Womble Bond Dickinson U.S. CEO Merrick Benn recalls the obstacles and successes from combining firms from different countries, such as the U.S. firm Perkins Coie and the U.K.’s Ashurst, as they plan the latest trans-Atlantic merger.

Election litigation boutique Elias Law Group has been growing quickly in headcount and demand since it launched four years ago, partly thanks to a surge in litigation over voting rights and redistricting over the last year.

Milbank will match the year-end bonus scale announced by several top firms in the last week.

As momentum for private equity incursion into the legal industry continues to build, Cohen & Gresser is considering selling a stake in the firm to outside investors.

Instead of Big Law, former top prosecutors are launching or joining prominent boutiques.

Lauren M. Law has joined Lamb McErlane as a senior associate in its litigation practice.

Tenet Healthcare Corporation was represented by Gibson Dunn in a private placement offering of $750 million in total principal for their 6.000% senior notes due in 2033 and $1.5 billion in total principal for their 5.500% senior secured first lien notes due in 2032.

National Public Radio was represented by Gibson Dunn when it came to an agreement with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to settle some of the allegations that CPB had implemented an Executive Order compelling CPB to stop giving NPR government funding.

Mesirow, an independent, employee-owned financial services company with its headquarters in Chicago, received advice from Baker McKenzie about the opening of its new Geneva office.

As arranger and lead subscriber for the €2.0 billion senior secured bond financing for Funecap, a top supplier of funeral infrastructure and services with a vast network of crematoria, pet crematoria, and funeral homes throughout Europe and North America, Mayer Brown provided advice to ICG, the global alternative asset manager.