Wake Up Call: White & Case Said to Rep Sanctioned Russian

In today’s column, Paul Weiss poached a private funds/asset management partner from Kirkland; so far this year law firm mergers are down from 2021 and their historical average, a report says; under Katten’s new “flexible” office-return plan, the firm’s practice and department heads will decide when to bring people back into the officer.

• Leading off, a White & Case attorney is representing an associate of President Vladimir Putin who has been sanctioned by the U.S. since 2018 in a New York Supreme Court case, according to a report. A White & Case spokesman said in a Monday email that the ...