Hamilton-based Tompkins Wake has seen 30 per cent growth in its Rotorua office in the three years since it expanded into the city, with Catriona Gordon now joining the firm after working at her Lava Law practice for the last seven years. Chief Executive Jon Calder says the addition of the new lawyers extends the […]
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The changed payment model used by BigLaw firm Davis Polk continues to move away from the lockstep model and has seen the firm continue with lateral hires, recruiting former Cleary Gottlieb tax partner Corey Goodman to boost its tax law expertise. The move follows Davis Polk’s move to alter its compensation model, moving from
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The woman shot accidentally by Alec Baldwin on the movie set ‘Rust’ was the wife of an LA lawyer at Latham & Watkins. Matt Hutchins (pictured left with Halyna) joined L&W as an associate and had previously worked as an in-house lawyer at entertainment company having also worked at Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden.
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How to choose the best personal injury law firm in Akron – ask these questions
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Bloomberg Law columnist Roy Strom writes about the Big Law lateral hire moves roaring back to life and some key changes to life in Big Law that have seen prestige take a back seat to change and efficiency Roy Strom* – One character trait I admire in people is being able to admit when they
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What a difference a word makes – particularly if its the wrong word in a multimillion dollar contract and two Big Law firms are on the hood for as much as $300 million. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton allegedly made an error in a 2014 deal that split assets of
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Kirkland & Ellis moves to its new, state-of-the-art London office upon completion of the major development in the heart of London. A statement from the firm announced the move of 550 employees of the firm to the building at 40 Leadenhall Street, which the firm says will ‘showcase the expectations of a first class working
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US Big Law giant Quinn Emanuel’s UK chief Richard East has fired up – and fired back – at reports in UK legal media about recent departures from the firm, recently named as leader of the ‘Fearsome Four’ pack of the most feared law firms in the world. The row over departures related principally to
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“We don’t do business with disreputable characters . . ” Baker McKenzie It’s one of the biggest law firms in the world with a regular win as the top law firm brand – but the publicity Baker McKenzie has received over its role in various cases identified in the just-released 12 million document Pandora
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