Euro firms aid Ukrainian students, Harvard law ranking, Hinshaw's D.C. move and HP's new acquisition ➡️
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📍 European law offices open doors to Ukraine's displaced law students, Harvard law school ranking, Hinshaw forays into D.C. market and three big law firms aid HP's new $3.3 bln buy ☀️ Good morning! Here's a look at the latest in the industry from Reuters Legal👇
A group of international law firms and academics is working to get Ukrainian law students out of the country and into legal internships across Europe, organizers of the effort said as Russia's invasion of Ukraine passed the one-month mark.
So far, organizers say 32 Ukrainian law students in Stockholm, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw have secured internships, travel arrangements, and accommodation through the initiative.
Another 200 have registered with the program, Safe Harbors for UA Students, for help leaving Ukraine or other countries to which they have fled and to find work, organizers said.
Altogether about 50 law firms and legal groups have offered to help in some way, according to Stockholm University law professor Patricia Shaughnessy, who came up with the idea for the initiative.
Harvard Law School, which has been among the top three law schools in U.S. News & World Report rankings for three decades, has dropped to No. 4.
“Is Harvard worse of a school today than it was yesterday? Of course not,” said law school consultant Mike Spivey. “But Harvard will be the buzz.”
Longtime No. 1 Yale Law School remains the top-ranked school, and Stanford kept its No. 2 spot. The University of Chicago Law School moved up one spot to supplant Harvard at No. 3, while Columbia Law School tied with Harvard at No. 4.
Law school administrators have criticized the U.S. News’ current rankings formula, saying they incentivize schools to funnel financial aid to applicants with high Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores over those most in need.
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Chicago-based Hinshaw & Culbertson says it is opening an office in Washington, D.C., with a newly hired partner John Nader, becoming at least the third law firm to open an outpost in the nation’s capital this month.
Nader, who was most recently of counsel at McGlinchey Stafford, has had clients including financial institutions, mortgage companies and servicers, as well as contractors, developers and owners involved in embassy contracts and government construction.
Washington is a key market for Hinshaw as the firm grows its regulatory and compliance practice, firm chairman Peter Sullivan told Reuters.
Tech giant HP has turned to Davis Polk & Wardwell and Ropes & Gray to helm its acquisition, valued at $3.3 billion, of audio and video device maker Poly, which tapped Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as legal counsel.
Corporate partners Paul Scrivano and Cheryl Chan are leading the deal team for Davis Polk, while M&A partners Sarah Young and Matthew Jacobson are leading Ropes & Gray's team, according to statements from the law firms.
Poly, formerly known as Plantronics, worked with Wilson Sonsini corporate partners Katharine Martin, Martin Korman, Douglas Schnell and Remi Korenblit, the law firm said.
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