Legal News & Industry Insights

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Cleary Elects New Managing Partner, While Gerstenzang Will Hold New Senior Partner Role
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is set to adopt a new leadership structure, with Jeffrey Karpf elected as managing partner...
September 11, 2025
Not Just Lawyers: Lit Finance Investment Decision-Making Involves ‘Extensive’ Due Diligence Team
The decision-making process for third-party litigation financiers involves assessing not just legal factors, but also financial risks and costs. This...
September 11, 2025
‘We’re Here to Stay’: Firms Are Hungry for Pittsburgh Real Estate
Several law firms are opening offices in Pittsburgh due to its rising status as a secondary market. Two Pennsylvania midsize...
September 11, 2025
Litigation Is the ‘Piston Firing’ Within Big Law’s Business Engine. So How Are Firms Investing?
In a year of uncertainty for corporate practices, major law firms have found stability in their litigation and dispute resolution...
September 11, 2025
With Market ‘Competitive’ as Ever, Mayer Brown Adds 6-Lawyer Infrastructure Team
Mayer Brown has expanded its energy project finance team by adding partners from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Vinson...
September 11, 2025
Kirkland Lures Fintech Regulatory Partner From McDermott
This week, McDermott Will & Schulte, a recently merged firm, lost a financial technology regulatory partner to Kirkland & Ellis....
September 11, 2025
Skadden, Perkins Coie, BCLP Add New Talent to DC Offices
Don Vieira, a partner at Sequoia, a startup capital firm, has returned to Skadden. Ted Dowd became a partner at...
September 11, 2025
Ballard Spahr Guides Sale of Co. to Create ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Digital Pharmacy Platform
In their acquisition of Occam Health Services, attorneys from Ballard Spahr’s Life Sciences Industry Team developed a “first-of-its-kind digital pharmacy...
September 11, 2025
K&L Gates Again Guides Clean Power Hydrogen plc on Successful Fundraising for Flagship Electrolyser Technology
The UK-based green hydrogen technology and production company Clean Power Hydrogen plc (CPH2), which created the IP-protected Membrane-Free Electrolyser, raised...
September 11, 2025
Mayer Brown enhances energy project finance offering with six-person team led by Elina Coss and Trevor Shelton
In addition to giving the firm’s Projects & Infrastructure department more depth, Mayer Brown announced today that a notable team...
September 11, 2025
Baker McKenzie Adds Senior IRS Official Jennifer Best to Tax Practice in Washington, DC
Jennifer Best will join the Tax Practice Group of renowned international law firm Baker McKenzie later this month in Washington,...
September 11, 2025
Mayer Brown represents BlackRock in landmark agreement to manage $80 billion of Citi Wealth client assets
Mayer Brown was BlackRock, Inc.’s legal counsel regarding a new mandate with Citi Wealth (the wealth management division of Citibank’s...
September 11, 2025