Legal News & Industry Insights

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Baker McKenzie Adds Highly Regarded Cyber and National Security Lawyer Sumon Dantiki in Washington, DC
Former US Department of Justice officer Sumon Dantiki has joined the Washington, DC office of renowned international law firm Baker...
September 10, 2025
K&L Gates Enhances Asset Management Practice With London Partner Addition
Marianna Tothova joins the Asset Management and Investment Fund practice at K&L Gates as a partner. She is dual qualified...
September 10, 2025
Latham, Freshfields and Wachtell Advising on $53B Mining Giants Merger
Latham & Watkins, Freshfields, and Wachtell Lipton, Rosen & Katz are advising on the $53 billion merger between mining giants...
September 10, 2025
Ropes & Gray Opens Milan Office, Hires Latham PE Trio
Ropes & Gray has opened a new office in Milan, Italy, to strengthen its global private equity practice. This expansion...
September 10, 2025
Baker McKenzie Adds Second Ex-King & Spalding Partner to Boost NatSec Team in D.C.
Three months after hiring former Deputy U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein to lead its national security practice, Baker McKenzie announced the...
September 10, 2025
Wilson Sonsini’s Latin America Practice Head Jumps to Greenberg Traurig
Greenberg Traurig has hired Matt Squires, the former head of the Latin America practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,...
September 10, 2025
Big Law C-Suite Hiring Has Remained High
In August, Am Law 100 firms appointed several C-suite leaders, with notable hires at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Morrison &...
September 9, 2025
Big Law Is No Longer Steering Clear of Work Involving Trump Businesses
Major law firms have shifted their approach since the first Trump administration, now more willing to engage in deals linked...
September 9, 2025
Skadden Hires Sequoia Capital Chief Policy Officer as Tech Policy Head
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom announced on Tuesday the hiring of Don Vieira as partner and head of its...
September 9, 2025
S&C, Skadden, Cravath, Weil Help Close Murdoch Saga for $3.3B
The law firms Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and Weil, Gotshal &...
September 9, 2025
S&C Advises FirstBank in $4.1 Billion Acquisition by PNC
PNC Financial Services Group has agreed to buy FirstBank Holding Company, the parent company of FirstBank, for cash and equity,...
September 9, 2025
Gibson Dunn Advises SpaceX on $17 Billion Acquisition of EchoStar’s Full Portfolio of AWS-4 and H-block Spectrum Licenses
The $17 billion purchase of EchoStar’s entire portfolio of AWS-4 and H-block 50 MHz spectrum licenses, as well as some...
September 9, 2025