• October 1, 2001 | The American Lawyer

    Global Strategy

    Quick, name the firm with the most U.S.-qualified lawyers in London. White & Case? Baker & McKenzie? Dechert? Sorry, try again.With 68 U.S.-trained lawyers, Magic Circle patric

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  • April 17, 2003 | National Law Journal

    Corporate Counsel Push for Diversity

    Achieving "diversity" has long been talked about at large law firms as the right thing to do. They may not have a choice.Corporate counsel are becoming increasingly insistent that more

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  • July 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Five Firms Headline $763 Million in Virgin Group Divestitures

    Lawyers working for billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group and its affiliated operating companies have had themselves a busy p

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  • March 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Dealmakers of the Year

    No one would confuse a deals lawyer with A social worker. But business transactions can resonate far beyond the financial markets. Mississippi lawyer John England rushed a bond issue to market

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  • January 4, 2005 | The Recorder

    Making a Move

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's old San Francisco office was old money: The former Federal Reserve Building on Battery Street, fronted by 10 Doric columns, still boasted a bank vault.

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  • May 3, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    VOLS Firms Meet Pro Bono 2012 Pledge

    The results of Volunteers of Legal Service's survey of pro bono efforts in rk City in 2012 are in. Forty-two law firms that take the VOLS Pro Bono Pledge reported that lawyers in their

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  • June 8, 2007 |

    Accolades

    During a reception for Family Court judges Monday evening at the New York City Bar Association, the Kathryn A. McDonald Awards for excellence in service to the court will be give

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  • March 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Lawyers in HazMat Suits?: NY Leader Takes Role for US on Toxic Asset Purchases

    Treasury Taps Simpson Thacher For Toxic Asset Purchase PlanSimpson Thacher & Bartlett advised the U.S. Treasury Department in drawing up a plan to

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  • November 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Sullivan, Shearman, Cleary Counsel $7.5 Billion Abu Dhabi/Citi Deal Citigroup will receive a $7.5 billion infusion of cash from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority as it struggle

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  • June 10, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Refugees From Large Firms

    For those who think of big-firm law as life in a gilded cage, it is only natural to ponder flight. When such ponderers are ready to write new chapters in the story of their professional lives,

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