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Law Firm News
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - Volume 21 No. 1369
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General
Quinn Emanuel posts steady growth in London, with revenue hitting £227m - Legal Business (Quinn Emanuel), January 14, 2026
Former Duane Morris Partner in Chicago Charged With Murder (1) - Bloomberg Law News (Duane Morris), January 13, 2026
Cravath Is No Longer Immune To Partner Poaching - Above the Law (Cravath Swaine & Moore), January 13, 2026
Disbarred Attorney Defrauded Clients Out Of Over $4.2M - Above the Law (Covington & Burling), January 13, 2026
Cravath Partner Exits Show No Firm Is ‘Untouchable’ for Poaching - Bloomberg Law News (Wachtell Lipton; Cravath Swaine & Moore), January 13, 2026
Law Firm Mergers and New Offices
Wake Up Call: Hughes Hubbard Adds DC Firm Repping Trump Officials - Bloomberg Law News (Hughes Hubbard), January 13, 2026
Big Deals
KWM, CC, DLA act on GigaDevice's $600 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance), January 14, 2026
Vinson & Elkins Advises L3Harris on Partnership with Department of War - Yahoo Finance (Vinson & Elkins), January 13, 2026
Latham & Watkins M&A Leaders on the ‘Year of the Mega Deal’ - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), January 13, 2026
Attorney Moves
Sidley Continues Global Finance Group Growth With Partner Ji Hye You in New York Sidley Austin, January 13, 2026
Seyfarth Bolsters M&A Depth with Addition of Rob Giacchetti as Partner in Boston Seyfarth Shaw, January 13, 2026
Ed Sheremeta joins White & Case as a partner in Tokyo White & Case, January 13, 2026
Leveraged Finance Partner Mae Rogers Joins King & Spalding in New York King & Spalding, January 13, 2026
New Dentons partner expands its employment and safety practice nationally - Australasian Lawyer (Dentons), January 14, 2026
Katten welcomes DLA Piper duo - Solicitors Journal (Katten Muchin Rosenman; DLA Piper), January 14, 2026
White & Case welcomes debt finance expert Will Stawell back as partner - Australasian Lawyer (White & Case), January 14, 2026
Fried Frank Expands Market-Leading Real Estate Department with New York-Based Team - citybiz (Fried Frank), January 14, 2026
Skadden poaches from Freshfields in Brussels - Global Competition Review (Skadden Arps), January 14, 2026
Former Freshfields co-managing partner defects to Skadden in Brussels - The Global Legal Post (Skadden Arps), January 14, 2026
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs - Legal Business (Paul Weiss; Paul Hastings), January 14, 2026
Liesbeth Truyens, Economic Sanctions and Commercial Disputes Lawyer, Joins Crowell & Moring's Brussels Office - PR Newswire (Crowell & Moring), January 13, 2026
Crowell Expands Brussels Office With Trade Experts From Schoups - Bloomberg Law News (Crowell & Moring), January 13, 2026
Thompson Hine Places Jones Day Finance Partner Brown in Atlanta - Bloomberg Law News (Thompson Hine; Jones Day), January 13, 2026
Husch Blackwell’s McMillen Joins Jackson Lewis in Kansas City - Bloomberg Law News (Jackson Lewis), January 13, 2026
Clifford Chance Adds Private Equity Partner Michal Netanyahu In New York - Pulse 2.0 (Clifford Chance), January 13, 2026
Latham Raids A&O Shearman Again. City Lateral Wars Escalate. - LawFuel (Latham & Watkins), January 13, 2026
Seyfarth Adds Holland & Knight M&A Partner Giacchetti in Boston - Bloomberg Law News (Holland & Knight), January 13, 2026
Dentons Adds Hospitality Finance Partner Hera to New York Office - Bloomberg Law News (Dentons), January 13, 2026
Fried Frank Brings On Two V&E Real Estate Veterans in New York - Bloomberg Law News (Fried Frank), January 13, 2026
Greenberg Traurig Nabs Ex-Bondi Special Counsel in Tallahassee - Bloomberg Law News (Greenberg Traurig), January 13, 2026
General Counsel Moves
GW General Counsel to Step Down - GW Today (General Counsel), January 13, 2026
People Moves: Packer Named to MD Board; Parkhurst New TDCI General Counsel - Insurance Journal (General Counsel), January 13, 2026
PowerBridge Appoints Debra L. Raggio as EVP and General Counsel - GlobeNewswire (General Counsel), January 13, 2026
David Wood Joins Hello Heart as General Counsel - Business Wire (General Counsel), January 13, 2026
Fuelcell Energy Appoints Amanda J. Schreiber As General Counsel And Corporate Secretary - TradingView — Track All Markets (General Counsel), January 13, 2026
Technology
