• September 8, 2011 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: September 8, 2011

    China/Hong Kong Initial public offerings are back, in China and Hong Kong at least. The largest IPO reported this week was Sany Heavy Industry Co.'s proposal to raise $3 billion on the Hon

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  • June 8, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Law firms are recruiting health care lawyers

    Law firms are angling to add attorneys with health care expertise as clients seek counsel in navigating the Obama administration's health care overhaul and a wave of industry mergers.

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  • October 10, 2013 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: October 10, 2013

    China/Hong Kong Sidley Austin has advised China National Offshore Oil Corp. on a $2 billion bond issue. Proceeds from the transaction, which will be

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  • February 21, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELDAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has elected 16 partners, two in the firm's D.C. office.Michael Fitzpatrick, 39, formerly counse

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  • February 2, 2009 | Bloomberg

    Bankruptcy lawyers seeking $18.50/minute

    Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, home to former Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr, are asking as much as $1,110 an hour for bankruptcy work while creditors are recovering less of their loans th

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  • September 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Dewey, Sidley, Sullivan, Simpson Tapped in eBay Sale of Skype Online auction site eBay Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell 65 percent of its

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  • September 15, 2003 | Legal Times

    We've Been There, Done That (Part 3)

    June 29, 1998THE TOP 20: THE NEWS IS GOODA year ago, law firm leaders and consultants in the D.C. area predicted that 1997 was shaping up as a strong year for legal bu

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  • November 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Working Really Big Deals

    Skadden, Wachtell Represent $4.3 Billion Shale Gas TransactionSeeking to expand its resources in shale gas, Chevron Corporation has a definitive agree

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  • September 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Working Billion Dollar Deals

    Dewey, Sidley, Sullivan, Simpson Tapped in eBay Sale of Skype Online auction site eBay Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell 65 percent of

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  • February 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Interview: Joshua Mintz

    Joshua Mintz wasn't looking for a new job back in 1994 when the general counsel position at Chicago's John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation came open. Mintz had been represent

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