Entries tagged "Orrick"
John DeQ Briggs is leaving Howrey for AV&H to help build out its antitrust practice.
Law firms have been through tough cycles before, but these days, troubled firms have less time to right themselves than in the past.
Layoffs, rare in the legal world, are occurring even in top-notch firms.
Orrick's James Croke and others advised on the Fed's $600B initiative to buy money market funds.
Orrick chairman and CEO Ralph Baxter says the firm called Heller Ehrman within hours of learning that it might close its doors. The firm took 27 of its partners, including three former chairmen.
Orrick hired Raniero D'Aversa away from Mayer Brown. More restructuring hires at the firm should follow.
