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  • Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Freshfields, Simpson Make Corporate Partner Hires, Amid Rise of 'Franchise Value' Laterals
  • One Year In, The HSF Kramer Merger Looks Like A Success With $2.4 Billion In Revenue
  • Private Equity Found A Law Firm That Said Yes

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Freshfields, Simpson Make Corporate Partner Hires, Amid Rise of 'Franchise Value' Laterals

Big Law firms have made a flurry of hires in M&A, capital markets, investment funds, debt finance, litigation and restructuring.       

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abovethelaw.com /1 month ago

One Year In, The HSF Kramer Merger Looks Like A Success With $2.4 Billion In Revenue

The merged firm beat its own financial targets in year one, giving other merger-hungry Biglaw firms something to think about. The post One Year In, The HSF Kramer Merger Looks Like...

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abovethelaw.com /2 weeks ago

Private Equity Found A Law Firm That Said Yes

Wood Smith Henning & Berman's reported $700 million deal with Charlesbank is the clearest sign yet of which way the wind is blowing. The post Private Equity Found A Law Firm Th...

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legaltechmonitor.com /1 month ago

Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents with No Comp Caps 

Last week’s announcement of the move by Wachtell’s co-chair and veteran litigator to Gibson Dunn certainly got a lot of press. Rightfully so. But I started to think about what’s co...

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abovethelaw.com /1 month ago

Biglaw Firm Goes Even Bigger With Largest Group Hire In Firm History

Brown Rudnick landed a 34-lawyer intellectual property team from HSF Kramer while launching a brand-new Silicon Valley office. The post Biglaw Firm Goes Even Bigger With Largest Gr...

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Savitt's Move Punctuates Pure Lockstep's Fall—and Gibson Dunn's Talent Share Rise

Wachtell is adapting to the cutthroat lateral partner market with modified lockstep compensation as larger firms continue to apply pressure.       

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legaltechdaily.com /1 month ago

Lawyer Laterals: Free Agents with No Comp Caps 

Last week’s announcement of the move by Wachtell’s co-chair and veteran litigator to Gibson Dunn certainly got a lot of press. Rightfully so. But I started to think about what’s co...

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abovethelaw.com /1 month ago

Another Rumored Biglaw Merger Falls Apart Before It Begins

A reported Linklaters-Cleary Gottlieb courtship fizzled quickly, if it ever existed at all. The post Another Rumored Biglaw Merger Falls Apart Before It Begins appeared first on Ab...

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illinoislawyernow.com /1 week ago

Law Firm Management – What is Keeping Law Firm Owners and Managing Partners Awake at Night

Question: I am the managing partner of a ten lawyer firm in Kansas City, Missouri. There are five partners and five associates in the firm. We are an insurance defense firm and our...

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slaw.ca /1 week ago

The Law Firm Series

My five-part “The Law Firm” series frames issues and proposes solutions to the global legal service market’s juggernaut triplets – Artificial Intelligence, Pricing, and Talent Tran...

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 week ago

Harris Beach Murtha Completes Peabody & Arnold Combination, Eyes New England Expansion

Nearly 40 attorneys and 25 professionals from Peabody & Arnold have transitioned to Harris Beach, doubling the firm's Boston presence.       

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law360.com /1 month ago

Nonequity Partner Boom Forces Lawyers To Pick A Lane

With firms increasingly offering the nonequity partnership tier, the position can become either a parking spot to help build a book of business or a permanent landing zone, and for...

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Law Firm Disrupted: Partner Mobility Complicates Private Equity's Ambitions for Big Law

The degree of mobility enjoyed by elite lawyers is a surprise, even to those in adjacent spheres. It also complicates the picture for private equity investors eyeing the law firm w...

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law360.com /3 weeks ago

Nutter Leader Eyes Fla. Growth, AI-Driven Billing Shift

After overseeing Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP's expansion into New York City, California and Hawaii, co-managing partner Michael Scott is setting his sights on extending the fir...

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abovethelaw.com /1 week ago

Let’s Just Say This Biglaw Firm’s Feelings About Jan. 6 Have Evolved — See Also

DLA Piper Once Told Pence To Invoke The 25th Amendment. Now It's On Trump's Jan. 6 Legal Team: The firm called the Capitol attack a 'reckless and wanton threat to the Constitution....

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law360.com /6 days ago

How A Partner-Only Law Firm Uses AI To Replace Associates

Lawyers Michael Pierson and Joel M. Ferdinand asked a simple question when they decided to launch their own firm: What would the elite law firm of the future look like?

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Clifford Chance's US Challenges: A Hiccup or Upheaval?

Facing a lawsuit brought by two of its former New York partners, the firm's partnership agreement going public, and a slew of New York exits, Clifford Chance's U.S. growth efforts...

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Differences in Partner Capital Contributions Driven by Battle for Talent and 'Brand Power'

About 30% of firms in the Am Law 100 segment made capital calls on their partners in 2025, according to Law.com data, versus about 15% in the lower-grossing firm segment.       

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abovethelaw.com /1 month ago

Partner And Associate, Sittin’ In A Tree — See Also

Always Be Billing: A Biglaw partner and associate got caught making out by an obnoxious social media video. I Consider Experience Experience: Guy posts his performance reviews fr...

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abovethelaw.com /1 month ago

Romantic Scandal Ends In Multimillion-Dollar Payout — See Also

It Looks Like The Jackson Walker/Federal Judge Scandal Is Officially Over: Some ~$20 million later... First Lateral Raid Just One Month After Mega-Merger: Sorry, Hogan Lovells Ca...

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

How Gibson Dunn Landed Wachtell's Savitt in Six-Partner Move

The lateral move started with coffee. “Bill has always been on the top of my list, said Gibson Dunn chair and managing partner Barbara Becker in an interview.       

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natlawreview.com /1 day ago

Where We Are on Software M&A

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feeds.feedblitz.com /1 month ago

Law Firm Disrupted: The Many Tools of the Lateral Trade

The group lateral might be a comparatively blunt instrument, but it offers advantages—and can spell disruption for firms on either end of a talent transfer       

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law360.com /1 month ago

Ex-BigLaw C-Suite Exec Helps Launch Law Firm MSO Practice

A former C-suite executive with Clifford Chance and Baker McKenzie is teaming up with tech-enabled managed services provider Opensity to launch a new law firm managed services orga...

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