Law Firm Mergers
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Alston & Bird, Law Firm Mergers
Law Firm Merger Mania: Alston & Bird Swoops In on Weston Benshoof
Just to close the loop on this prior report, the talks between Alston & Bird and Los Angeles-based Weston Benshoof have borne fruit. Alston’s acquisition of Weston is official. From a firm-wide email just issued by A&B managing partner Richard Hays: This morning, the partners voted overwhelmingly to expand the firm into California with the […] -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Here’s some recent associate pay raise news from Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell (the entity formed by the merger last year of Texas-based Locke Liddell & Sapp and Chicago-based Lord Bissell & Brook): Attached is a memo from, purportedly, the Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell (the new combined firm) management regarding associate salary increases. Despite […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Mayer Brown Is A Woman Now
Still no bonus announcement from Mayer Brown. But check out this intriguing email, sent out in the last hour: From: D’Esposito, Jr., Julian C.Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:41 PMTo: FW-Assocs; FW-CnslCc: Holzhauer, James D.; Geller, Kenneth S.; Maher, Paul; Favoriti, Gail A.; Pepper, Margery; Madden, Emilie S.; Dabrowski, Heidi M.; Reichert, Kathleen S.; Harris, […]
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Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, Mergers and Acquisitions
Law Firm Merger Mania: K&L Gates + Hughes & Luce
The combined firm will have over 1,500 lawyers in 23 offices. It will “employ the K&L Gates brand and have the legal name of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP.” Press release here. Update: Some commentary from an inside source, after the jump. K&L Gates, Hughes & Luce Partners Vote to Combine Firms Effective […] -
Animal Law, Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Google / Search Engines, Jonathan Lee Riches, Law Firm Mergers, Law Schools, LeBoeuf Lamb, Non-Sequiturs, Pro Se Litigants
Non-Sequiturs: 09.26.07
* Crazy pro se lawsuit against Google, seeking $5 billion in damages, touches upon the war on terror and a Burton snowboard. And no, it wasn’t filed by Jonathan Lee Riches. [TechDirt] * A misdemeanor count of cruelty to animals? Guess he wasn’t that good. [Denver Channel] * Law professors get their academic gowns in […] -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Mergers and Acquisitions, White & Case
Law Firm Merger Mania: White & Case to Acquire Moore & Van Allen?
Here’s some law firm merger scuttlebutt that’s making the rounds: Rumor is that White & Case is acquiring Moore & Van Allen, a native Charlotte firm with a national syndicated finance practice. Any truth to this? We reached out to both firms for comment. A White & Case spokesperson issued this statement: “We do not […] -
Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Lord, Bissell & Brook
Law Firm News: Odds and Ends
1. Back in May, Locke Liddell & Sapp, of Houston and Dallas, and Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, announced plans to merge. Those plans have now been finalized, and the merger will take effect on October 2. Sadly, they didn’t take our advice about that unwieldy name: the new firm will be known as […] -
Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers, Law Firm Names, LeBoeuf Lamb, Mergers and Acquisitions
Law Firm Merger Mania: Dewey LeBoeuf? (You Heard It Here First)
People in the offices of both Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb have been gossiping about a possible merger between their firms. Here’s some circumstantial evidence in support of the rumors. If you go to Whois.Net and enter the domain name DeweyLeBoeuf.com, you get this info: We have a call and an email in to Michael […] - Sponsored
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Akin Gump, Biglaw, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Skaddenfreude
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: Akin Gump Raises (Plus Some Hughes & Luce News)
We’ve confirmed the news that Akin Gump has raised in Texas. Here’s the message from Bruce McLean, the Akin Gump chairman: We are pleased to announce that we will be increasing associate and counsel compensation effective August 1, 2007. For first and second years, compensation will increase to $160,000 and $170,000, respectively. For subsequent years, […] -
Biglaw, Harriet Miers, Law Firm Mergers, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Mergers and Acquisitions, Partner Profits
Law Firm Merger Mania: Locke Liddell + Lord Bissell
The latest Biglaw combination brings together more “L”s than you can shake a stick at. From the Texas Lawyer: Locke Liddell & Sapp, based in Houston and Dallas, and Chicago-based Lord, Bissell & Brook have agreed to merge, and will form a 700-lawyer firm named Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Hmm, that’s a mouthful — […] -
