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Law Firm News
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - Volume 21 No. 1197
General
Latham Overtakes Kirkland as 2025 Big Law M&A Deals Leader - Bloomberg Law News (Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins), July 1, 2025 Paul Hastings Spies $2.5 Billion Revenue Goal on Vigorous Hiring - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Hastings), June 30, 2025
Law Firm Mergers and New Offices
Merged law firm will be called McDermott Will & Schulte after partner vote - ABA Journal (Schulte Roth & Zabel; McDermott Will), July 1, 2025 This midsize firm is in merger talks after losing over one-third of its lawyers - ABA Journal (Seyfarth Shaw), July 1, 2025 DLA Piper and Brazil's CMA Advogados end cooperation agreement - Latin Lawyer (DLA Piper), July 1, 2025 Atlanta's Morris Manning eyes deal after losing 22 lawyers to Seyfarth - AJC.com (Seyfarth Shaw), July 1, 2025
Big Deals
MoFo, White & Case, NO&T advise EQT on $1.1 bln sale of Japan's Pioneer - | Asian Legal Business (White & Case), July 1, 2025 Latham & Watkins Advises on Kazakhstan’s $2.5B Bonds - Lawyer Monthly (Latham & Watkins), July 1, 2025 Clio Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire vLex for US$1 Billion, Defining a New Era for AI-Powered Legal Technology - PR Newswire (Wilson Sonsini), July 1, 2025
Attorney Moves
Jenner & Block adds mass torts team in Chicago from Mayer Brown - The Global Legal Post (Jenner & Block; Mayer Brown), July 2, 2025 Crowell hires 18-strong Dentons IP team in London, bolstering Unified Patent Court capability - The Global Legal Post (Crowell & Moring; Dentons), July 1, 2025 Thompson Hine Nabs Rachael Rodman as IP, Litigation Partner - Bloomberg Law News (Thompson Hine), July 1, 2025 Weil adds new Paris antitrust lead - CDR News (Weil Gotshal), July 1, 2025 WilmerHale Adds Adrian Percer to IP Practice in California - Bloomberg Law News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025 Jones Day Hires Energy Duo Davies, McNabb as Partners in London - Bloomberg Law News (Jones Day), July 1, 2025 Morgan Lewis Recruits Donald English Jr. as Employment Partner - Bloomberg Law News (Morgan Lewis), July 1, 2025 Dechert enhances private equity team with new partner - metropole.cz (Dechert), July 1, 2025 WilmerHale white-collar co-head hikes to CRS - CDR News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025 Two More Paul Weiss Partners Leave for Dunn Isaacson Spinoff - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Weiss), July 1, 2025 Crowell & Moring Grabs Microsoft’s Scott Wise in Washington - Bloomberg Law News (Crowell & Moring), June 30, 2025 Gibson Dunn Hires Dean Masuda as Finance Partner in New York - Bloomberg Law News (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), June 30, 2025 King & Spalding Hires Colby Jenkins as Real Estate Partner - Bloomberg Law News (King & Spalding), June 30, 2025 Seyfarth Shaw hires 22 lawyers from Morris, Manning & Martin - The Business Journals (Seyfarth Shaw), June 30, 2025 Dechert enhances private equity team with new partner - Mysore Saree Udyog (Dechert), June 30, 2025
General Counsel Moves
Bill Castner named new Rutgers general counsel - New Jersey Globe (General Counsel), July 1, 2025 Valley National Bancorp Announces New General Counsel - Business Wire (General Counsel), July 1, 2025 Former Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Scott Wise Joins Crowell & Moring - Longview News-Journal (General Counsel), June 30, 2025
Technology
Clio Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire vLex for US$1 Billion, Defining a New Era for AI-Powered Legal Technology - PR Newswire June 30, 2025 LegalTechTalk – the Met Gala of Legaltech? - Legal IT Insider June 30, 2025 Building a Legal AI Dream Team Means Prioritizing the Human Side - Bloomberg Law News June 30, 2025 Technology a critical choice for law firms - Mysore Saree Udyog June 30, 2025 OPINION: AI Won't Kill Junior Legal Jobs, It'll Redefine Them - ABP Live English June 30, 2025
AmLaw Daily (Law.com)
