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Reed Smith Debuts In Atlanta With 37 Attys From 2 Firms
Reed Smith LLP has launched its first office in Atlanta with a 37-attorney team composed of lawyers coming aboard from Morris Manning & Martin LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP, the firm announced Thursday.
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Law Firms See Generational Shift In Leadership In 2024
The legal industry saw a wave of leadership transitions in 2024, with a growing number of top executives in the nation's top 200 law firms stepping down, paving the way for a new generation of leaders, according to an upcoming report by Leopard Solutions.
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Law Firm Real Estate Report
A new year brought new surroundings for a number of law firms throughout the U.S., including Honigman LLP's move to a new office in Chicago nearly 10 years after launching in the Windy City, and Snell & Wilmer LLP launching another San Diego office to accommodate its growing staff.
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Jackson Lewis Brings On Littler Atty As San Diego Leader
Employment law firm Jackson Lewis PC is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Littler Mendelson PC litigator to be the new office managing principal in San Diego.
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Greenberg Traurig Opens Second German Office In Munich
Greenberg Traurig LLP expanded its footprint in Germany on Thursday, announcing the opening of a new office in Munich along with the hiring of eight attorneys for the location from McDermott Will & Emery LLP and Ehlers Ehlers & Partner.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Orrick
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP's technology practice has advised on a range of high-value deals and litigation matters in the sector over the past year, including handling over $20 billion in venture financing transactions for artificial intelligence companies and overturning a $2 billion trade secrets verdict, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Technology Groups of the Year.
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White Collar Group Of The Year: Kaplan Marino
Kaplan Marino secured a client's acquittal of federal bribery charges, dismissal of state charges for an attorney accused in a kickback scheme and negotiated a probated sentence for a doctor accused of over 40 state crimes, earning it a spot among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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Environmental Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP's environmental practice handled a particularly diverse array of cases last year, including successfully defending eBay against U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency allegations that it violated three environmental statutes via harmful products sold using its platform, earning the team a spot among the 2024 Law360 Environmental Groups of the Year.
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Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Cravath
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP attorneys played a key role in a massive $28 billion merger agreement between Paramount and Skydance that would create a new media conglomerate, and it counseled Disney in a suit from a Mexican soccer club claiming it was owed millions in streaming rights following Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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Tax Group Of The Year: Skadden
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's tax practice advised on key deals and cases in 2024, including Mars Inc.'s $35.9 million acquisition of Kellanova and BlackRock Inc.'s $12.5 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners, landing it among the 2024 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group Of The Year: Goodwin Procter
Goodwin Procter LLP's capital markets team steered Astera Labs, a provider of connectivity chips that support cloud software and artificial intelligence systems, through its upsized $774 million initial public offering and guided drug developer Bicara Therapeutics through its upsized $362 million IPO, placing the firm among the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.
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Bankruptcy Group Of The Year: Weil
Bankruptcy attorneys from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP steered hospital chain Steward Health Care's $9 billion bankruptcy and represented Scandinavian Airlines in its restructuring of $2 billion in debt across the U.S. and Sweden, earning a spot among the 2024 Law360 Bankruptcy Groups of the Year.
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BakerHostetler Adds Fish & Richardson Litigator In Del.
BakerHostetler has hired a commercial litigator who formerly worked for intellectual property firm Fish & Richardson PC for more than a decade to bolster its Delaware office and complex litigation prowess in the Chancery Court and elsewhere.
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Orrick Adds Head Of Antitrust Litigation From Weil
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired Eric Hochstadt from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as the firm's new head of antitrust litigation and a member of its management committee, the firm announced Thursday.
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Brazil Biz Pro Joins Kobre & Kim To Lead Latin America Team
Kobre & Kim LLP has brought on an experienced international trade expert and consultant as regional managing director for Latin America, enhancing the cross-border dispute and investigation firm's business and product development and overall operations from her base in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Dentons Taps SEC Enforcement Vet From Morrison Cohen
Dentons has brought on a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP, where his work made headlines when he won a rare sanctions order against the regulator over its handling of a case against a client, the crypto project known as Debt Box.
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White & Case Adds Global Tax Pro From McDermott
White & Case LLP announced Wednesday that it is expanding its global tax practice by bringing in a former McDermott Will & Emery partner to its Washington, D.C., office.
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Blank Rome Names New Florida Chair, Practice Leaders
Blank Rome LLP announced a slew of new leadership appointments Wednesday, including new department heads, practice group leaders and a new chair of its Florida offices.
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KPMG's US Law Firm Plan Still Under Review By Ariz. Justices
Accounting giant KPMG's bid to own a U.S. law firm remains unresolved after the Arizona Supreme Court held a scheduled meeting on the matter.
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White Collar Group Of The Year: Quinn Emanuel
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP won a showdown with the IRS that resulted in a rare public apology from the government and then dismantled a high-profile manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin, to name a few achievements that landed the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 White Collar Groups of the Year.
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Tax Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP's bench of tax talent is so deep that it can help its clients sell the Chicago Cubs one day and buy $646 million of Brazilian solar farms on another. The firm's ability to offer tax transaction and advisory services across industries, transaction types and specialty areas earned it a place among the 2024 Law360 Tax Groups of the Year.
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Technology Group Of The Year: Weil
Weil Gotshal & Manges' tech lawyers litigated antitrust issues over Microsoft's $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard, defended Apple from customers who claimed they were scammed by an app they downloaded from the App Store, and handled the bankruptcy of a major bitcoin miner, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Technology Groups of the Year.
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Real Estate Group Of The Year: DLA Piper
The real estate team at DLA Piper over the past year has shepherded deals on matters ranging from massive, billion-dollar data centers to inner city mixed-use projects and what's been widely reported as the largest private real estate development in the United States, securing a place among the 2024 Law360 Real Estate Groups of the Year.
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Media & Entertainment Group Of The Year: Covington
Covington & Burling LLP aided Meta in beating back claims accusing the social media behemoth of designing its platforms to be addictive and also helped various professional sporting organizations ink nearly $80 billion in licensing deals last year, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Media & Entertainment Groups of the Year.
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Capital Markets Group of the Year: Latham
Latham's capital markets team shepherded a number of high-profile privately held companies to the public market, including Lineage Inc.'s $4.4 billion IPO, the largest IPO of 2024, and Reddit's $748 million IPO, earning the group a spot on the 2024 Law360 Capital Markets Groups of the Year.