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The American Lawyer

Weil Continues Building Funds Practice, Recruiting From Goodwin

The firm has hired four funds partners in the last several months. Jonathon Soler, head of Weil's U.S. private funds practice, said that will likely continue.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Midmarket Private Equity Activity Helps Fuel Law Firm Demand

The lack of big PE deals has been a damper on overall deal activity while midmarket work has picked up some of the slack. That may change soon.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deputy GC of Fed Reserve Board Returns to Sullivan & Cromwell

Charles Gray began his legal career at S&C as an associate before moving to the public sector.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

COOs on the Move as Big Firms See Flurry of Business Pro Hires

The consequence of a professional "wall" is usually turnover, noted an industry observer, about the fast pace of c-suite moves.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

For Troutman Pepper and Ballard Spahr, the Path to Growth Points Outside of Phila.

Rising costs and a lukewarm local economy continue to push firms with roots in the City of Brotherly Love to seek growth elsewhere, but some firm leaders remain bullish on their home city.
7 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Facing Increasing Overhead, Midsize Firms Embrace Rate Hikes, Expense Management

"Our size constrains how comfortable we are raising our rates. I don't want to raise rates more than 4 or 5%, because our clients come to us because we offer something different than those big firms," said Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel chairman David Nasatir.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Womble Bond, Lewis Roca Seeing Competitive Advantages in Combined Firm

"You're really looking at IP, real estate and financial services. Those three areas are really going to differentiate us," said incoming CEO Merrick Benn.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Kramer Levin Hires Ex-Special Counsel to President Biden, Among Latest DC Firm News

Arnold & Porter, Nixon Peabody, Holland & Knight and McGuireWoods also made lateral hires.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Mega M&A Bounces Back, as NY Law Firms Lead Recent Big Deals

The Wall Street firms had a good week, while the reemergence of the 'megadeal' this year has buttressed deal work.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Davis Polk Capital Markets Partner Heads to Paul Hastings

London-based Dan Hirschovits has been involved in several major IPO transactions in the last several years.
3 minute read

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