One in Five Law Firms Hit by Cyberattacks Over Past 12 Months Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 A&O Shearman Wants Its U.S. Attorneys in the Office More Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Letter From London: The Fading Magic of Slaughter and May and Ashurst Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Law Firm Mergers Up 21% in First Half of 2025 Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Former DOJ, Big Law Appellate Attorneys Join Anti-Trump Group Democracy Forward Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 NJ Top 40: New Jersey's Top-Earning Firms Navigate Uncertainty, but Still Managed a 'Very Solid Year' Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Latham Partner Heads to Eversheds Amid Germany Growth Push Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Simpson Thacher Names 3 New Corporate Practice Heads Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 Can Slaughter and May Carry on Being Slaughter and May? Law.com: Law Firm Management, July 1, 2025 In a Volatile World, Where Do Law Firm Leaders Want to Be? Law.com: Law Firm Management, June 30, 2025 Organizations Are Diving Into AI Adoption Without ROI Plans Law.com: Law Firm Management, June 30, 2025 Seyfarth Strengthens Southeast Focus With New Adds Who 'Play at the National Level' Law.com: Law Firm Marketing and Business Development, June 30, 2025 DOJ to Appeal Perkins Coie EO Decision Law.com: Law Firm Management, June 30, 2025 How I Made Law Firm Leadership: 'Realize That You Cannot Change the World in a Day,' Says Joseph Guay of Holland & Knight Law.com: Law Firm Management, June 30, 2025 Thicker Than Water: Handling Personal Conflicts of Interest Law.com: Law Firm Management, June 30, 2025
Legal Week
HSF Kramer and HFW Become Latest to Boost NQ Lawyer Pay July 1, 2025 Fieldfisher Launches in Portugal with 68-Strong Hire July 1, 2025 One in 5 US Law Firms Hit by Cyberattacks in the Past 12 Months, Study Finds July 1, 2025 Paul Hastings Hits White & Case Again to Finalize Energy-Infra Build Out July 1, 2025 Linklaters Appoints NEOM Veteran to lead Middle East Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations Team July 1, 2025 Eversheds Sutherland Adds Latham Partner in Germany Growth Push July 1, 2025 Ashurst Revenue Grows 8% to Hit £1B July 1, 2025 Can Slaughter and May Carry on Being Slaughter and May? A Deep Dive June 30, 2025 Allens, Clifford Chance Advise on $2.5B Australian Real Estate Deal June 30, 2025 In an Unpredictable and Volatile World, Where Do Law Firm Leaders Want to Be? June 30, 2025
Lawyer News
EY Law exits continue as energy heavyweights join US firm TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 2, 2025 This new firm would dominate the national arena TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 2, 2025 HSF Kramer closes in on magic circle NQ pay rates TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 2, 2025 Fieldfisher hires 68-strong team for Portuguese launch TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 MoFo swipes HSF Kramer levfin partner TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Clifford Chance deepens Amazon ties as competition partner returns to firm TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Crowell & Moring hires 18-strong patents team from Dentons TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Charles Russell Speechlys picks new genAI provider after tech “bake off” TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Ashurst remains “patient” on US growth plans – as revenue hits £1bn TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Curve: When defence meets venture: Europe’s €800bn pivot TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Cleary boosts London tax team with Kirkland hire TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Switzerland is about to shrink TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 Susman Godfrey gets Executive Order blocked in BigLaw’s fourth victory over Trump TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025 PEP at Stewarts rockets 35 per cent as firm nears £2m milestone TheLawyer.com: Latest News, July 1, 2025
Atlanta
King & Spalding Hires Colby Jenkins as Real Estate Partner - Bloomberg Law News (King & Spalding), June 30, 2025
Boston
WilmerHale Adds Adrian Percer to IP Practice in California - Bloomberg Law News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025 WilmerHale white-collar co-head hikes to CRS - CDR News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025
California
