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French connection still delivers for Americans in Paris
31/03/2008
If Daniel Hurstel’s schedule on Thursday 27 March was anything to go by, the Paris legal market is in decent health. The head of Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s office in the French capital, Hurstel was frantically attempting to juggle two...Both your houses - dust settles on White & Case exits to reveal two visions and an opportunity
27/03/2008
So after just the seven years of claims that he is leaving White & Case, Maurice Allen finally confirmed that he is to head for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer along with fellow banking heavyweight Mike Goetz.It’s an understatement to say White...Tough markets to stress-test global law’s two power blocks
25/03/2008
When a downturn hits the world economy, elite US law firms are better hedged than their UK counterparts. So runs the conventional wisdom, with some reason. In the past, New York¹s rainmakers have not felt the effects in their pockets...Glad to be PWMBMWCPPIG?
20/03/2008
Perhaps this is hopeless naivety but I’d always assumed the legal profession was very gay-friendly. Having a little more flair and glamour than accountancy and a lot less machismo than banking, law always seemed a fairly hospitable place for the...McDermott's ironic anniversary
14/03/2008
It seems unfortunately symbolic that McDermott Will & Emery is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary in London under the management of a US-qualified lawyer. As announced yesterday, energy specialist Doron Ezickson is to succeed David Dalgarno as the firm’s...Cuddly firm leagues show where there’s a will...
11/03/2008
It’s easy to be cynical about law firms in 'good employer' league tables. For years, a select band of regional law firms have made The Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work For list but City firms - which used...Taxing non-doms and other outrages
6/03/2008
Ever get the feeling advisers are being a touch melodramatic in forecasting the collapse of the City in light of the Treasury’s attempt to extract more tax from non-doms?City desks have been bombarded for weeks by self-interested missives arguing the...An eerily familiar departure and bad news for Kirkland
4/03/2008
How much new is there to say now that one of Kirkland & Ellis’ high profile City M&A recruits, Raymond McKeeve, has announced his not-at-all shock resignation from the firm? After all, many of the same issues that were relevant...
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