7th Circuit, Dahlia Lithwick, Death Penalty, Feeder Judges, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.13.07
* Dahlia Lithwick on SCOTUS and the death penalty. [Slate] * A panel of the Seventh Circuit is made up entirely of Sixth Circuit judges sitting by designation. Of course, recusal seems to make sense when the defendant plotted to attack the Seventh Circuit’s courthouse. [How Appealing] * Novak testifies: he got the info from […]
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Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers, Money
The Dewy Orifice: A Post-Mortem
After the much ballyhooed merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe fell apart, many theories were bandied about as to why the deal disintegrated. See, e.g., here. Now, from a British legal publication, The Lawyer, we get this fascinating report: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe chairman Ralph Baxter demanded a guaranteed $25m (£12.92m) payout […] -
1st Circuit, Biglaw, Blogging, Book Deals, Books, D.C. Circuit, David Levi, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Drugs, Federal Judges, Harriet Miers, Jan Crawford Greenburg, John Beerbower, John Paul Stevens, Law Firm Mergers, Law Professors, Linda Greenhouse, Parties, Pictures, Real Estate, Saira Rao, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Week in Review, White House Counsel, William Rehnquist
ATL Week in Review: January 1-5
Last week was short, thanks to the New Year’s holiday; but it sure was busy. Here are some highlights from a very momentous week: * No more jokes about Harriet Miers: the ill-fated ex-SCOTUS nominee has resigned as White House counsel. Speculation about her successor abounds. * No more jokes about the Dewy Orifice: the […]
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Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers
The Closing of the Dewy Orifice: The Announcement Email
Why did the merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe die on the vine? Traditional theory: Dewey’s loss of key partners, such as M&A stars Michael Aiello and Jack Bodner, made it a much less attractive merger partner. Why buy a cow after the milk has dried up? See here. Revisionist theory: It […] -
Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers
More on the Death of Dewey-Orrick
Via the WSJ Law Blog, here’s the text of the two firms’ joint statement: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP have jointly decided to end merger discussions. Both firms are successful, global firms that saw great potential in a combination. However, a combination of this size and scope posed significant challenges. While […] -
Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers
More Breaking News: The Dewey-Orrick Merger Is Off
The planned merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has been called off. Last month, the troubled transaction was indefinitely postponed — not a good sign. Given the unfortunate nickname that was bestowed upon the new entity, the disintegration of this deal may be just as well. We hear that an internal email […] -
Biglaw, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Law Firm Mergers, Mergers and Acquisitions
Dewy Orifice: More Merger Missteps?
The indefinitely delayed, potentially troubled merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe isn’t being well-received by Dewey support staff. From a Dewey Ballantine tipster: As far we non-attorney types go, it seems like more of a hostile takeover than a merger. So far, Orrick management is calling the shots on all the administrative […] -
Celebrities, Chadbourne & Parke, Dewey Ballantine, Law Firm Mergers, Musical Chairs, State Judges
Musical Chairs: 12.19.06
The latest collection of moves within the profession: From government to private sector: * George Bundy Smith, former judge on the New York Court of Appeals — the state’s highest court (duh) — to Chadbourne & Parke, as a litigation partner. Lateral moves: * “A little ditty, about Jack and Diane”: M&A lawyer Jack Bodner, […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Dewey Ballantine, Law Firm Mergers, Money
Associate Bonus Watch: Dewey Ballantine Announces
This doesn’t really matter much (except, of course, to the people receiving the dough). But for those of you keeping score at home, Dewey Ballantine has just announced bonuses. Surprise surprise, they’re matching market. Well, almost matching market. The stub bonus for Class of 2006 folks was a flat $5,000. Other notable items from the […] -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Dewey Ballantine, Dewy Orifice, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Law Firm Mergers, Money, Preston Gates & Ellis, Week in Review
ATL Week in Review -- Biglaw Bonus Edition: December 11-15
We summarized the past week in non-bonus news back in this post. Now, we provide a recap of last week in Biglaw and associate bonus news: * In merger news, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Preston Gates & Ellis are combining to form “K&L Gates.” * Meanwhile, the Dewey-Orrick merger will be delayed in its consummation. […]