Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing UK said Friday that the partners of both firms had voted "decisively" in favor of a tie‑up worth more than $1.75 billion in annual revenue, paving the way for another transatlantic law firm merger.
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Winston Taylor Merger to Go Ahead After Partners Vote

By Marialuisa Taddia

Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing UK said Friday that the partners of both firms had voted "decisively" in favor of a tie‑up worth more than $1.75 billion in annual revenue, paving the way for another transatlantic law firm merger.

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Goodwin COO O'Carroll To Exit After Less Than 2 Years

By Aebra Coe

Former Google legal operations leader Mary Shen O'Carroll is planning to leave Goodwin Procter LLP less than two years after she joined the law firm as its chief operating officer, O'Carroll has announced in a LinkedIn post.

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Rivkin Radler Insurance Ace Stepping Up As Managing Partner

By James Mills

A longtime insurance attorney at Rivkin Radler LLP will begin leading the firm on Monday as its new managing partner.

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Boies Schiller Lands Grant & Eisenhofer Bankruptcy Leader

By Rose Krebs

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has added the former leader of Grant & Eisenhofer PA's bankruptcy and distressed litigation practice to enhance its capacity to handle all sorts of bankruptcy litigation matters.

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McDermott Hires Crypto Pro From OKX For Specialist Team

By Andrea Keckley

The former deputy general counsel and head of legal for the Americas at crypto exchange OKX has joined McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, the firm said.

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Roundup

Law360 Pulse Spotlight On Mid-Law Work

By Emma Cueto

DiCello Levitt and Hausfeld LLP steering a suit against major petroleum companies and Lewis Rice LLC's work on behalf of a $3 billion redevelopment lead this edition of Law360 Pulse's Spotlight On Mid-Law Work, recapping the top matters for Mid-Law firms from Jan. 16 to Jan 30.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick PLLC leads this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a D.C. Circuit panel revived a lawsuit that accuses pharmaceutical companies of aiding a Hezbollah-linked militia's terrorism in Iraq.

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Reed Smith Brings On Gibson Dunn In $102M Award Feud

By Yun Park

Reed Smith LLP has told a New York federal court that it has retained Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to represent it in connection with a motion for sanctions, stemming from a dispute tied to a joint venture involving international shipping company Eletson Holdings.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

By Anna Sanders

The legal industry marked the end of January with insight into law firm performance and news of a Hollywood adaptation. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

Ashurst LLP

Bailey & Glasser

Baker McKenzie

Berger Montague

Boies Schiller

Brown Rudnick

Christensen Law LLC

Davis Polk

DiCello Levitt

Eversheds Sutherland

Finnegan

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Grant & Eisenhofer

Greenberg Traurig

HSF Kramer

Hausfeld LLP

Hogan Lovells

Kellogg Hansen

Kramer Levin

Lewis Rice

Lieff Cabraser

McDermott Will & Schulte

Orrick Herrington

Perkins Coie

Quinn Emanuel

Reed Smith

Rivkin Radler

Ropes & Gray

Shapiro Beilly

Smith Gambrell

Taylor Wessing

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

American Bankruptcy Institute

American Petroleum Institute Inc.

Arxada

AstraZeneca PLC

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Chevron Corp.

Comcast Corp.

Corporate Legal Operations Consortium

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Flock Safety

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.

Google LLC

International Refugee Assistance Project

Ironclad Inc.

JOANN Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

LVMH Moet Hennessy

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Leidos Holdings Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

New York City Bar Association

Ohio State University

Paramount Global

Pfizer Inc.

Rite Aid Corp.

Salesforce.com Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Supreme Court