It is with great sadness that we mark the unexpected passing of Paul Rawlinson, the Firm’s Global Chair, on Friday, April 12, 2019. The Firm’s thoughts are with Paul’s family, who we will continue to support during this most difficult of times. Our thoughts also go out to the very many friends at Baker McKenzie […]
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Former Willkie Farr & Gallagher co-chair Gordon Caplan has had ties with his former firm severed as he pleads guilty in the college admissions scandal and apologizes for his actions. “I take full and sole responsibility for my conduct,” he said in a statement last week. “I want to make clear that my daughter, whom I
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Once again, Jones Day faces litigation in respect of its “black box” compensation system, allegedly used to pay women partners less than their male colleagues. This is the second gender discrimination lawsuit against the wealthy law firm, following one filed by Wendy Moore, a former Jones Day partner who referred to the so-called ‘black box’
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Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will serve a second term at the top job with the firm after the annual partners’ vote at Cannes last week. His new role will for for two years, four months, expiring on April 2022. A Linklaters spokesperson said the term change was implemented to bring Moore’s term more in
John Bowie The mess that is Brexit is made for law firms who are there to try and untangle – or even simply predict – how things may play out. And London’s Big Law players are having their time in the Brexit sun. The New York Times reported recently on the City firms that are
Once again, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation has named Skadden one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality. For the 10th time in 11 years, the firm received a perfect score of 100 percent on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index. The 2019 index evaluated LGBTQ-related policies and practices, including nondiscrimination workplace protections, domestic
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance today announced that François Bonteil has been appointed the new Global Practice Area Leader for the firm’s well-regarded Real Estate practice, succeeding Jonathan Solomon from 1 May 2019. François, who joined Clifford Chance as a partner in the firm’s Paris office in 2004, is a long-standing and integral member
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20 Mar 2019 Slaughter and May announces today the appointment of two new partners, Harry Bacon in London and Jing Chen in Hong Kong. Harry Bacon will become a partner with effect from May 2019. Harry joined Slaughter and May as a trainee solicitor in 2009 and is an experienced lawyer in the firm’s Financing
The Big Money at Big Law firm Kirkland & Ellis continues to grow, as the Chicago-born legal monolith has surged to a global turnover of US$3.76 billion, with profits per equity (PEP) partner topping $5 million for the first time. Legal Business reports that the firm, which released its 2018 results on 21 March, enjoyed
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that William B. Sorabella has joined the firm as a partner in the New York office. Sorabella, formerly with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, will continue his public company and private equity mergers and acquisitions practice. “Bill is an exceptional, highly regarded M&A lawyer, who has worked
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