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    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Cravath creates non-equity partner tier as it seeks to retain legal talent

      Elite US law firm ‘evolving with our marketplace’ as rivals target star lawyers

      The outside of Cravath’s offices
    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
      Practice of law: best practice in legal work

      Featuring examples of the most innovative services that lawyers have developed for clients

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    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
      Social responsibility: best practice in legal work

      Law firms helping vulnerable communities through pro bono work and new initiatives

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    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Cravath to open second US office

      Elite New York law firm taps senior staffers from federal agencies for base in Washington DC

      Signage on the exterior of the building where law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore is located in Manhattan, New York City
    • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      ‘Lockstep’ falls out of step with modern law firms

      Linklaters and Cravath announce they will add elements of merit-based pay

      A pedestrian walks past a Linklaters office in London.
    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Legal services
      FT North American Innovative Lawyers Awards 2021 — winners announced

      Awards highlights include: law-firm people strategies; life after Libor; and the most innovative law firms and individuals

    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      News in-depthLegal services
      Faiza Saeed, the Cravath leader modernising a venerable law firm 

      The group has abandoned its time-honoured pay scale based on seniority amid a fierce war for talent

    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Law
      The lawyers battling to redress systemic racial inequalities

      Putting right historic wrongs in the US requires a long-term view and often takes years of legal work

      Lawyers pushed for the US census to be counted correctly
    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Legal services
      ‘The pay rates for lawyers are unsustainable’

      Firms add wellbeing schemes on top of escalating payouts to combat employee attrition

      Alternative strategy: as average annual payouts for first-year associates pass $200,000, law firms are turning to culture to unite teams and promote wellbeing
    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Legal services
      Digital delivery from the daily grind for younger lawyers

      Law firms are betting that digitised legal work will appeal to restless employees. Plus: innovative law firms ranked for FT awards

    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Legal services
      Digital scheme pays Venezuela health workers from frozen funds

      Crypto collaboration followed lobbying in the US to deliver a lifeline for those on the frontline

      A Covid-19 patient undergoes treatment at a hospital in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. More than 60,000 health workers have benefited from the funds unfrozen in the US — Matias Delacroix/AP
    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Libor transition
      Lawyers write the future for $200tn of post-Libor deals

      New contract wording will help institutions avoid risk in the transition period

      The Federal Reserve in Washington
    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Legal services
      Cravath overhauls partner pay structure to end ‘pure lockstep’

      Firm that set industry standards on pay to add merit elements to remuneration

      Cravath offices in New York
    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      Legal services
      US lawyers set for record bonuses as pandemic fires dealmaking

      Firms offering awards of $115,000, 15% higher than 2020, after frantic year

    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Wall Street’s advice to Trump: give it up Premium content

      Some big names have called on the president to welcome his successor. And he listened. Sort of

    • Tuesday, 19 March, 2019
      Due Diligence
      Court rules investors aren’t bananas in grocery deal complaint Premium content

      Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

    • Sunday, 17 March, 2019
      Cravath faces allegations of tainted M&A advice

      Shareholders of grocer The Fresh Market sue law firm, JPMorgan over Apollo buyout

      According to a complaint filed by shareholders in the Delaware Court of Chancery, 'Cravath’s task was to lend a patina of integrity to a sham auction'.
    • Friday, 15 June, 2018
      Law
      US law firms revive bidding war for young talent

      Rivals forced to follow suit after Milbank raises first-year salaries to $190,000

      ENRON COURTROOM...The bench of Judge Sim Lake's courtroom at the Robert Casey Federal Courthouse is shown Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, in Houston. (AP Photo/ Brett Coomer, Pool)
    • Friday, 16 March, 2018
      Management
      Why big US law firms are on a UK hiring spree

      British lawyers are jumping ship — but the magic circle is fighting back

      Charlie Geffen’s Chair of the London Corporate Practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    • Monday, 16 October, 2017
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Big Tech vs Big Pharma: the battle over US patent protection

      Critics fear Silicon Valley lobbying has weakened the defence of intellectual property and sapped innovation

    • Monday, 6 March, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Wells Fargo picks Cravath partner for new top lawyer
    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      US law firms rush to improve defences after Chinese hack

      Emails of senior partners targeted in raid that led to big insider trading profits

      Illustration file picture shows a man typing on a computer keyboard in Warsaw...A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. High-level Chinese hackers recently tried to break into a key Canadian computer system, forcing Ottawa to isolate it from the main government network, a senior official said on July 29, 2014. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files (POLAND - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2016
      Law
      How Argentina pulled off a deal in creditor impasse

      Two US law firms helped draw 15-year sovereign debt restructuring saga to speedy end

      Liquid Shard, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, designed by Patrick Shearn in collaboration with Now Art LA, AAV School, and Pershing Square.
    • Thursday, 4 August, 2016
      Technology sector
      Paul Weiss poaches top antitrust lawyer

      Charles Rule’s defection underlines legal firm’s interest in expanding M&A practice

      Charles "Rick" Rule
    • Thursday, 14 July, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Faiza Saeed becomes first woman to lead Cravath

      Dealmaker’s election is symbolic moment for an industry dominated by white men

      The offices of Cravath Swaine & Moore
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