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After Year-Long Search, Willkie Lures Kirkland Partner as Restructuring Chair
10/27/2025

After Year-Long Search, Willkie Lures Kirkland Partner as Restructuring Chair

Willkie is driven significantly by private equity and wants to be able to handle everything for clients in that space, from cradle to grave, said Willkie's chair.

Davis Polk Adds Goodwin Capital Markets Partner
10/27/2025

Davis Polk Adds Goodwin Capital Markets Partner

The move, firm chair Neil Barr said, is aimed at serving corporate clients “earlier in their life cycle.”

30 Legal Professionals Jump from Seyfarth Shaw to PE-Affiliated Vialto Law
10/27/2025

30 Legal Professionals Jump from Seyfarth Shaw to PE-Affiliated Vialto Law

Vialto Law is the legal arm of global immigration, tax and managed services company Vialto Partners, which was spun off of Big Four accounting firm PwC in 2022 and is now backed by private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

McDermott Will & Schulte has announced its first new partner class since its 2025 merger was completed, promoting 74 att...
10/27/2025

McDermott Will & Schulte has announced its first new partner class since its 2025 merger was completed, promoting 74 attorneys to the partner ranks and 13 to counsel. The firm confirmed it's a 32% increase over the prior combined promotion rounds of legacy firms McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel. Geographically, a bulk of the newly promoted partners are located in New York, which is also the site of the former Schulte, Roth & Zabel. The firm said the promotions were across 17 U.S. cities and in France, Germany, Italy and the U.K. https://loom.ly/c8x7SgU

The lion’s share of the promotions was in the transactions group, and many were in New York.

Sources have indicated in the last week that Cadwalader has been speaking with multiple firms lately and the pace of mer...
10/27/2025

Sources have indicated in the last week that Cadwalader has been speaking with multiple firms lately and the pace of merger talks has picked up. Possible merger partner firms are likely ranked in the Am Law 25 to Am Law 50 range — where firms’ gross revenues exceed $1 billion — and are generally interested in Cadwalader’s corporate practices and its large New York office. One source familiar with the circumstances described the set of courters as a rolling group of three. https://loom.ly/3Hh5cAU

We regularly evaluate our strategy to further capitalize on our market-leading strengths for our clients, the firm said in a statement Thursday.

Is Big Law Tearing Down the House or Just Rebuilding?
10/27/2025

Is Big Law Tearing Down the House or Just Rebuilding?

There are many ways to rebuild and renovate a house—and a law firm. Big Law is facing a myriad of pressures and challenges that will require it to change, but it is not bringing out the bulldozers.

A ‘Ruthless' Competition: As Big Law Becomes More Corporate, Some Firm Leaders See Pitfalls for Profession
10/27/2025

A ‘Ruthless' Competition: As Big Law Becomes More Corporate, Some Firm Leaders See Pitfalls for Profession

The continued focus on profits, rainmaking laterals, client mobility and a general lack of cohesion in modern partnerships have some law firm leaders believing there is no going back.

Weil Recruits National Security Lawyer Antonia Tzinova From Holland & Knight
10/27/2025

Weil Recruits National Security Lawyer Antonia Tzinova From Holland & Knight

National security lawyer Antonia Tzinova has joined Weil as a partner in its regulatory transactions group in Washington, D.C.

Male Law Student Sues Charleston School of Law and Baker Donelson for Title IX Retaliation and Gender Bias
10/26/2025

Male Law Student Sues Charleston School of Law and Baker Donelson for Title IX Retaliation and Gender Bias

The outcome could shape not only the plaintiff’s future but also the evolving legal boundaries of Title IX enforcement, especially as schools increasingly rely on outside counsel to navigate allegations that straddle law, policy and public scrutiny.

FordHarrison Adds 2 Industry Vets to Boost Airline Group in Nashville and Chicago
10/26/2025

FordHarrison Adds 2 Industry Vets to Boost Airline Group in Nashville and Chicago

Matt Westerman moved from Atlanta-based Unifi Aviation while Justin Doane will move Oct. 31 from Hawaiian Airlines.

Apply Today: Legislation Creates More Georgia Judgeships
10/26/2025

Apply Today: Legislation Creates More Georgia Judgeships

The Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia is seeking nominees and applicants for a superior court vacancy on the Brunswick Judicial Circuit and state court vacancies in Bryan, Henry and Spalding counties.

TFG Holding to Pay $4.8 Million Settlement to Texas, Other States
10/25/2025

TFG Holding to Pay $4.8 Million Settlement to Texas, Other States

Texas is part of a multistate $4.8 million settlement with online clothing retailer TFG Holding Inc. after state AGs accused it of deceptive billing and automatically enrolling customers in paid memberships that were hard to cancel.

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