Jones Day Takes a Run for The Border
Cleveland's Jones Day, the nation's second largest law firm, is absorbing Mexico City's De Ovando y Martínez del Campo, to create…
mergers & acquisitions
It’s a Cavalcade of Law Firm Mergers
The National Law Journal is reporting on the current "slew" of mid-sized firm mergers: In the past week, at least…
Merged Firm Escapes from Dreier Fiasco
About 20 lawyers at Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George, the Santa Monica, California-based affiliate of Dreier LLP, are leaving…
Law Firms Focus on Video Game Industry
In the Los Angeles Times, a feature on law firms creating specialized practices for the video games industry: A year…
When Companies Go Under, Law Firms Become Employment Casualties [Video]
From LawCrossing.com: In recent months, when companies have been forced to succumb to mergers or bankruptcy in the wake of the economic…
Deal Volume Plummets in 2008, Will Fall Further in ’09
Thomson Reuters reports that global deal volume dropped by a full one-third in 2008, and is expected to fall further…
Rumor: More Layoffs Looming for DLA Piper? [Update]
DLA Piper, the world's largest law firm (by number of lawyers) which employs more than 3,700 counsel in 28 countries, may…
Cadwalader Predicts Airline Mergers in 2009
From The USA Today Sky Blog: Experts are predicting a rash of airline mergers in 2009. "As we are in…
Shearman & Sterling Strengthens Asia Practice
New York's Shearman & Sterling has promoted Huang Ling and Sanja Udovicic to partners in Asia, and has relocated Lorna…
ABA: Law Firms Working on Collapsed M&A Deals May Never Get Paid
The ABA Journal reports: Law firms working on mergers and acquisitions typically get paid when and if a deal closes.…