Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing, a Houston trial firm, has raised the starting salary for first-year associates to $235,000, exceeding the Big Law market rate of $225,000. The firm also increased second-year associate salaries by $10,000. This move is part of a trend among litigation boutiques announcing associate salary hikes.

Freddie Mac has appointed Matthew Abrusci as its new general counsel and corporate secretary following Heidi Mason’s retirement. Interim CEO Mike Hutchins remarked, “Matthew Abrusci brings extensive legal experience and will quickly become a valued member of the executive team.”

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will close its Geneva office by the end of the year, as confirmed to Law.com. International arbitration partner James Hargrove and finance partner Hervé Touraine will relocate to London and Paris. Approximately 40% of the firm’s lateral hiring over the past year has been in Europe, with at least two of…

In 2024, Paul Hastings expanded by 165% in Texas and has since expanded in Dallas and Houston. Over the past two years, the firm has added 20 Big Law lateral partners in Texas, demonstrating its extensive hiring in energy deals. As a result of the Texas expansion, the firm has recruited new clients and increased…

The apprenticeship model in law firms is declining, and many firms have not recognized it. Without a strategic approach, firms will face higher turnover, lower engagement, and reduced client value. This situation calls for a reevaluation of how law firms develop and sustain their most valuable asset: their people.

Akin Gump As Akin tries to meet the demand from data center power deals, Strauss Hauer & Feld has brought on two energy and infrastructure practice attorneys from Linklaters in New York and Washington, D.C.

According to industry sources and bank statistics, revolving lines of credit for Am Law 100 law firms have grown by an average of 40% over the past five years, indicating that big legal firms are increasingly using credit for backup funding.

Five Big Law partners and a former DOJ attorney were hired to Houston-based Bracewell in a hiring frenzy over the past week. The new hires work in a variety of fields related to the global energy sector, such as environmental, project development, and project and power finance.

A partner who helped establish Fish & Richardson’s Chicago office has returned to Jenner & Block, which is seeking to strengthen its antitrust practice. The firm is looking to hire more antitrust attorneys to effectively integrate new partners amid high demand.

Paul Hastings and Kirkland & Ellis are usually at the epicenter of the erratic London lateral hiring market.