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The Churn: Lateral Moves
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
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The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
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Dealmaker of the Week: Michael McDonald of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
McDonald led the Cleary team advising Agilent Technologies in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition of cancer diagnostics company Dako from Swedish private equity firm EQT.
Did End of Missouri Malpractice Case Feed Dewey's Money Woes?
The answer to that question is hard to come by given that just as the firm dove into what proved to be its death spiral, it settled the $3 billion lawsuit brought by Show Me State regulators for a sum that remains shrouded in secrecy.
The Score: Ownership Group With Am Law Ties Takes Control of NHL's Blues, While NFL's Rams Seek Stadium Fixes
St. Louis has been the heart of the sports law universe for Am Law 100 lawyers in recent weeks, with Baker & McKenzie and Latham & Watkins advising on the $130 million sale of the NHL's Blues and the city's Convention and Visitors Commission hiring Husch Blackwell for a legal battle with NFL's Rams. Plus: Lawyers stay busy with stadium work and several new sports legal hires in the latest installment of our look at sports and the law.
Dewey: Profiles In Something
Some of Dewey & LeBoeuf's former leaders embody personalities and trends that are ubiquitous in large law firms. Few of them are pleasant to contemplate.
Calculating Law Schools' Cost Is Harder than You Might Think
Those seeking an accurate estimate of what a legal education costs can choose from multiple estimates providing different numbers, and no overarching explanation of what those differences are.
Kramer Levin Advising Banks as Dewey Stragglers Continue to Disperse
The Am Law Daily confirmed Thursday that JPMorgan Chase, agent bank for the dying Dewey & LeBoeuf, has retained Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel to represent the interests of the liquidating firm's lenders. Meanwhile, several of Dewey's last remaining partners find new professional homes, a landlord seeks to evict the firm from its Washington, D.C., offices, and CMS Cameron McKenna has been hired to wind down Dewey's U.K. arm.
The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld snags two Jones Day partners; Nixon Peabody hires the head of Davis Wright Tremaine's health law group; and Quarles & Brady adds a former Drug Enforcement Administration counsel. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com
Am Law Daily Q&A: Peter Afrasiabi
Afrasiabi, an intellectual property specialist who devotes a significant amount of time to working on immigration matters pro bono, discusses his new book, Show Trials: How Property Gets More Protection Than People In Our Failed Immigration System.
The Bankruptcy Files: Milbank a Big Winner in Latest Round of Restructurings
Keeping up with the demands of tracking Dewey & LeBoeuf's demise has kept us off the bankruptcy beat lately, even as the firm's collapse affects some of its own clients in Chapter 11. But while Dewey tries to liquidate without filing for bankruptcy, other Am Law 100 firms—such as Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy—have grabbed roles representing large corporate clients opting to do their restructuring within the confines of bankruptcy court.
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- Armstrong Teasdale
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker & Daniels
- Baker & McKenzie
- Bryan Cave
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
- Dewey & LeBoeuf
- DLA Piper
- Faegre & Benson
- Foley Hoag
- Gordon & Rees
- Husch Blackwell
- Jackson Lewis
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Loeb & Loeb
- McKenna Long & Aldridge
- Nixon Peabody
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
- Patton Boggs
- Perkins Coie
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pitman
- Proskauer Rose
- Ropes & Gray
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon
- Sidley Austin
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- SNR Denton
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Thompson Coburn
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
- White & Case
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher
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