Power Points: Weil, Gotshal & Manges has spent three weeks losing partners and then on Friday it lost the one who mattered most. Michael Aiello, chairman of Weil’s 600-lawyer corporate department and the man colleagues routinely describe as the firm’s most powerful partner, has told Weil he is resigning. He is expected to surface at
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What IS Happening in the London Legal Market? The Q3 2026 Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide is out, and the interesting story is not who is on top. Every quarter, a small data publisher in the UK causes a modest flurry of law firm marketing activity, and this week was no exception. Adviser Rankings Ltd has
It’s all good news for US law firms’ for the first half of 2026 – revenues up (12.4%) and a sharp prise in demand – but that’s not the full picture yet as the second half of the year will tell the story about whether US lawyers are having a great year, or just a
Big Law’s Revenue Party Is Back — But the Bills Still Aren’t Getting Paid Fast Enough Read More »
McGuireWoods congratulates former Deputy Managing Partner Todd Steggerda, who was sworn in on Monday as the new U.S. Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. Ambassador Steggerda held key firm leadership roles since joining McGuireWoods in 2015. Leveraging his experience as a United States
McKool Smith has confirmed it will match the current Milbank associate salary scale, with the new pay rates taking effect on 1 January 2027. The Texas-based complex trial firm, known for competitive associate compensation which have reported previously, that has included Thanksgiving bonuses, strong year-end payouts, and market-matching raises, is lifting base salaries by $10,000
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Corporate counsel have named just 256 attorneys from 129 firms as the absolute best at client service in BTI Consulting Group’s 25th annual ranking. The list is purely organic, without submissions, self-nominations, or payments. That’s cool, right? Only clients identify individuals by name based on real-world performance. Who Are The Standout Lawyers? Eleven attorneys have
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Article source: Landver Law, CA A crash on Sunset Boulevard can wreck a life in seconds. Beverly Hills sees plenty of serious collisions, slip-and-falls, and workplace injuries every year, and picking the right attorney afterward isn’t some minor detail. It shapes medical bills, lost wages, how fast a case moves. Not every firm handles that
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Ashurst’s exit from Canberra has handed mid-tier rival Thomsons a major windfall, vaulting it into second place among firms advising the Commonwealth. In early 2025, Ashurst jettisoned roughly 60 staff and seven partners from its Canberra office and stepped back from the bulk of its Commonwealth government work, as a result of margin pressure and
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After 17 years climbing Quinn Emanuel’s litigation ranks and building the first dedicated AI practice at a major US firm along the way New York trial lawyer Christopher Kercher has walked out to test a heretical proposition: that the Big Law pyramid is now the wrong shape for the job. Kercher, founder of Quinn Emanuel’s
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Private equity-backed Adeptio Law Group has completed its second law firm acquisition of the year, continuing its plan to build one of the Midlands’ largest regional legal groups in UK law. Its founding firm, FBC Manby Bowdler, has acquired Worcester practice The Specialist Law Group, operator of the The Employment Solicitor and The Company Solicitor
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