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Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
March 23, 2022 | North America
Will antitrust, inflation and war force firms to adjust to a decline in M&A activity in the coming year?
By Dan Packel
11 minute read
March 9, 2022 | North America
The firm significantly expanded its London office in the second half of 2021, and while it's still early, the energy and amount of transactions, new deals and new clients the new hires are bringing in "is extraordinary, and it is absolutely having a halo effect on Paris and Germany, as well as the Asia practices," Gibson Dunn chair and managing partner Barbara Becker said.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 3, 2022 | North America
"This was the best year in the history of this firm," said Cooley's Joe Conroy, who noted that the U.K. and Asia were both a big part of the firm's story for 2021.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 3, 2022 | North America
"Our clients that come to us for deal after deal after deal were very busy," said global managing partner Sandy Thomas.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
March 1, 2022 | North America
Financial transactions in and out of Russia will become difficult for any firm. "I'm not sure how I would get paid for doing work in Russia or for Russian clients," said University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor Bill Burke-White.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
February 24, 2022 | North America
The London led firm is embracing a sector-focused expansion model in the U.S.
By Dan Packel
4 minute read
February 23, 2022 | North America
Outside of the U.S., the firm performed particularly well in Asia, where its capital markets team handled nine IPOs on the Hong Kong stock exchange in 2021. It also increased its corporate capabilities in China and made two significant M&A hires in Korea, the firm said.
By Dan Packel
6 minute read
February 17, 2022 | North America
The partner said that Linklaters' lockstep model wasn't a "significant driver" behind his move.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
February 15, 2022 | North America
"I don't worry about the Cravaths of the world," said LawVision's Joe Altonji. "It trickles down, even though they don't all match the market leaders."
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
February 9, 2022 | North America
London saw a 3.3% dip in revenue, which the firm attributed to the departure of an 11-partner private client group that jumped to Taylor Wessing early in 2021.
By Dan Packel
5 minute read
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