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Skadden To Mandate 4 Days In Office
By Amanda O'Brien | May 25, 2023
The policy, which extends to all attorneys, will go into effect in early September.
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What's Next for A&O and Shearman? Firms Look to Partnership Vote First
By Patrick Smith | May 25, 2023
A&O and Shearman have many issues to resolve, but sources say all matters will take a back seat to selling the merger to partners and the vote.
6 minute read
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Law Firm Mergers, Pitched as Benefitting Clients, Also Can Bring Headaches, Conflicts
By Maria Dinzeo | May 25, 2023
"As these mergers continue to happen, law firms and clients need to be prepared. The conflicts piece is really the biggest con," said Kelleen Brennan, assistant general counsel at Axon Enterprise.
5 minute read
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BCLP Cuts 47 Staff Globally, Citing Excess Capacity in Secretarial and Administrative Roles
By Dan Roe | May 25, 2023
The global law firm announced the layoffs Thursday morning, stating affected employees had been notified and provided with "competitive" severance benefits and outplacement assistance.
2 minute read
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Perilous Journeys, Back-Up Generators: How South Africa's Law Firms Deal with Constant Power Cuts
By Jennigay Coetzer | May 24, 2023
The nation's people have for years faced unique challenges posed by 'load shedding'—but, fortunately for law firms, they're well-resourced enough to tackle the problem head on.
5 minute read
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Perfect Match or Desperate Deal? Rivals and Insiders on the A&O Shearman Merger
By Krishnan Nair | Habiba Cullen-Jafar | May 23, 2023
Many are upbeat, saying 'both sides get what they want out of it'; others are skepitcal, saying it is 'opportunistic, because Shearman is sinking and because A&O's O'Melveny merger failed.'
7 minute read
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More First-Year Deferrals Likely as Firms Grapple With Dormant Corporate Practices, Large Incoming Class Sizes
By Dan Roe | May 22, 2023
Some firms are considering deferring start dates to January, coinciding with an expected uptick in demand.
3 minute read
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Stephenson Harwood Takes Hill Dickinson's Asia Regulatory Head in Singapore
By Brian Yap | May 22, 2023
The arrival of M&A and international sanctions partner Jonathan Goacher has boosted Stephenson Harwood's partner head count in Singapore to 23.
2 minute read
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Freshfields Adds White & Case M&A Partner in Singapore
By Brian Yap | May 22, 2023
With the new hire, Freshfields now has seven partners in Singapore.
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Linklaters to Conduct Independent Investigation Into PwC Australia Tax Scandal
By Christopher Niesche | May 22, 2023
Australian Sen. Deborah O'Neill told Parliament earlier this month that the scandal has global implications, and that the deception was known by at least 53 PwC partners and employees.
3 minute read
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Akerman's Atlanta Leader Plans Steady Growth, Targeting Key Practices
By Thomas Spigolon | May 26, 2023
The Am Law 100 firm has given its attorneys "a lot of flexibility" to either work remotely or in the office, said Jason Lichtstein, the firm's new Atlanta leader.
3 minute read
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What's Next for A&O and Shearman? Firms Look to Partnership Vote First
By Patrick Smith | May 25, 2023
Allen & Overy and Shearman have many issues to resolve, but sources say all matters will take a back seat to selling the merger to partners and the vote.
6 minute read
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Cautions From Cases: Partnership Agreements and Major Life Events
By Arthur J. Ciampi and Maria Ciampi | May 25, 2023
Over the years, we have written in this column that law firm partners and law firms should have written partnership agreements, and that such agreements should address the firm's major life events. Despite these efforts, we do still encounter law firms with no written agreement or with agreements that cause avoidable difficulties for the firm and its partners.
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Cuts 47 Staff Globally, Citing Excess Capacity in Secretarial and Administrative Roles
By Dan Roe | May 25, 2023
The global law firm announced the layoffs Thursday morning, stating affected employees had been notified and provided with "competitive" severance benefits and outplacement assistance.
2 minute read
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Paul Weiss Adds Former Wachtell Executive Compensation Partner in New York
By Patrick Smith | May 24, 2023
Andrea Wahlquist Brown has decades of experience at both Wachtell and Simpson Thacher.
3 minute read
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Georgia Law Firms Continue to Climb Am Law 200 Rankings
By Thomas Spigolon | May 24, 2023
Atlanta-based firms in the Am Law Second Hundred outpaced their peers in several metrics.
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A Failure to Decentralize: A Messy 4 Months at Lewis Brisbois Has Roots in Belated Succession Planning
By Justin Henry | May 24, 2023
"Rarely does there seem to be a good time to introduce meaningful change," current Lewis Brisbois chairman Bob Smith acknowledged earlier this month. But the fallout from two recent large group exits suggests the firm paid the price for waiting.
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Join Our Discussion on the Am Law 200 Performance and Where They Go From Here
By Gina Passarella Cipriani | May 24, 2023
Our editorial and analyst teams are teaming up to take a deep dive into the financial and census data of the Second Hundred largest law firms in the country. Join for unreported data and insights.
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'Founder's Syndrome' Befalls Firms Seeking Transition from First Gen Leadership
By Justin Henry | May 24, 2023
According to a recent survey of 250 law firm professionals, only 5% are concerned about their firm's succession plan. "I think that it's something they are avoiding having to deal with," said Patrick McKenna, a principal and founder of McKenna Associates Inc. and survey author.
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Why A&O's Rivals View Its Merger With Shearman as a 'Huge Threat'
By Charlotte Johnstone | May 24, 2023
Some insiders at Freshfields, Clifford Chance and Linklaters are inclined to play down the impact of A&O's proposed merger with Shearman—but others concede it could lead to refreshed approaches to the U.S. market.
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