Sequoia Leads Backing of AI Legal Technology Startup Sandstone - Bloomberg Law News January 13, 2026
Paul Hastings selects Elite 3E Cloud - Legal IT Insider January 13, 2026
What’s Next in Justice Tech: ITC and LSC’s New Tech Report - Legal Talk Network January 13, 2026
Sandstone Raises $10m Seed Led By Sequoia For Inhouse AI Agents - Artificial Lawyer January 13, 2026
California
Quinn Emanuel posts steady growth in London, with revenue hitting £227m - Legal Business (Quinn Emanuel), January 14, 2026
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs - Legal Business (Paul Hastings), January 13, 2026
Latham & Watkins M&A Leaders on the ‘Year of the Mega Deal’ - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), January 13, 2026
Latham Raids A&O Shearman Again. City Lateral Wars Escalate. - LawFuel (Latham & Watkins), January 13, 2026
Chicago
New Dentons partner expands its employment and safety practice nationally - Australasian Lawyer (Dentons), January 14, 2026
Katten welcomes DLA Piper duo - Solicitors Journal (Katten Muchin Rosenman; DLA Piper), January 14, 2026
Dentons Adds Hospitality Finance Partner Hera to New York Office - Bloomberg Law News (Dentons), January 13, 2026
New York
White & Case welcomes debt finance expert Will Stawell back as partner - Australasian Lawyer (White & Case), January 14, 2026
Fried Frank Expands Market-Leading Real Estate Department with New York-Based Team - citybiz (Fried Frank), January 14, 2026
KWM, CC, DLA act on GigaDevice's $600 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance), January 14, 2026
Skadden poaches from Freshfields in Brussels - Global Competition Review (Skadden Arps), January 14, 2026
Former Freshfields co-managing partner defects to Skadden in Brussels - The Global Legal Post (Skadden Arps), January 14, 2026
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs - Legal Business (Paul Weiss), January 14, 2026
Wake Up Call: Hughes Hubbard Adds DC Firm Repping Trump Officials - Bloomberg Law News (Hughes Hubbard), January 13, 2026
Cravath Is No Longer Immune To Partner Poaching - Above the Law (Cravath Swaine & Moore), January 13, 2026
Clifford Chance Adds Private Equity Partner Michal Netanyahu In New York - Pulse 2.0 (Clifford Chance), January 13, 2026
Cravath Partner Exits Show No Firm Is ‘Untouchable’ for Poaching - Bloomberg Law News (Wachtell Lipton; Cravath Swaine & Moore), January 13, 2026
Seyfarth Adds Holland & Knight M&A Partner Giacchetti in Boston - Bloomberg Law News (Holland & Knight), January 13, 2026
Fried Frank Brings On Two V&E Real Estate Veterans in New York - Bloomberg Law News (Fried Frank), January 13, 2026
Philadelphia
Former Duane Morris Partner in Chicago Charged With Murder (1) - Bloomberg Law News (Duane Morris), January 13, 2026
Texas
Vinson & Elkins Advises L3Harris on Partnership with Department of War - Yahoo Finance (Vinson & Elkins), January 13, 2026
Washington DC
Liesbeth Truyens, Economic Sanctions and Commercial Disputes Lawyer, Joins Crowell & Moring's Brussels Office - PR Newswire (Crowell & Moring), January 13, 2026
Crowell Expands Brussels Office With Trade Experts From Schoups - Bloomberg Law News (Crowell & Moring), January 13, 2026
Disbarred Attorney Defrauded Clients Out Of Over $4.2M - Above the Law (Covington & Burling), January 13, 2026
Other - Eastern US
Greenberg Traurig Nabs Ex-Bondi Special Counsel in Tallahassee - Bloomberg Law News (Greenberg Traurig), January 13, 2026
Other - Central US
Thompson Hine Places Jones Day Finance Partner Brown in Atlanta - Bloomberg Law News (Thompson Hine; Jones Day), January 13, 2026
United Kingdom
New Dentons partner expands its employment and safety practice nationally - Australasian Lawyer (Dentons), January 14, 2026
Skadden poaches from Freshfields in Brussels - Global Competition Review (Freshfields), January 14, 2026
Former Freshfields co-managing partner defects to Skadden in Brussels - The Global Legal Post (Freshfields), January 14, 2026
KWM, CC, DLA act on GigaDevice's $600 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance; Freshfields), January 14, 2026
Clifford Chance Adds Private Equity Partner Michal Netanyahu In New York - Pulse 2.0 (Clifford Chance), January 13, 2026
Dentons Adds Hospitality Finance Partner Hera to New York Office - Bloomberg Law News (Dentons), January 13, 2026
Davis Polk, Freshfields lead on MiniMax's $620 mln HK IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Freshfields), January 13, 2026
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