Wake Up Call: Former Godiva Top Lawyer Joins Legal Recruiter

In today’s column, early data from Goodwin, Lowenstein, and BakerHostetler show all three firms had revenue and PEP gains last year; Davis Polk and Norton Rose Fulbright advised the biggest U.S. milk processor, bankrupt Dean Foods, on a $425 million sale of its assets; and two big firms advised as LendingClub bought Radius Bancorp in its bid to become a bank.

• Leading off, legal recruiting company Whistler Partners hired in-house leader Jonathan Drucker, the former top lawyer at Godiva Chocolatier Inc. and Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., as a senior consultant based in New York. Whistler also hired Fenwick & West’s ...