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...Paul Weiss and Sachdev declined to comment. Johnson did not respond to a request for comment....
...Paul Weiss declined to comment. Linklaters did not respond to a request for comment....
...Kirkland and Paul Weiss declined to comment....
...But the US antitrust chief chalked up smaller wins in the process, DD’s James Fontanella-Khan writes....
...The indictment was handed down by a grand jury and filed in federal court in California by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed by attorney-general Merrick Garland to probe Hunter Biden’s business...
...Hunter Biden had reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors earlier this year related to both the gun and tax probes, but it collapsed, paving the way for Weiss to bring the charges....
...Hunter Biden is also facing a probe by special counsel David Weiss, who was appointed by attorney-general Merrick Garland....
...Law firm White & Case has hired Paul Weiss partner Taurie Zeitzer as co-head of its global private equity industry group....
...leaving the firm to join Paul Weiss....
...In 2016 Cravath’s star mergers and acquisitions lawyer Scott Barshay left for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison....
...UATX was announced in November 2021 as being “dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth”, on former New York Times journalist Bari Weiss’s Substack. Weiss, 39, is widely disliked among US liberals....
...Brunswick announced that chief operating officer Helen James will leave the firm and will be replaced by current UK managing partner Tom Burns....
...primarily due to the debt financing markets and the cost of financing remain high, certainly compared to prior years when sponsor activity was much higher,” said Krishna Veeraraghavan, a partner at Paul Weiss...
...“[The Paul Weiss raid] has disrupted the myth that once you have reached Kirkland, you can’t go anywhere else.”...
...Speaking in an interview with the FT, Morgan Stanley’s outgoing chief executive James Gorman struck a more upbeat tone....
...The latest intel from the coup on London’s legal market, as DD’s Will Louch and James Fontanella-Khan reported last week, is that it happened in the most American setting possible: a Bruce Springsteen concert...
...Paul Weiss is hiring investment funds lawyer James King from Kirkland & Ellis. King will be based in London. Santander has hired a trio of senior US bankers, Bloomberg reported....
...Kirkland & Ellis has poached Linklaters tax partner James Morgan in London....
...Additional reporting by James Fontanella-Khan...
...Riff Raff, Janet Weiss and Dr Frank-N-Furter are all characters in what?...
...The competitive challenges come amid the departures of star rainmakers including Antonio Weiss, Gary Parr and Matthieu Pigasse....
...Chief operating officer Helen James will leave. “It’s a nice, proper transition and carefully done,” said Parker, adding that it was the “right time” for a change....
...“To be able to create such a firm from scratch is a rare accomplishment,” says Antonio Weiss, a former executive at Lazard....
...The DoJ has denied wrongdoing, and David Weiss, the US attorney who was appointed by Donald Trump to investigate him, has offered to testify later this year to answer questions....
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