Wake Up Call: Biden Chief of Staff Pick Is Ex-Big Law Partner

In today’s column, Baker McKenzie launched the year-end bonus season; Big Law attorneys looking to escape New York in the pandemic are sending their CVs to Connecticut firms; several Big Law firms advised in a billion dollar video game-developer deal.

• Leading off, President-elect Joe Biden picked his longtime adviser Ron Klain to be his White House chief of staff. Klain, a former O’Melveny & Myers partner, was Biden’s chief of staff in the Obama White House and played a leading role during the economic and public health crises. He was also a White House lawyer in the Clinton administration and ...