How Do The AmLaw 100 Rankings Stack Up in 2024? Ben Thomson, Big Law contributing editor Now that the dust is settling on the latest AmLaw 100 rankings for 2024, we can look at the question of big law partner profits and the salaries that are coming home for these people. And the AmLaw rankings […]
Another major law firm combination appears to be on the way with Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord talking merger. The combined firm would have more than 1,700 lawyers and generate approximately $1.6 billion in revenue, pushing it into the top 30 US firm list. The merger would be one of the largest of
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The Lateral Partner Movement Game Ben Thomson, LawFuel Big Law editor The partner poaching – or lateral movement – season among Big Law firms has been in full swing in recent months with recent departures form Linklaters to Skadden and Paul Weiss being notable recent moves. Recent moves in both the US and UK markets
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Max Savoie, a partner at Sidley Austin in the payments and fintech practice, has shared his journey on Law.com navigating high-pressure legal environments while managing personal challenges and maintaining mental health. Savoie, who began his career at Clifford Chance, faced significant personal adversity, including the loss of his father to suicide, which deeply affected his
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LegalTech + AI The New Focus Slaughter and May’s next cohort of legal tech companies for their Collaborate program has been announced. Collaborate was started by Slaughter and May as a platform for legal tech startups to test their work in a real world setting, using the firm’s lawyers and business service personnel to develop
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Prior to the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling in May the firms have announced partner promotions for 40 staff, which includes 32 from Shearman Sterling and eight from Allen & Overy, across 15 of the joint firms’ global offices. The US dominates the first cohort of new partners with 13 promotions
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UK Law Firm Layoffs The slowdown in transactional work has seen listed UK law firm Knights announce layoffs across the country according to reports in UK media. Knights has boasted of being one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK but it has been slowed with the tougher market conditions and possibly over-extending
Top Big Law Firm Rankings Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom received the top global M&A legal advisor in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). The value of deals surged by over a third compared to the same period last year, despite a decrease in
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TIME’s Top Law Firm List TIME have compiled a list of the top law firms in America – not a task lacking in ambition – and worked with Statista to look at the question and if anyone’s up to the task it is surely TIME? The two paired-up to survey over 150,000 attorneys through various
Weil Waves China Goodbye Another big law firm has decided to close up shop in China with Weil Gotshal & Manges now closing its operation in Shanghai following the closing of its Beijing office. Weil Gotshal plans to consolidate its legal services in Hong Kong. The firm’s spokesperson stated, “We will be working out the
