Yesterday, the news broke that Alston & Bird and Cadwalader were in merger talks. The combination would create a law firm of around 1,400 attorneys and $2 billion of revenue. If it goes ahead, the merger would primarily bolster Alston & Bird's New York presence and Banking & Finance practices. This latest merger story, follows a wave of recent Big Law combinations like McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel , Herbert Smith Freehills & Kramer Levin and Troutman Pepper & Locke Lord . Using publicly-available data tracked by Pirical Legal Professionals (PLP) , we've taken a look at which locations & practices would grow under the merger, and how many Partners can be expected to leave throughout the talks.

Using publicly-available data tracked by Pirical, here are the biggest Big Law team hires of 2025 so far.

Despite Kirkland & Ellis making the decision not to publicly announce its newly promoted Partners, we can reveal the details of the 2025 promotion class.

We recently did some analysis for the NALP Bulletin+ magazine, looking at how practice demand has been shifting across the AM Law 200.

Last week, Pirical celebrated a decade of innovation at our biggest Pirical Pioneers event to date! We brought together a fantastic crowd of Recruitment, Strategy, HR & DEI leaders for some insightful panel discussions and previews of our latest tools & new features.