• September 10, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Whopper of a Deal: NY Lawyers Take Burger King Private in $4 Billion Deal

    A whopper of a late summer for M&A lawyers grew even fatter last week, when Burger King announced its sale to 3G Capital, an investment firm with strong ties to South America, for $4 billion. The

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  • January 29, 2008 | The Recorder

    Patent Attorneys Go for Brokerage

    The increasingly hot market for intellectual property is creating a new kind of player � IP lawyers who have fled their firms to start brokerages for patents. IP has b

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  • November 7, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Marketplace

    The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is returning to lower Manhattan and more than doubling its office space when the New York City chapter moves to 61 Broadway during the first quarter of 201

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  • June 22, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Dealmakers of the Year

    You won't find our dealmakers of the year wearing suspenders and shoulder pads, but otherwise, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd drifted back to the '80s. Not since the buyout of RJR Nabis

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  • September 16, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    The End of the IPO Doldrums?

    The sagging U.S. stock market and traditional summer slowdown may have a target="_blank" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704855104575469583770220798.html?m

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  • March 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Simpson Thacher GuideToys "R" Us in $6.6 Billion Deal Toys "R" Us Inc. agreed March 17 to sell its worldwide toy and children's apparel company for $6.6 bill

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  • May 14, 2007 | Legal Times

    On the Move

    ANTONELLI, TERRY, STOUT & KRAUSJesse Fenty, 35, has joined Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, an intellectual property firm in Rosslyn, Va. Fenty, an associate, joins

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  • August 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Skadden, Weil Gotshal, Davis Polk Advise $8.4 Billion NYMEX Sale CME Group, the world's largest derivat

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  • May 4, 2000 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firms Foster 'New Girls' Networking

    In the typical image of law firm rainmaking, a group of lawyers and clients trade war stories and close deals in a box at the ball game or over scotch and cigars after 18 holes. It is a decidedly

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  • August 8, 2011 | National Law Journal

    In Chicago, they like to do things in a big way

    City of the Big Shoulders definitely works as a metaphor for Chicago's legal scene. The city is one of the fastest-growing legal centers in the country, with an estimated 45,000 attorneys in

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