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Asia Moves: Korea, Singapore Lead Latest Legal Hires
1+ hour ago (106+ words) law.com Asia Moves: Korea, Singapore Lead Latest Legal Hires Yoon & Yang, Arnold & Porter and Bae, Kim & Lee make multiple additions, with firms also hiring across Singapore, Japan and China. Asia Moves is Law.com's occasional compilation of lateral moves…...
Former Splunk Legal Chief Becomes an 'Oktanaut"
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (190+ words) Scott Morgan, who had been chief legal officer at Splunk for a dozen years, joins San Francisco-based cybersecurity company Okta. Okta Inc., a cybersecurity company that provides cloud-based identity and access management tools, has hired the former top lawyer at…...
The 2026 Texas 100: Ranked By Gross Revenue
3+ week, 2+ day ago (124+ words) Law.com Many Texas firms in the Am Law 200 increased their growth by double-digit percentage rates last year, reporting healthy gains in revenue and profitability. Many Texas firms in the Am Law 200 continued their upward financial trajectory in fiscal year…...
Fast Growth vs. Reliable Growth: Balancing Expansion and Stability in the Am Law 100
3+ week, 6+ day ago (175+ words) Mapping long-term revenue growth to volatility shows that similar expansion trajectories can yield different stability outcomes over time. Growth in Big Law is often reduced to headline measures of scale and speed. For the Am Law 100, that perspective captures only…...
Cleary, Shin & Kim Engaged on SK Hynix’s $29 Billion Nasdaq Listing
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (204+ words) Paul Hastings and Kim & Chang represent underwriters on one of the largest cross-border equity offerings ever. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Big Six Korean law firm Shin & Kim are advising SK Hynix on its planned $29.4 billion Nasdaq listing, one of…...
There Are Fewer First-Year Associates—But Don't Blame AI (Yet)
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (48+ words) At the largest 100 firms in the country, the total number of first-year associates stayed essentially flat between 2024 and 2025, while the average size of first-year classes continued dipping. Observers credit rate pressure and overcapacity, and anticipate AI having a sharper impact…...
Head Count Growth Further Slowed For the NLJ 500, Amid Economic and Political Constraints
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (196+ words) In 2025, the total number of attorneys at NLJ 500 firms rose 2.5% in 2025, compared with 5.5% in 2024. Attorney headcounts at the 500 largest law firms in the United States continued to rise in 2025, though at a slower rate compared with the prior year, as…...
Bae, Kim & Lee’s Revenue Jumps 23.4% as Regulatory and Cross-Border Work Fuels Growth
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (237+ words) The Am Law 100 Rankings The firm’s first-quarter revenue rose to $72 million as corporates facing geopolitical and regulatory pressures shifted high-stakes work to fewer advisers. Bae, Kim & Lee (BKL), one of South Korea’s “Big Six” law firms, reported a 23.4% year-on-year increase…...
Letter from Asia: Built in America, Tested in Asia
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (225+ words) Lean teams, shifting strategies and new alliances are reshaping how U.S. law firms compete—and survive—across Asia. American law firms in Asia don’t look the same anymore, and perhaps that’s the point. For those who have tracked this market over…...
Inside Linklaters' Playbook for Asia: Integration, Private Capital and Playing a 'Slightly Different Game"
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (153+ words) As the firm marks 50 years in Hong Kong, William Liu outlines a strategy built on reinforcement rather than overhaul. The firm's high-profile U.K. co-head talks to Law.com about rapid growth, how money is not sufficient to retain top partners, the…...