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Cravath hires Weil corporate chair Michael Aiello and five partners
Cravath's six-partner hire from Weil's M&A bench scales up a selective lateral strategy at a firm that long grew its own partners.
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US · LeadershipMintz names Mike Fantozzi managing member to succeed Bob BodianMintz has named Boston corporate chief Mike Fantozzi to succeed Bob Bodian as managing member after 18 years, during which revenue rose to $780m.
US · Lateral movesChoate hires 11-lawyer Kasowitz litigation team in New YorkAn 11-lawyer litigation team led by Sheron Korpus has left Kasowitz for Choate's New York office, breaking the firm's 120-year single-office model.
Asia · OfficesWilson Sonsini to open Singapore office, hire two partnersWilson Sonsini is entering Singapore 18 months after closing Beijing, joining Simpson Thacher and King & Wood in a crowded 2026 funds market.Last week in Big Law
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Big Law Weekly · United States28 September – 4 October 2026Cravath lands a six-partner Weil team, Wachtell takes a rare Cleary lateral, and Wiley loses 21 insurance lawyers to a new D.C. boutique.Read last week →
Big Law Weekly · Europe28 September – 4 October 2026Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing weigh a £500m merger as US firms take London and continental partners at WilmerHale and Paul Weiss.Read last week →
Big Law Weekly · Asia28 September – 4 October 2026US and international firms pressed into Australia, Singapore and Tokyo, with Jones Day and Freshfields adding disputes and M&A partners and Wilson Sonsini opening in Singapore.Read last week →
Big Law Weekly · Middle East28 September – 4 October 2026Baker McKenzie's funds head joined Ashurst in Abu Dhabi, Linklaters added a Riyadh corporate partner, and Pinsent Masons named its Abu Dhabi head.Read last week →Across the regions
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Middle East · OfficesSullivan & Cromwell joins the rush to Abu DhabiS&C's first Middle East office, led by alumnus Ahmed el-Gaili from Latham, follows Skadden and Kirkland into ADGM as sovereign capital drives demand.
Europe · Lateral movesWeil London corporate partner Max Oppenheimer to join Paul WeissA single corporate partner follows a four-partner finance departure out of Weil's City office, the latest in a run of London exits.
Asia · Lateral movesWotton Kearney hires Kennedys marine disputes team in SingaporeWotton Kearney has drawn marine talent from Kennedys for a second time in Singapore as the city's arbitration caseload climbs.Who moved, who merged, who opened where. Every source linked.
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