Americas News
Edwards Wildman teams up with M&A boutique Ismen for Turkey launch
US-firm Edwards Wildman is to open an office in Istanbul through an association with Turkish M&A firm Ismen, months after the two firms worked together on a £36m deal.
Garrigues pulls out of Latin American alliance to open own offices
Europe’s largest law firm, Garrigues, is quitting the Latin American alliance it founded in 2004 in order to launch its own offices on the continent.
Ex-Dewey tax partner exits Linklaters' Washington base for KPMG
Linklaters Washington DC tax partner Joseph Pari has left for KPMG, roughly a year after moving to the magic circle firm ahead of the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf.
Linklaters beefs up relaunched DC base with Bingham tax duo
Linklaters has added two partners to its nascent Washington DC office with the hire of Bingham McCutchen tax duo David Brockway and Jasper Howard.
Hogan Lovells and Links in focus as Kodak sells unit to UK pensioners for $650m
Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Sullivan & Cromwell have won lead roles as Eastman Kodak offloads its personal film business to UK pensioners.
Americas Analysis
Hire plains drifters: how the top US firms are doing in London
US firms are on a hiring drive to gain clout in London and boost their English law capabilities, and the tactic is paying off
Davis Polk analysis: Friends and relationships
New boss Tom Reid is taking Davis Polk down a path that calls longstanding links into question, including those with Slaughter and May
CC in front seat at Carlyle
The flurry of deals undertaken by private equity giant Carlyle this year has provided rich picking for a number of big firms
Focus: Reed Smith, United we stand
Vereins may be the structure du jour, but Reed Smith’s unified compensation system helped make its merger with Richards Butler one of the smoothest ever
Anatomy of a merger
Hogan Lovells’ honeymoon period has seen the firm attempting to integrate cultures and expand its client base. But has it lost something in the process?
