Simpson Thacher Continue To Boost London Law Practice With Eyes on European Expansion

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Law firm hiring

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has hired senior lawyers from Freshfields and Kirkland & Ellis to build its European restructuring practice in London. Adam Gallagher and James Watson join as partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis respectively with Simpson Thacher betting on more distressed companies seeking legal help following the pandemic, Brexit and

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Alston & Bird: US Disrupt Different Malware Strains With Global Co-Operation

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Malware

On January 27 and 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two successful operations to disrupt two different strains of malware, Netwalker ransomware and a banking Trojan known as Emotet, which have affected victims around the globe and caused millions of dollars in damage in recent years. The law enforcement actions against Netwalker and Emotet are the

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‘Wolf of Crypto Street’ Cryptocurrency Fund Manager Drained The $90 Million Fund For His Own Use

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Stefan He Qin Stole and Dissipated Nearly All the Assets of His $90 Million Flagship Hedge Fund and Attempted to Steal Millions of Dollars from a Secondary Fund to Pay Back Investors Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of the New

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Jones Day partner Anna Cartwright among The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” for 2021

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Anna Cartwright, a partner in Jones Day’s London Office who serves as co-leader of the Firm’s global Real Estate Practice, is among the diverse mix of legal professionals chosen by The Lawyer for its “Hot 100” list for 2021. The “Hot 100” recognizes lawyers in Britain with significant accomplishments in the prior year, who meet The Lawyer‘s criteria

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Legal Jobs For Everyone – From Spys To SFO Roles on Growing Law Jobs Network

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Law schools jobs

LawFuel’s law jobs network has continued to attract a wide range of legal jobs for New Zealand lawyers, including positions with the Government Communications & Securities Bureau, seeking an intermediate lawyer, to a range of other roles. The LawFuel law jobs are unique in that they are posted across the entire network, which includes not

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Morrison Mallett Announce Auckland Promotion

New Zealand Law News /

Specialist corporate and commercial law firm Morrison Mallett has announced the appointment of Victoria Anderson as partner based in Auckland effective 1 February 2021. Anderson is a leading corporate law and M&A specialist and has advised on some of New Zealand’s largest transactions in recent times, including the acquisition of Westland Milk Co-operative Dairy Company by Inner

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A $30 Million Revenue Hole for Shearman After Mass Departure

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big legal fees in Big Law

A new arbitration boutique law firm to have offices in Paris, London and New York has been started with eight of Shearman & Sterling’s arbitration partners, including global arbitration heads Emmanuel Gaillard and Yas Banifatemi. The departure of more than 38 lawyers is believed to leave the Big Law heavyweight with an estimated $30 million

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Is David Boies Looking At Stemming The Tide of Departures?

US Law /
Boies

The departures from leading legal boutique Boies Schiller Flexner have been significant, after more than 60 partners departed in recent times, including the co-managing partner Nicholas Gravante and the litigators Karen Dunn and Bill Isaacson. LawFuel has previously reported on the troubled firm and its partner departures. Bloomberg Law reports that name partner David Boies

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Insurance Partner Joins Sidley Austin NY Office From Skadden Arps

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New York – Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Michael Homison will join the firm as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Homison will be a member of its global Insurance practice, and will support clients in a wide range of domestic and international insurance and reinsurance transactions. Previously, Mr. Homison was

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Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty to Fraud Over Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy Fraud

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investment advisor lawsuits

Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today that DANIEL KAMENSKY, the founder and manager of New York-based hedge fund Marble Ridge Capital (“Marble Ridge”), pled guilty to one count of bankruptcy fraud in connection with his scheme to pressure a rival bidder to abandon its higher bid

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