Eversheds Hires Beijing Managing Partner

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: The Asian Lawyer : May 20, 2013

The U.K. firm has brought aboard former Dewey & LeBoeuf Beijing office head Ingrid Zhu-Clark.

Kirkland Reps S.F.'s Vista on $906M Buy of Software Maker

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : May 20, 2013

Three Deals Add Up to More M&A Work for Kirkland

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Brian Baxter : The Am Law Daily : May 20, 2013

Kirkland & Ellis is advising longtime private equity client Vista Equity Partners on its nearly $1 billion purchase of cybersecurity software maker Websense, while fellow private equity firm Landmark Partners is relying on the firm to handle a $425 million secondary acquisition of a legacy energy portfolio owned by HM Capital. Kirkland is also advising the world's largest consulting firm, Accenture, on its $316 million buy of digital marketing startup Acquity Group.

Ugliness Inside The Am Law 100, Part II

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Steven J. Harper : The Am Law Daily : May 17, 2013

Average partner profit figures posted by large law firms have lost much of their value as a way of measuring anything meaningful about those firms. The metric that's really worth focusing on—the ever-widening compensation gaps within these partnerships—remains largely out of public view.

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

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Diane Jeantet : The Am Law Daily : May 14, 2013

Dickstein Shapiro loses a partner to Jones Day in Washington, D.C.; Bryan Cave poaches five attorneys from Sutherland Asbill & Brennan; and a former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner, most recently with Linklaters, joins KPMG. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to thechurn@alm.com.

Bank and Ex-Dewey Partner Settle With No Cost to Either

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 13, 2013

A heated dispute between Citibank and a former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner over what the bank claimed was his unpaid capital contribution loan was quietly resolved on May 8 when Southern District Judge Louis Stanton approved a settlement under which the feuding parties agreed to drop their dueling lawsuits.

Fragomen Hopes to Reoccupy Downtown Offices in Summer

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Christine Simmons : New York Law Journal : May 13, 2013

Attorneys at Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, which is a subtenant at their offices at 7 Hanover Square, say they received little information over several months about the condition of the building or a realistic time frame for moving back in.

VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS

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: The National Law Journal : May 13, 2013

Citi, Ex-Dewey Partner End Capital Loan Dispute

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 9, 2013

A New York federal district court judge approved an agreement Wednesday that dismisses dueling lawsuits that Citibank and former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Steven Otillar filed against each other over what the bank claimed was Otillar's $209,670 debt.

Ex-Dewey Lawyer's Move Adds Wrench to Firm's Bankruptcy

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Sara Randazzo : The Am Law Daily : May 8, 2013

An attorney representing former leaders of now-defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf claims in a Wednesday court filing that white-collar lawyer Stephen Best's move from Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck to Brown Rudnick should disqualify his new firm from playing a role in some Dewey-related matters.