WEB - Latham & Watkins LLP (Latham & Watkins), July 2, 2025 Latham Overtakes Kirkland as 2025 Big Law M&A Deals Leader - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), July 1, 2025 Latham & Watkins Advises on Kazakhstan’s $2.5B Bonds - Lawyer Monthly (Latham & Watkins), July 1, 2025 Clio Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire vLex for US$1 Billion, Defining a New Era for AI-Powered Legal Technology - PR Newswire (Wilson Sonsini), July 1, 2025 Gibson Dunn Hires Dean Masuda as Finance Partner in New York - Bloomberg Law News (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), June 30, 2025 Paul Hastings Spies $2.5 Billion Revenue Goal on Vigorous Hiring - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Hastings), June 30, 2025
Chicago
Jenner & Block adds mass torts team in Chicago from Mayer Brown - The Global Legal Post (Jenner & Block; Mayer Brown), July 2, 2025 Latham Overtakes Kirkland as 2025 Big Law M&A Deals Leader - Bloomberg Law News (Kirkland & Ellis), July 1, 2025 This midsize firm is in merger talks after losing over one-third of its lawyers - ABA Journal (Seyfarth Shaw), July 1, 2025 Merged law firm will be called McDermott Will & Schulte after partner vote - ABA Journal (McDermott Will), July 1, 2025 DLA Piper and Brazil's CMA Advogados end cooperation agreement - Latin Lawyer (DLA Piper), July 1, 2025 DLA Piper parts ways with Brazil’s Campos Mello - Latin Lawyer (DLA Piper), July 1, 2025 Crowell hires 18-strong Dentons IP team in London, bolstering Unified Patent Court capability - The Global Legal Post (Dentons), July 1, 2025 Atlanta's Morris Manning eyes deal after losing 22 lawyers to Seyfarth - AJC.com (Seyfarth Shaw), July 1, 2025 Seyfarth Shaw hires 22 lawyers from Morris, Manning & Martin - The Business Journals (Seyfarth Shaw), June 30, 2025 Biglaw Firm Enters Merger Talks After Losing Nearly 60 Lawyers To Competitors In Mass Lateral Moves - Above the Law (Seyfarth Shaw), June 30, 2025
New York
Merged law firm will be called McDermott Will & Schulte after partner vote - ABA Journal (Schulte Roth & Zabel), July 1, 2025 Weil adds new Paris antitrust lead - CDR News (Weil Gotshal), July 1, 2025 MoFo, White & Case, NO&T advise EQT on $1.1 bln sale of Japan's Pioneer - | Asian Legal Business (White & Case), July 1, 2025 Two More Paul Weiss Partners Leave for Dunn Isaacson Spinoff - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Weiss), July 1, 2025 White & Case Grabs Stephen Culhane as Global M&A Partner in NY - Bloomberg Law News (White & Case), June 30, 2025
Philadelphia
Morgan Lewis Recruits Donald English Jr. as Employment Partner - Bloomberg Law News (Morgan Lewis), July 1, 2025 Dechert enhances private equity team with new partner - metropole.cz (Dechert), July 1, 2025 Dechert enhances private equity team with new partner - Mysore Saree Udyog (Dechert), June 30, 2025
Washington DC
Crowell hires 18-strong Dentons IP team in London, bolstering Unified Patent Court capability - The Global Legal Post (Crowell & Moring), July 1, 2025 WilmerHale Adds Adrian Percer to IP Practice in California - Bloomberg Law News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025 WilmerHale white-collar co-head hikes to CRS - CDR News (Wilmer Hale), July 1, 2025 Hogan Lovells advises managers on capital increase of Neinor Homes for approximately €229 million carried out through an accelerated bookbuilding offering - Legal Desire Media and Insights (Hogan Lovells), July 1, 2025 Crowell & Moring Grabs Microsoft’s Scott Wise in Washington - Bloomberg Law News (Crowell & Moring), June 30, 2025
Other - Central US
Thompson Hine Nabs Rachael Rodman as IP, Litigation Partner - Bloomberg Law News (Thompson Hine), July 1, 2025 Jones Day Hires Energy Duo Davies, McNabb as Partners in London - Bloomberg Law News (Jones Day), July 1, 2025
Other - Western US
Trump Appeals Ruling Blocking Executive Order Against Perkins Coie - The New York Times (Perkins Coie), July 1, 2025
Canada
Dentons, AXL collaborate on artificial intelligence innovation initiatives - Lexpert (Dentons Canada), June 30, 2025
United Kingdom
Ashurst Crosses £1 Billion Revenue Mark Despite Rocky Market - Bloomberg Law News (Ashurst), July 1, 2025 Crowell hires 18-strong Dentons IP team in London, bolstering Unified Patent Court capability - The Global Legal Post (Dentons), July 1, 2025 Hogan Lovells advises managers on capital increase of Neinor Homes for approximately €229 million carried out through an accelerated bookbuilding offering - Legal Desire Media and Insights (Hogan Lovells), July 1, 2025 Linklaters Grabs Trauger as Capital Markets, M&A Partner in NY - Bloomberg Law News (Linklaters), June 30, 2025 Eversheds SG alliance firm adds first lateral partner with hire from Eng - | Asian Legal Business (Eversheds), June 30, 2025
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