/pulse/modern-lawyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Modern Lawyer Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:48:01 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410861?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410861 Quarles & Brady LLP has appointed new chairs for three of its practice groups, announcing on Thursday new heads for its business law, labor & employment, and immigration & mobility practices.   Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:23:50 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410701 Holland & Knight LLP has hired a former senior adviser for the U.S. Department of Education, who joined the firm in Washington, D.C., and will provide counsel to local governments on federal policy and funding matters. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:13:34 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410722?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410722 Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that an attorney who left its ranks a few years ago for private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to return to the firm at the beginning of December as the co-leader of its global private capital transactions practice. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:04:02 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410864?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410864 Withers has a new senior counsel who has handled record-setting private sales and helped to place works in iconic institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:35 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2405542?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2405542 Dechert LLP's John Timperio set a new record for the biggest collateralized loan obligation transaction ever with Golub Capital Partners' $2.3 billion CLO, and he guided Paris-based Rivage as it established its first U.S. operation, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:35 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2406821?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2406821 Adam Kool, a tax partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, spent the past year advising on high-profile, industry-transforming transactions. Kool's work on AbbVie's $63 billion acquisition of the pharmaceutical giant Allergan, GTCR's pending $24.25 billion sale of global payment processing company Worldpay and other billion-dollar transactions has earned him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Tax MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:35 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404906?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404906 Jennifer A. Riley of Duane Morris LLP helped Geico defeat conditional certification in a nationwide collective action, defended an industrial staffing company from California state law claims and helped several companies negotiate favorable settlements of wage and hour claims, earning her a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Employment MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:34 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404167?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404167 James Bromley, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, has handled some of the country's largest and most complex bankruptcy cases in the past year — including FTX Trading Ltd., SVB Financial Group and Diamond Sports, representing Major League Baseball — earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Bankruptcy MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:34 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404233?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404233 Alfred L. Fatale III of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP's led the team that secured a $200 million settlement against Uber Technologies Inc. for investors who had accused the ride-sharing giant of a misleading initial public offering, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Securities MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:34 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404399?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2404399 Noiana Marigo of Freshfields US LLP's international arbitration group acted as lead partner when her team secured the complete dismissal of Venezuela's application to annul a $2.8 billion award issued in favor of a Spanish agribusiness, earning her a spot among the 2025 Law360 International Arbitration MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:03:32 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2403315?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2403315 Jason Mehta, co-chair of Foley & Lardner LLP's healthcare litigation team, helped secure a bombshell ruling declaring parts of the False Claims Act unconstitutional and successfully defended COVID-19 test kit providers facing government investigations, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Healthcare MVPs. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:16:10 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2406354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2406354 Though law firms and private equity firms appear to be strange bedfellows, such combinations may offer opportunities for ailing midsize firms — which must be weighed against risks to culture, brand and growth prospects, say directors at FTI Consulting. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:13:48 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410647?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410647 K&L Gates LLP announced Thursday it has hired Winston & Strawn's former Paris head of arbitration as a litigation and dispute resolution partner to strengthen the firm in international arbitration. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:04:07 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410613?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410613 Fox Rothschild LLP has added a partner in Dallas from Steptoe & Johnson PLLC who boasts decades of experience advising clients on retail and mixed-use developments, as well as affordable housing projects. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:50:10 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410462?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410462 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is welcoming back a real estate expert, most recently with Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, as a partner in its office in Indian Wells, California, in the Coachella Valley and as co-head of its real estate practice. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:35:14 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2408274?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2408274 Lateral partner hiring data for the last five years paints a surprisingly static portrait of where top law firms are making the most hires, even as they warm up to secondary and tertiary legal markets. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:35:01 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410059 A veteran financial executive who has worked at a number of major law firms has joined Frost Brown Todd LLP from Proskauer Rose LLP as the firm's chief financial officer, the firm announced Wednesday. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:29:43 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410350?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410350 Cozen O'Connor has named the practice technology and e-discovery director at Shepherd Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as the new operations director for its electronic discovery business unit. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:25:39 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410028?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2410028 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP elected 14 attorneys as partners across Georgia, Illinois, Texas, New York, North Carolina, California and China, representing an increase from the 10 attorneys in the firm's partner class promoted last year for 2025. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:24:48 +0000 /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2409695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/modern-lawyer/articles/2409695 Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP is expanding its corporate team, announcing Wednesday it is bringing in a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP technology transactions expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.