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Tracking The Footprints Of Law360 Pulse's Global Leaders
The law firms in this year's Law360 Pulse Global Leaders ranking have built networks that span the globe. Visualize the reach of those 50 firms with our interactive map.
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Winston & Strawn Moves Chicago Office After 35 Years
Winston & Strawn LLP has moved its Chicago team for the first time in 35 years, settling into a riverside skyscraper that firm leaders credit for inspiring greater in-office attendance.
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Starbucks Gov't Affairs Pro Joins Cozen O'Connor Policy Arm
Cozen O'Connor's government affairs subsidiary announced that it has hired the former regional head of policy and government affairs for Starbucks.
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OFAC Inks $1M Russian Sanctions Deal With Ex-Gov't Official
The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced Tuesday that an unidentified attorney and former government official has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations the individual violated Russian sanctions by acting as a fiduciary for the family trust of a blocked Russian oligarch.
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Estate Planning Law Firm Gains PE Stake In Tech Platform
Hargrove Firm, a Kentucky-based trust and estate planning law firm, has worked out a deal for a private equity investment in its related technology platform known as NetLaw at a time of growing interest in nontraditional business arrangements within the legal industry.
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MoFo, Kellogg Hansen Exceed Prevailing BigLaw Bonus Scale
Morrison Foerster LLP and boutique law firm Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC both recently unveiled above-market bonuses, according to a MoFo in-house memo and a media report.
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US, UK Duo Named Cadwalader Restructuring Chairs
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP announced Tuesday that it has named a pair of experienced partners based in London and in New York and Washington, D.C., to lead the firm's financial restructuring practice.
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Benefits, Bonuses Rose As Remote Work Dipped In 2024
More firms are offering benefits such as parental leave and bonuses, and the legal industry appears to be settling on the amount of remote work that attorneys and staffers are allowed to perform, the Association of Legal Administrators has found in its latest annual report.
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Trustee Says Winston & Strawn Is Liable For $1.7B Fintech Bust
The trustee of the bankrupt self-styled "anti-woke" financial technology startup GloriFi said Winston & Strawn LLP shouldn't be allowed to escape a malpractice lawsuit over the company's $1.7 billion failure, saying the firm was a knowing participant in the allegedly unlawful activities of its then-CEO.
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Cooley Adds 30-Person Life Sciences IP Team From Dechert
A trio of Dechert LLP partners, including the co-chair of its global intellectual property practice, have joined Cooley LLP alongside a team of special counsel, associates and patent agents, the firm announced Tuesday.
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Jenner & Block To Require 4 Days In Office Starting In March
Jenner & Block LLP is planning to call attorneys and other employees into the office four days a week next year, joining a growing number of BigLaw firms that have announced increased in-person work requirements.
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Akerman Adds Steptoe Counsel To DC Corporate Team
Akerman LLP has hired a former of counsel from Steptoe LLP who started his career in public service working as an attorney advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the firm announced Monday.
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King & Spalding Promotes 27 Attys To Partner Across Globe
King & Spalding LLP is elevating 27 lawyers to partner in 2026, the firm announced on Tuesday, a smaller class than the 37 attorneys who were promoted this year in the firm's largest class of partners.
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MVP: Gibson Dunn's Allyson Ho
Allyson Ho of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP convinced the Fifth Circuit to overturn a contempt order against Texas officials in charge of the state's foster care system that would have fined them $100,000 a day, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Appellate MVPs.
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MVP: Latham's Justin Stolte
Justin Stolte of Latham & Watkins LLP helped companies around the globe broker multibillion-dollar energy and infrastructure deals, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Energy MVPs.
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MVP: Cravath's Gary A. Bornstein
Gary A. Bornstein of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has helped video game maker Epic Games score groundbreaking orders that are forcing Google and Apple to allow more competition for app distribution on millions of mobile devices, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Competition MVPs.
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MVP: Covington's David Fagan
David Fagan of Covington & Burling LLP guided clients through a series of landmark, politically charged transactions over the past year, including securing U.S. government approval for Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 International Trade MVPs.
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MVP: Davis Polk's Brian Wolfe
Brian Wolfe of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice advised private equity shop Sycamore Partners through its behemoth $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a deal that marked the third-largest leveraged buyout ever in the U.S., earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Mergers & Acquisitions MVPs.
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MVP: Keker's Elliot Peters
Elliot Peters, a partner at San Francisco trial firm Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, achieved an acquittal for a Palm Springs, California, developer accused of bribery, and guided a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP partner to a favorable result after being sued by Denmark, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 White Collar MVPs.
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Holland & Knight Adds Shipman & Goodwin Wealth Atty
A member of the 17-attorney team that left Tarlow Breed Hart & Rodgers PC to launch Shipman & Goodwin LLP's first office in Boston last month has made another move to join Holland & Knight LLP as a partner in its private wealth services group, the firm announced Monday.
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Latham Adds Energy Ace From Kirkland In Houston
Latham & Watkins LLP has strengthened its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice with a Houston-based partner who came aboard after more than a decade with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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King & Wood Mallesons To Break Up 14 Years After Merger
King & Wood Mallesons' partnerships in China and Australia said Tuesday that they are separating, after operating under the same banner for more than a decade.
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Eversheds Adds Ex-SDNY Atty As Investigations Co-Leader
Eversheds Sutherland has added a former assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York to co-lead its corporate crime and investigations practice, the firm announced.
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Eversheds Sutherland Leaders Talk Strategic Growth
Growth is top of mind for Eversheds Sutherland's two global leaders, but as they wrap up 2025 in their new leadership roles with the transatlantic firm, they emphasized in a recent interview with Law360 Pulse they're taking a strategic approach to expansion.
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Eckert Seamans Expands CFO Role To Also Serve As COO
A year after moving from Reed Smith LLP, the chief financial officer for Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC has seen his duties expanded to also lead the firm's operations.