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Weil Gotshal Negotiating Merger Deal, Partners Told

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges is negotiating a merger with another, unnamed law firm, Bloomberg Law reports.

According to two people familiar with the situation, Weil’s leadership has told some practice group chiefs that the firm is negotiating a memorandum of understanding that sets out the terms of the combination, reporting that a broader announcement could come this week. They also cautioned that the talks might come to nothing.

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Freshfields’ Desert Storm Moment – Firm Learns the Hard Way That “$Freshfields All” Is the Real AI Threat

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What a week for Freshfields. For a firm looking to spin off its multibillion-dollar legal AI business, the first rule is simple which is not to dismiss some of the richest sovereign funds on earth in writing. Freshfields has managed to do that without checking the email distribution list between two of the senior lawyers

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Ashurst Perkins Coie Makes Its First Big Move Since Merger With Houston Launch

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The newly merged Ashurst Perkins Coie has made its first significant geographical expansion, opening in Houston with two senior hires from energy-focused US firm Bracewell, as the global legal giant moves to strengthen its position in America’s lucrative energy and infrastructure market. The arrival of energy transactions partner Tom Tomlinson and real estate specialist Tamara

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White & Case Goes Big on America With Largest Partner Class in Five Years

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Heather Mcdevitt

Global law firm White & Case has unveiled its largest partner promotion round in five years, elevating 47 lawyers as it accelerates its ambitions in the fiercely competitive American legal market. The promotions, effective January 1, 2027, span 21 offices across 13 countries and 13 practice areas. But the real story is where the firm

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Haynes Boone Plants Its Flag in San Diego as BigLaw Chases the Biotech Boom

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Haynes Boone is following the money, science and innovation into San Diego, opening its 21st global office and fourth in California. The Am Law 100 firm, with more than 750 lawyers, is targeting the city’s lucrative life sciences and technology markets, led by biotechnology specialist Jeffrey Morton. Following its recent Boston launch, the move underlines

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Weil Plugs a London Gap with Freshfields PE Partner Rebecca Ward

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Freshfields private equity partner Rebecca Ward in London, a welcome arrival at a firm that has lately been better known for partners leaving than joining. Ward joined Freshfields in 2022 after 17 years at sponsor specialist Dickson Minto, nine of them as partner. Her client list includes CVC, TPG

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Kirkland’s $10 Billion Silence See’s BigLaw’s Richest Firm Stops Talking Money

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Kirkland & Ellis, the world’s highest-grossing law firm has decided that publishing its extraordinary profits is no longer particularly helpful, after years at the top of the rankings.

Kirkland has decided to stop voluntarily disclosing its financial performance to The American Lawyer, ending its participation in the annual financial reporting exercise that has become BigLaw’s favourite competitive sport.

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The Man who ran Allen & Overy is Now Backing the firm Built to Kill its Business Model

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Ex-A&O chief Wim Dejonghe bets on Falcon, the AI law firm that wants to bury the billable hour Wim Dejonghe spent 16 years running Allen & Overy, a firm whose economics were built, like just about every other law firm, on the billable hour but is now backing a startup, Falcon Law, whose founding premise

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Harvey Comes Calling As BigLaw Associates Trade the Billable Hour for “Legal Engineer”

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Power Points -Firm Prospects tracked nearly 16,000 moves in and out of the Am Law 200 in the first half of 2026. The headline number is small. What it tells you is not. For as long as anyone can remember, the BigLaw associate’s exit menu has been short and predictable, namely move to another firm,

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