Wake Up Call: Latham Climbs Past Kirkland for Revenue in London

In today’s column, three Big Law firms have remote attorneys in Texas but no physical offices; Cleary is advising underwriters in Southern California Edison Co.’s $7.9 billion bond offering; a Florida appeals court said a $652,000 fee and costs request for a $52,000 verdict was way too much.

• Leading off, Latham & Watkins has knocked Kirkland & Ellis off the hill as London’s top US firm by revenue, UK legal publication The Lawyer said. According to its new US 50 report, 48 US firms in London expanded their revenues in 2021, of which 34 posted double-digit gains. (The ...