Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, a consistent leader among law firms handling M&A deals, has been dethroned by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for the top spot in global transactions work for the first time this year.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison is on track to grow its revenue by more than $250 million in 2021 and expects profits per partner to exceed $6 million, chairman Brad Karp told Bloomberg Law.

Law firm associates who accept employer offers to work remotely during the pandemic are increasingly doing so with trepidation, as they worry they’re hurting relationships with bosses—and their careers.

Big Law firms are abandoning plans to return lawyers to offices next month and are eyeing dates in early 2022 instead because of worries about the Covid-19 delta variant.

Gunderson Dettmer’s move to Austin, Texas tests whether a Silicon Valley law firm can grow a client roster in a second tech-focused city far from where it first achieved success.

In 10 years as managing partner and then U.S. CEO of Dentons, Mike McNamara helped stitch together the self-described “world’s largest law firm” by clinching a merger after it was initially rejected and championing an expansion audaciously named “Project Golden Spike.”