NEW YORK–Arcadia Finance, a new litigation funding firm focused on commercial litigation and arbitration, today announced its official launch to offer customized financial solutions and unparalleled support to empower clients and partners in achieving their legal goals. Led by litigation funding veterans David Kerstein, Ronit Cohen, and Joshua Libling, the Arcadia leadership team has decades of funding and […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has recruited a dozen lawyers from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) in the US to expand the firm’s regulatory and investigations team. The legal team includes four partners, being Jeff Kalinowski, Eric Martin and Jeff Ziesman in St. Louis and Laura Perlov in Denver and they are joined by two senior counsel,
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The Paul Weiss Mega-Million Talent Raid Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing writer Of all the big-money, Big Law talent raids in recent times, it has been Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison – aka Paul Weiss – who have been paying millions to recruit legal talent in an intense talent war for top dealmaking lawyers. We
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In a move to strengthen its corporate capabilities for the “next generation”, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced two major lateral partner hires from Davis Polk and Kirkland and Ellis. Jacqueline “Jackie” Marino has joined the firm’s Capital Markets practice as a partner in New York from Davis Polk & Wardwell. She brings extensive experience representing
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The Burnout Coaching Revolution Charlotte Jacobs, Contributing Writer Burnout coaching is a new term to have entered the workplace lexicon as burnout becomes an increasingly significant issue for workers – including high-stressed lawyers and workers tat every level of the workplace. Burnout affects many people today, affecting their emotional, physical, and mental well-being in a
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The Netflix ‘Brutal Lies’ Lawsuit She said it was coming and now it’s here: the ‘Baby Reindeer’ lawsuit for defamation against Netflix for the Baby Reindeer hit show. Fiona Harvey claims to be the real-life inspiration behind the character of Martha in the hit Netflix series “Baby Reindeer” created by comedian Richard Gadd. The lawsuit
Not Law Students, It Seems Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor These are not happy days for the US News Law School rankings. First the debacle over the way they are assembled. Second, the law school pulling out of the rankings and now – third – law students who seem to think they’re all so yesterday.
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Michael Holston will join the firm as a partner. Holston previously served as the senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of General Electric and led the company through the recent successful completion of its three-way split. “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Mike to
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‘Trusted Partner’ Leaves Skadden The aggressive – and expensive – recruitment by Paul Weiss has seen David Hepp, the co-head of Skadden’s financial institutions group, leave the firm to join the rival firm in New York. Hepp specialized in advising asset managers and served as the lead lawyer for BlackRock on many deals, including its
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We are pleased to welcome Adam Cohen and Mark Chorazak to our Washington, D.C. and New York offices, respectively, as partners and co-heads of our Financial Institutions Regulatory Group. Mr. Cohen and Mr. Chorazak will advise U.S. and international banks, nonbank financial institutions and fintech companies on bank regulatory matters, legislative developments, corporate governance, enforcement and compliance issues and
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