazlewoods. Their profits decreased by 3 percent from £1.01 billion in 2021/22 to £985 million in
