Their kind of town: White & Case hires in Chicago as firm launches in the Windy City Nathalie Tidman More than 100 lawyers are eventually expected to join the new office White & Case is continuing its dynamic growth…
Ashurst taps Mayer Brown’s City office in disputes drive as White & Case adds Macfarlanes rising deal star Jones Nathalie Tidman The City lateral market has kicked off after an uncharacteristic hiatus in recent weeks, seeing Ashurst recruit disputes partner Tom Duncan…
A&O lures FinReg head Penn back from Cleary as White & Case makes City funds play with partner hire Nathalie Tidman In a surprise move, Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken back its erstwhile financial services regulation head Bob Penn from…
White & Case sets ambitious Chicago growth plans after opening office with corporate and white collar hires Nathalie Tidman White & Case is continuing its dynamic growth drive apace as the US vanguard opens an office in Chicago to be…
White & Case makes another City litigation play with Addleshaw Goddard hire Thomas Alan Expansive US firm White & Case is continuing to walk the talk on its going ‘toe to toe with the…
Deal watch: trio of big-ticket deals highlight frothy market for US and City elite Nathalie Tidman Barely a City or US firm in London has gone without popping a Champagne cork in recent days as big-ticket…
Brettle bows out as White & Case London head to focus on going toe-to-toe with the Magic Circle Nathalie Tidman Oliver Brettle has stepped down as White & Case’s London executive partner after a decade, with US securities partner Melissa…
Global London comment: Brexit looms but the $20m partner is coming Alex Novarese Striking numbers abound in this year’s Global London table, if you are into that kind of thing. The three pace-setting…
Brexit looms yet City law tilts further towards US leaders Alex Novarese Striking numbers abound in this year’s Global London table, if you are into that kind of thing. The three pace-setting…
Reborn supremacy – inside the unlikely White & Case revolution Nathalie Tidman ‘Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!’ exclaims Oliver Brettle, White & Case’s London executive partner, before getting up…
‘Investments have come home’: City branches stand out in big year for US players Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds City offices outpacing worldwide growth at many Global London firms 2017 was a boom year for many…
Freshfields trounces rivals as Global 100 firms release gender pay stats Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the penultimate Magic Circle firm to publish statistics on the disparity between male and female…
US moves: Freshfields hires DoJ heavyweight while White & Case opens Houston office Tom Baker Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has enhanced its US antitrust bench with the hire of veteran Eric Mahr from the Department of…
US firms continue City growth as White & Case and Cooley see double-digit revenue spike Nathalie Tidman White & Case’s City office posted revenue of $328m for 2017, a 13% increase on last year’s $290m figure, while…
NYLon focus continues as Kirkland and White & Case announce promotion rounds Marco Cillario Elite US firms ramped up their London partner headcounts in October, with Kirkland & Ellis making up a record 97…
Partner promotions: White & Case latest round down almost a third as it continues NYLon focus Marco Cillario White & Case has promoted 31 lawyers to partner, three quarters of them in London and the US, as the…
Life during law: Patrick Sarch, White & Case Madeleine Farman I started at Paisner and then on qualification went off to Norton Rose. I joined Clifford Chance in 2000, which…
As the City elite gets coy on associate salaries, US rivals are winning the battle for young talent Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman assesses the impact of another round of pay rises on the City market As US firms continue to…
CMS signs up Saudi partners as White & Case brings in heavyweight Swedish duo Marco Cillario They are already two of the most globalised law firms in the business, but CMS and White & Case have…
‘Acted recklessly’: White & Case fined record sum by SDT for conflict of interest breach Georgiana Tudor White & Case has been fined £250,000 in the largest-ever sanction imposed by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) against a firm,…
