Congratulations to the three lawyers who will join the partnership of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, effective January 1:
- Elliot J. Gluck: Currently counsel in the Asset Management Group, Gluck is based in New York. He graduated from Yeshiva University (1999) and Fordham Law (2004).
- Jennifer Hardy: An associate in the Business Reorganization and Restructuring Department, Hardy works out of Houston. She’s a graduate of UT (2003) and NYU Law (2007).
- Carly Glover Saviano: Saviano is an associate in Willkie’s real estate practice. She is based in New York and graduated from Lafayette College (2002) and UVA Law (2007).
We’ve been paying attention to the diversity of new partner classes at top firms, and we commend Willkie for the strong representation of women in this trio. It’s a marked contrast from the partner classes of 2016 (one woman in a class of five), 2015 (zero women in a class of nine), and 2014 (one woman in a class of eight).
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And in news that should surprise absolutely no one, Willkie matched the Cravath bonus scale this morning. Bonuses will be paid on December 21 — a Wednesday, but “consistent with our customary practices,” per the memo from the Executive Committee.
“We are all working very, very hard,” said a source, “but everyone is happy with flat bonuses given the bump in base salaries.”
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Based on our experience in recent client matters, we have seen an escalating threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) information technology (IT) workers engaging in sophisticated schemes to evade US and UN sanctions, steal intellectual property from US companies, and/or inject ransomware into company IT environments, in support of enhancing North Korea’s illicit weapons program.
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