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09-15-2003

BCG News - 9/15/03

Effective October 1, 2003, Seyfarth Shaw LLP ....[more]
09-08-2003

BCG News - 9/8/03

US-based McDermott Will & Emery ....[more]
09-02-2003

BCG News - 9/2/03

For the second time in three months, what looked like a likely merger deal for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has fallen through. Orrick's recent failed merger talks with Cooley Godward led way to serious discussions with Venture Law Group, a 60-attorney outfit stationed in California's Silicon Vall....[more]
08-25-2003

BCG News - 8/25/03

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, the New York law firm with approximately 1500 lawyers, has taken the first steps to fill its Brussels office by hiring away some attorneys from the Brussels office of Hogan & Hartson. Hogan & Hartson is losing the head of its Brussels trade practice, which has left the of....[more]
08-18-2003

BCG News - 8/18/03

Wolf Block Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, a Philadelphia firm with seven offices and approximately 250 attorneys, will be increasing in size by almost 20% when they merge with Brach Eichler Rosenberg Silver Bernstein Hammer & Gladstone. Brach Eichler, which operates out of one office in Roseland, NJ, w....[more]
08-11-2003

BCG News - 8/11/03

Two law firms have designs on setting up shop in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. Large international firm Norton & Rose will open their Dubai office next month with the help of a partner currently working out of their Hong Kong office. Vinson & Elkins, a US firm with over 750 attorneys and n....[more]
08-04-2003

BCG News - 8/04/03

Duane Morris officially announced the opening of their Pittsburgh office on July 31st, 2003. The chair of the international practice of Buchanan Ingersoll as well as three litigation partners from Pepper Hamilton will head the new office, which intends to house at least 25 lawyers by year's end. The....[more]
07-28-2003

BCG News - 7/28/03

International Chicago firm Altheimer & Gray's march to dissolution has been affecting firms all over the world, as they fight it out for the 300+ attorneys that filled Altheimer's ranks. After 22 attorneys left from the Chicago office, more firms have announced plans to absorb some of the dying firm....[more]
07-21-2003

BCG News - 7/21/03

While Arter & Hadden's dissolution meant another firm sprung up in Cleveland (Tucker Ellis & West), attorneys in A&H's satellite offices were not all kept on for the new firm, which has meant several of these attorneys were on the market. Among those firms benefiting from this, Andrews & Kurth has a....[more]
07-14-2003

BCG News - 7/14/03

Law firm mergers across the United States are showing signs of slowing, according to a Hildebrandt International Press Release. After 11 mergers in the second quarter of 2002, only seven mergers have been reported for the second quarter of 2003, with the merger involving McGuire Woods and Ross & Har....[more]

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