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Mayer, Brown Seals Largest U.K. Merger
M ayer, Brown & Platt has acquired 250-lawyer London firm Rowe & Maw in the largest American acquisition of a U.K. law firm to date.
World's Largest Law Firm Experiencing 'Growing Pains'
By the numbers, Clifford Chance offers a powerful vision of the legal profession's globalized future. The world's largest law firm, with almost 3,400 lawyers straddling the globe from Barcelona to Bangkok, it is also one of the busiest. But a string of high-profile departures suggest the London-based firm's global vision is having trouble gaining adherents, particularly in the United States, where the firm first expanded in 1999 with its blockbuster merger with New York's Rogers & Wells.In Autonomy Debacle, HP Turns to Morgan Lewis
A sticky set of conflicts could arise for Hewlett-Packard and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as the company prepares to launch and defend an onslaught of legal actions connected to the recent announcement that the company would write down $8.8 billion related to its problem-plagued acquisition of British software company Autonomy.
In Autonomy Debacle, HP Turns to Morgan Lewis
Leslie Caldwell, of Enron fame, is representing HP in its talks with federal authorities.
Hewlett-Packard Claims Autonomy Cooked Books
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday it will take an $8.8 billion write down related to its purchase of Autonomy PLC and alleged that Autonomy executives committed accounting fraud to inflate the company's value during the sale.Raises in London May Foretell Genteel Pay War
A law firm salary war could be brewing. Linklaters has raised eyebrows in the British legal community by boosting salaries for newly qualified lawyers -- the equivalent of American first-year associates -- to �51,000, or about $88,000. The Linklaters partner in charge of recruitment called the raise an expression of confidence that market conditions were improving, and said he expected other Magic Circle firms would match the new figure.NY and London Firms Won't Tie Knot
When New York's Rogers & Wells announced it was merging with London's Clifford Chance last spring, industry watchers widely predicted a flurry of transatlantic mergers would soon follow. But they were wrong. One year after the news broke, there has not been a single top-tier New York firm, or even second-tier firm, to combine with a top United Kingdom firm.Hewlett-Packard Points Fingers at Autonomy
Customers and experts are pondering the implications of a financial scandal for one of the largest e-discovery playersU.K. to Open Up Legal Profession
The British government outlined a radical reform program for the legal system Monday that could for the first time feature law firms owned by outsider investors or even listed on the stock market. It would also allow lawyers to go into partnership with other professionals.TRENDING STORIES
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