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  • December 5, 2011 | International

    Shades of '97 Crisis Linger Over Indonesia Boom

    When U.S. law firms first started making major pushes into Asia in the 1990s, there were really only two markets that mattered. "Fifteen years ago, our biggest practices were focused on

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  • November 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Chronicle of a Future Foretold

    The Mantra of responsible investors is "diversify." Don't be too heavily committed to one sector or one type of investment. A balanced portfolio is the key to success. In the g

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  • April 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    City Asks Judge to Reconsider Ruling on Police Videotaping A city attorney yesterday asked a Southern District judge to reconsider his ruling that placed limits beyond those fou

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  • July 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Law Firm Roundup

    Clifford Chance Funds Chief Jumps to Simpson in London SIMPSON Thacher & Bartlett has hired high-profile Clifford Chance partner Jason Glover to launch a funds pract

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  • October 2, 2007 | Legal Times

    D.C. Firms Assess Price of Keeping Up With Next Round of Associate Raises

    Call it a near miss.Earlier this year, New York's Simpson Thacher & Bartlett raised starting salaries for first-year associates to $160,000. In the competition to recruit top talent, the

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  • November 19, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Gibson Dunn, Simpson Chart Course for MGM

    As MGM and its creditors weigh the future of the struggling movie company, they are turning to lawyers familiar with syndicated lending, troubled debt restructuring and Hollywood's inner

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  • March 2, 2012 | The Recorder

    Capital Chase

    SAN FRANCISCO — Private equity firms are eager to put to work some of the hoards of cash they've been sitting on while the economy was on life support, and law firms in California are l

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  • September 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Corporate Law Firms See Dark Days Ahead

    The nation's top law firms are facing an uncertain new landscape following the demise of two of Wall Street's biggest and most established investment banks. The bankruptcy o

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  • March 16, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

    N.Y. Firms' Profits Soar as Wall Street Rebounds

    With both M&A and capital markets work surging, and litigation holding steady, partners at many elite New York firms with traditional ties to the investment banks saw their compensation rise la

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  • January 1, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    Kinder Morgan El Paso On October 17 Kinder Morgan, Inc., agreed to pay $21 billion in cash and stock for rival natural gas pipeline operator El Paso Corporation in an acquisition tha

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