https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/ Daily read on the US legal lateral market. en-us https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-24-white-case-keeps-buying-and-goodwin-loses-two.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-24-white-case-keeps-buying-and-goodwin-loses-two.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 White & Case hired the co-leader of Goodwin's secondaries practice as a partner in New York, part of an aggressive US buildout that has brought on more... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-23-paul-hastings-hits-eight-pe-partners-in-eight.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-23-paul-hastings-hits-eight-pe-partners-in-eight.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Paul Hastings pulled a private equity partner out of Dechert in New York, and by the firm's own count that's the eighth PE partner it has added in eight... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-19-a-finance-co-head-is-reportedly-headed-to.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-19-a-finance-co-head-is-reportedly-headed-to.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The bigger headline is in the courts, where California's attorneys general are reportedly looking at two former FTC lawyers at Milbank to help challenge... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-18-houston-turns-into-a-deal-lawyer-dogfight-and.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-18-houston-turns-into-a-deal-lawyer-dogfight-and.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Simpson Thacher pulled an energy and infrastructure deals partner out of Latham in Houston, and Latham also added a capital markets partner from A&O... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-17-sidley-pulls-a-finance-partner-out-of-wachtell.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-17-sidley-pulls-a-finance-partner-out-of-wachtell.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The poach of the day was Sidley pulling a global finance partner out of Wachtell in New York. Washington was all about antitrust: Sullivan and Cromwell... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-16-skadden-lifts-an-investment-management-group-out-of.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-16-skadden-lifts-an-investment-management-group-out-of.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Busy day on the lateral wire. Skadden poached a three-partner investment management group out of Akin Gump, and New York kept rolling: Simpson Thacher... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-15-california-employment-hiring-heats-up-and-paul-weiss.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-15-california-employment-hiring-heats-up-and-paul-weiss.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Labor and employment hiring picked up on the West Coast. Jackson Lewis brought on three wage and hour litigators from Gordon Rees in Los Angeles, and... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-12-mcguirewoods-builds-in-houston-energy-and-ohio-moves.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-12-mcguirewoods-builds-in-houston-energy-and-ohio-moves.html Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Quieter Friday on the wire, but the Texas energy build keeps going. McGuireWoods added an energy M&A and finance partner in Houston, hired out of... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-11-mayer-brown-raids-mcguirewoods-again-for-texas-and.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-11-mayer-brown-raids-mcguirewoods-again-for-texas-and.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Quieter day on the wire. Mayer Brown pulled another McGuireWoods partner, an energy and M&A lawyer, in Houston as it pushes hard to grow in Texas. Steptoe... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-10-the-road-to-equity-partner-keeps-narrowing-and.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-10-the-road-to-equity-partner-keeps-narrowing-and.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The road to equity partner keeps getting narrower. Bloomberg Law says the biggest firms barely grew their equity ranks last year while non-equity partners... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-09-gibson-dunn-buys-its-way-to-number-two.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-09-gibson-dunn-buys-its-way-to-number-two.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Plenty else moved too. Taft lifted a three-partner group out of Stinson in Denver, DLA Piper added a venture capital partner in Palo Alto, K&L Gates... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-08-the-price-of-a-rainmaker-keeps-climbing-and.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-08-the-price-of-a-rainmaker-keeps-climbing-and.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The price of a rainmaker keeps going up. Bloomberg reports top partners are now commanding around thirty million dollars, with more of that pay guaranteed... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-05-the-ipo-wave-hits-big-law-and-willkie.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-05-the-ipo-wave-hits-big-law-and-willkie.html Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Another busy day in the lateral market. Willkie pulled a two-partner private equity team out of Goodwin in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Skadden added an... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-04-cooley-raids-kirkland-and-partner-pay-tops-40m.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-04-cooley-raids-kirkland-and-partner-pay-tops-40m.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The bigger story is comp. Top partner pay has now passed forty million dollars, and firms are growing their bonus pools while sharing less about how pay... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-03-weil-at-a-crossroads-and-a-paul-hastings.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-03-weil-at-a-crossroads-and-a-paul-hastings.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Plenty else moved too. Paul Hastings poached a capital markets team out of Winston Taylor in Dallas and Orange County, Norton Rose added a trade and... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-02-paul-weiss-pulls-energy-out-of-akin-gump.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-02-paul-weiss-pulls-energy-out-of-akin-gump.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 There was plenty else moving. Jones Day made two New York hires, a health care and life sciences partner and a top federal prosecutor from the Southern... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-01-epstein-becker-green-pulls-six-out-of-manatt.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-06-01-epstein-becker-green-pulls-six-out-of-manatt.html Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 There was plenty else moving, too. Weil pulled an M&A partner back from Simpson Thacher, Cravath added a national security counsel in Washington after a... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-29-kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet-and-two-named.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-29-kirkland-s-500m-ai-bet-and-two-named.html Fri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 The biggest BigLaw story today: Kirkland is putting $500 million into building its own AI platform over the next three to four years. 180 tech people are... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-28-a-seven-hire-new-york-day-in-biglaw.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-28-a-seven-hire-new-york-day-in-biglaw.html Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Today the story in BigLaw is New York. Seven partner hires landed in the city in a single day, with the headline move being Wilson Sonsini pulling an M&A... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-27-a-hiring-list-too-long-for-one-section.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-27-a-hiring-list-too-long-for-one-section.html Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Today the moves were the story. Bloomberg's partner-hiring list ran long enough to need a second section, so here's the quick run. Lowenstein added an M&A... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-26-private-equity-is-moving-into-law-firms.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-26-private-equity-is-moving-into-law-firms.html Tue, 26 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Bloomberg Law reports that private equity is moving aggressively into personal injury firms, offering lawyers a cut of the wealth those deals generate. At... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-25-how-one-firm-bought-its-way-up-the.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-25-how-one-firm-bought-its-way-up-the.html Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Quiet Memorial Day in BigLaw, so just a quick read. It wasn't one blockbuster year. It was years of lateral hiring, pulling M&A partners from firms like... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-22-a-wave-of-partner-moves-and-a-merger.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-22-a-wave-of-partner-moves-and-a-merger.html Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 And the partner moves kept coming all day, with new partners landing at Holland & Knight in Dallas, Barnes & Thornburg in Boston, Greenberg Traurig in DC,... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-21-paul-hastings-pulls-a-partner-from-paul-weiss.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-21-paul-hastings-pulls-a-partner-from-paul-weiss.html Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 A quick rundown of what's moving in BigLaw today. Paul Hastings pulled litigation partner Roberto Gonzalez out of Paul Weiss in DC. That comes as The... https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-20-where-biglaw-is-hiring-right-now.html https://lionpointpartners.com/market-pulse/2026-05-20-where-biglaw-is-hiring-right-now.html Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Hiring is picking up fast. New York lateral hiring just hit a three-year high, Latham pulled its fifth partner out of Wachtell, and there's a real...