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Law Firm News
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Volume 21 No. 1390
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General
Former Blank Rome associate sues firm over alleged sexual assault by colleague - ABA Journal (Blank Rome), February 11, 2026
Paul Weiss’ Progressive Culture Fell Victim to the Vampire Rule - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Weiss), February 11, 2026
McDermott's private equity plan could test long-standing bans on outside funding for law firms - ABA Journal (McDermott Will), February 10, 2026
Law Firm Mergers and New Offices
Latham & Watkins Plans to Open in Dallas, Hires Two Partners (1) - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), February 10, 2026
Kirkland Launches Nashville Office Focused on Litigation Growth - Bloomberg Law News (Kirkland & Ellis), February 10, 2026
Big Deals
Davis Polk, CC lead on Montage Technology’s $900 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance; Davis Polk), February 11, 2026
Linklaters, Clifford Chance act on ReNew Energy $600 million senior secured green bond issuance - Bar and Bench (Clifford Chance), February 11, 2026
Clifford Chance advises Legal & General on sale of US insurance business - ICLG.com (Clifford Chance), February 10, 2026
Attorney Moves
Top Dealmaker Returns to Weil to Co-Lead Private Equity in Germany Following its Recent Landmark Expansion Weil Gotshal, February 10, 2026
Mintz hires five-partner litigation team from Cadwalader in New York - The Global Legal Post (Cadwalader Wickersham; Mintz Levin), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper loses global insurance co-chair to Dentons in Singapore - | Asian Legal Business (Dentons; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper adds two partners and a team from Sidley and Weil | Hong Kong | China - Law.asia (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper hires Hong Kong ECM partner and team from Sidley Austin - FinanceAsia (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
HK: DLA gets new APAC cap markets head with hire from Sidley - | Asian Legal Business (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
Ogletree Deakins Expands on West Coast with Workplace Safety Duo - Bloomberg Law News (Ogletree Deakins), February 10, 2026
Federal Contracts Attorney Joins Fox Rothschild in Washington, DC - Bloomberg Law News (Fox Rothschild), February 10, 2026
DLA Piper Adds Charles Ching to Private Equity Practice in DC - Bloomberg Law News (DLA Piper), February 10, 2026
Head of Morgan Lewis' Chicago office decamps for King & Spalding - Crain's Chicago Business (Morgan Lewis; King & Spalding), February 10, 2026
Gibson Dunn recruits Reka Palla - Iberian Lawyer (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), February 10, 2026
DLA Piper raids Sidley for 13-lawyer capital markets team in Hong Kong - Non-Billable (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 10, 2026
Mayer Brown Adds M&A/EC-VC Partner Samuel Dibble in San Francisco - Bloomberg Law News (Mayer Brown), February 10, 2026
Gibson Dunn Adds Partner Leo Plank to Industry-Leading Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice - Global Legal Chronicle (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), February 10, 2026
Greenberg Traurig Adds Employee Benefits Shareholder Lisa H. Barton in Boston Office - The AI Journal (Greenberg Traurig), February 10, 2026
General Counsel Moves
Everspan Group Announces Strategic Leadership Changes - Morningstar (General Counsel), February 10, 2026
Milestone Pharmaceuticals appoints David Sandoval as general counsel - Investing.com (General Counsel), February 10, 2026
Kyndryl Sinks as CFO Departs, Accounting Review Disclosed - Bloomberg (General Counsel), February 10, 2026
Technology
The Anthropic legal plug-in palaver: A round-up of views - Legal IT Insider February 10, 2026
Claude Legal AI? What's Next in the Evolution of Legal AI and Where Managed Innovation Fits - JD Supra February 10, 2026
Research suggests AI is impacting junior lawyers’ judgement - Legal Cheek February 10, 2026
Atlanta
Head of Morgan Lewis' Chicago office decamps for King & Spalding - Crain's Chicago Business (King & Spalding), February 10, 2026
Boston
Mintz hires five-partner litigation team from Cadwalader in New York - The Global Legal Post (Mintz Levin), February 10, 2026
California
Gibson Dunn recruits Reka Palla - Iberian Lawyer (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), February 10, 2026
Latham & Watkins Plans to Open in Dallas, Hires Two Partners (1) - Bloomberg Law News (Latham & Watkins), February 10, 2026
Gibson Dunn Adds Partner Leo Plank to Industry-Leading Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice - Global Legal Chronicle (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher), February 10, 2026
Chicago
DLA Piper loses global insurance co-chair to Dentons in Singapore - | Asian Legal Business (Dentons; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper adds two partners and a team from Sidley and Weil | Hong Kong | China - Law.asia (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper hires Hong Kong ECM partner and team from Sidley Austin - FinanceAsia (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
HK: DLA gets new APAC cap markets head with hire from Sidley - | Asian Legal Business (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 11, 2026
DLA Piper Adds Charles Ching to Private Equity Practice in DC - Bloomberg Law News (DLA Piper), February 10, 2026
DLA Piper raids Sidley for 13-lawyer capital markets team in Hong Kong - Non-Billable (Sidley Austin; DLA Piper), February 10, 2026
Mayer Brown Adds M&A/EC-VC Partner Samuel Dibble in San Francisco - Bloomberg Law News (Mayer Brown), February 10, 2026
Kirkland Launches Nashville Office Focused on Litigation Growth - Bloomberg Law News (Kirkland & Ellis), February 10, 2026
McDermott's private equity plan could test long-standing bans on outside funding for law firms - ABA Journal (McDermott Will), February 10, 2026
New York
Mintz hires five-partner litigation team from Cadwalader in New York - The Global Legal Post (Cadwalader Wickersham), February 11, 2026
Davis Polk, CC lead on Montage Technology’s $900 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance; Davis Polk), February 11, 2026
Linklaters, Clifford Chance act on ReNew Energy $600 million senior secured green bond issuance - Bar and Bench (Clifford Chance), February 11, 2026
Paul Weiss’ Progressive Culture Fell Victim to the Vampire Rule - Bloomberg Law News (Paul Weiss), February 11, 2026
Clifford Chance advises Legal & General on sale of US insurance business - ICLG.com (Clifford Chance), February 10, 2026
Philadelphia
Former Blank Rome associate sues firm over alleged sexual assault by colleague - ABA Journal (Blank Rome), February 11, 2026
Federal Contracts Attorney Joins Fox Rothschild in Washington, DC - Bloomberg Law News (Fox Rothschild), February 10, 2026
Head of Morgan Lewis' Chicago office decamps for King & Spalding - Crain's Chicago Business (Morgan Lewis), February 10, 2026
Other - Eastern US
Ogletree Deakins Expands on West Coast with Workplace Safety Duo - Bloomberg Law News (Ogletree Deakins), February 10, 2026
Greenberg Traurig Adds Employee Benefits Shareholder Lisa H. Barton in Boston Office - The AI Journal (Greenberg Traurig), February 10, 2026
United Kingdom
DLA Piper loses global insurance co-chair to Dentons in Singapore - | Asian Legal Business (Dentons), February 11, 2026
Davis Polk, CC lead on Montage Technology’s $900 mln Hong Kong IPO - | Asian Legal Business (Clifford Chance), February 11, 2026
Linklaters, Clifford Chance act on ReNew Energy $600 million senior secured green bond issuance - Bar and Bench (Linklaters; Clifford Chance), February 11, 2026
Clifford Chance advises Legal & General on sale of US insurance business - ICLG.com (Clifford Chance), February 10, 2026
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