Modern Lawyer

Morgan Lewis Adds Crypto-Focused Investment Atty

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in advising companies on cryptocurrency matters and derivatives transactions has moved his practice recently to Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Pittsburgh office after more than two years with Blank Rome LLP.

Burford Capital Hires New Korea Exec Amid Growth Push

By Ryan Boysen

Burford Capital LLC has hired a new executive to oversee its operations in South Korea as the litigation funder aims to double its portfolio to roughly $15 billion by 2030, in part by expanding its geographic footprint.

Baker Botts' Record Hiring Builds On Strengths, Leader Says

By Lynn LaRowe

With the 2025 addition of the most lateral partners in a single year in firm history, Baker Botts LLP is pursuing a strategy its leader said is designed to build "strength on strength" and bulk up practice areas where the firm has "true market edge."

Gibson Dunn Formalizes First Amendment Practice

By Andrea Keckley

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced Wednesday that it has formalized its First Amendment and free expression practice group under the leadership of three veteran litigators.

From Judge To Neutral: Losing Power Of 'Robe,' Gaining Time

By James Mills

In this first of a two-part series, 10 former California federal and state judges discuss their adjustment from the bench to working as neutrals, a transition that comes with losing the prestige of the "robe" but provides more time for cases.

O'Melveny Corporate Finance Chair Hops To Pillsbury In NY

By Tracey Read

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has boosted its debt finance capabilities by bringing on the former chair of O'Melveny & Myers LLP's corporate finance practice.

Cozen O'Connor Brings On Ex-Federal Prosecutor In LA

By James Mills

Cozen O'Connor is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a former assistant U.S. attorney as a member in its Los Angeles area offices.

V&E Lands Gov't Contracts Co-Chair From Greenberg Traurig

By Jack Rodgers

Vinson & Elkins LLP has hired the co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP's government contracts practice in Washington, D.C., team to help colead V&E's practice, the firm has announced.

BCLP Creates New Innovation Role To Lead AI Drive

By Ashish Sareen

BCLP said Wednesday that it has appointed a senior corporate partner at its London office to drive its strategy on innovation as it looks to make the most of artificial intelligence to boost services for clients.

Willkie Accused Of Aiding $735M Fraud In Buyout Deal

By Katryna Perera

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP on Tuesday was accused of aiding a $735 million fraud carried out by an investment manager to secure financing for a 2023 take-private transaction involving Franchise Group Inc., which was then used to pay off the manager's personal debts.

Orrick Expands IP Team With Cadwalader, Kirkland Litigators

By Dorothy Atkins

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has beefed up its intellectual property litigation team with three new partners experienced in counseling technology and life sciences clients, adding two former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP litigators in New York and a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner in Los Angeles.

Law360 Names Firms Of The Year

By Kevin Penton

Eight law firms have earned spots as Law360's Firms of the Year, with 48 Practice Group of the Year awards among them, achieving milestones such as high-profile litigation wins at the U.S. Supreme Court and 11-figure merger deals.

Latham & Watkins Adds M&A Insurance Partner To Firm

By Mark Payne

Latham & Watkins LLP said Tuesday it has hired a Clifford Chance LLP partner with extensive experience in reinsurance transactions to strengthen the firm's mergers & acquisitions and private equity practice. 

Senior DOJ Fraud Atty Joins Akin Amid Surge In FCA Cases

By Jack Rodgers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has expanded its bench of former public servants, announcing Tuesday the hire of a senior trial counsel from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Fraud Section, shortly after the agency revealed last week a record $6.8 billion in False Claims Act judgments and settlements in the most recent fiscal year.

McDonald Hopkins Forms Practice Group For Law Firm MSOs

By Emma Cueto

Midwestern firm McDonald Hopkins LLC announced Tuesday that it has launched a practice group focused on handling deals between law firms and prospective private equity investors, which the firm said is a natural extension of its work on litigation funding deals and private equity investment in other professional services.

Ogletree Adds Federal Agency Vets As Practice Co-Chairs

By Andrea Keckley

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC announced Tuesday that it has tapped a prominent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alum from Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to co-chair its whistleblower and compliance practice group and a former U.S. Department of Justice litigator from Booz Allen Hamilton to co-chair its government contracting and reporting practice group.

Compliance Expert Moves Practice To Jenner & Block

By James Boyle

An attorney specializing in managing federal compliance regulations with expertise in the higher education, healthcare and life sciences industries has moved his practice to Jenner & Block LLP's Washington, D.C., office.

Paul Hastings Adds Mayer Brown's Antitrust Co-Leader

By Andrea Keckley

Paul Hastings LLP has welcomed a Federal Trade Commission alum who most recently co-led Mayer Brown LLP's antitrust and competition practice, the firm announced Tuesday as it reports nearly tripling the size of its own antitrust team over the past four years.

Massumi & Consoli Lands M&A Pro In Los Angeles

By Rose Krebs

Massumi & Consoli LLP announced Monday that it has added an attorney who previously operated his own talent management business for athletes and also spent time at Paul Hastings LLP and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP to enhance its capacity to handle mergers and acquisitions.

Clifford Chance US Funds Leaders Leap To Sidley

By Tracey Read

Sidley Austin LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired three partners from Clifford Chance LLP, including two former co-heads of the U.S. funds and investment management practice.

King & Spalding Rehires Trade Atty From Stripe

By Jack Rodgers

King & Spalding LLP has rehired a former senior international trade associate in Washington, D.C., who has spent the past eight years in varying iterations of corporate in-house work for Stripe, a global payment company whose technology helps expand the ability of businesses to accept payment for services.

Barnes & Thornburg Adds Steptoe White Collar Pro In DC

By Christine DeRosa

Barnes & Thornburg LLP has expanded its white collar, compliance and investigations practice in the nation's capital with a veteran litigator from Steptoe LLP, the firm said Tuesday.

Womble Bond's Consumer Finance Team Eyes Growth

By Tracey Read

Womble Bond Dickinson has added a 36-person consumer financial services team from McGlinchey Stafford PLLC led by Cleveland partner Mark Edelman. Law360 Pulse talked with Edelman about why his team made the move.

Private Equity Eyes Legal Field As Alternative Paths Open Up

By Ryan Boysen

This could be the year that private equity finally cracks the ramparts of the U.S. legal sector, as the rise of alternative business structure programs and managed services organizations chip away at the long-standing ban on nonlawyer ownership of law firms.

Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year

Law360 would like to congratulate the winners of its Practice Groups of the Year awards for 2025, which honor the attorney teams behind litigation wins and significant transaction work that resonated throughout the legal industry this past year.