Latham & Watkins set to poach star dealmaker from Wachtell Lipton
Hiring of Zach Podolsky would be a coup for LA-founded firm building corporate practice to compete with New York rivals
Hiring of Zach Podolsky would be a coup for LA-founded firm building corporate practice to compete with New York rivals

The New York-based Wachtell has suffered rare defections in a hot market for top deals lawyers

Top law firm offers Joshua Feltman a guaranteed pay package of $80mn over three years

With fewer than 300 lawyers, Wachtell racked up bumper profits and exercised outsize influence. Now its model is being challenged…

US law firm’s revenues surpass $8bn for first time on the back of megamerger mandates

Latest transatlantic tie-up would create firm with $3.6bn in revenues and 3,000 lawyers

Deal comes despite Donald Trump targeting Perkins Coie with executive order that posed ‘existential risk’