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Trump’s Lawyer And His Bold Move – From Wall Street to Mar-a-Lago’s Defense Fortress

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Trump’s Lawyer Lawyers start their own law firms for many reasons, but in the case of Donald Trump lawyer Todd Blanche the move from a prestige law firm to his own has apparently left colleagues bewildered. Blanche’s transition from a prestigious partnership at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to his new moniker at Blanche Law and […]

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Neel Sachdev: The Architect Behind Paul Weiss London’s Legal Renaissance

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Super Rainmaker Neel Sachdev’s Big Law Effect Neel Sachdev needs no introduction in these columns as the rainmaker whose big-money move from Kirkland & Ellis raised eyebrows to a level in the City where NASA needed to find them. It appears, he continues to make waves as Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison continues on

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America’s Top 20 Lawyers – Who Makes The Top of Forbes Top Lawyers List?

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Forbes Top Lawyers in America The Forbes Top Lawyers in America lists their top 200, including some of the Law Stars that LawFuel has identified like Ben Crump and Alex Spiro (pictured). Forbes reference the $300 billion-plus size of the US legal market and their inaugural list looks at those who are the top of

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Class Action Billions – Will Class Action Lawyers Fuel A Global Litigation Boom?

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The Continued Rise of the Class Action Lawyer Ben Thompson, LawFuel Contributing Editor Recent successes in class actions from the United States to Australia have been the continued rise of class action lawyers and their potential to build hugely remunerative business models that could see substantial growth in the future. Will class actions see class

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Big Law Firms Continue Their China ‘Retreat’

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Orrick Reduces China Footprint LawFuel Contributing editor Jacqui Coombe Law firm retreats are normally restful and instructive, but the Big Law firms retreat from China continue in a different vein as Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced this week that it would reduce its footprint in China by centralizing its operation to Beijing when the Shanghai

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Kirkland & Ellis PEP Growth Creates $8 Million Dollar Men (and Women)

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No sooner have we written about the PEP earnings of big law firms when Kirkland & Ellis come out with a report (from Law.com) showing revenues growing to $7.21 billion and their profits per equity partner (PEP) rising to $7.96 million. Despite the high profile departure of law stars like London-based Neel Sachdev to Paul

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PEP Talk At Big Law Firms Is Up – But Revenues Are More Often Down

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LawFuel contributor Ben Boman writes on law firms profitability and statistics Profits per equity partner (PEP) growth for big law firms is increasing for US law firms and exceeding the revenue growth for law firms. The trend demonstrates significant changes within the US law profession as some firms – for instance, such LawFuel prestige law

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