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11-24-2003

BCG News - 11/24/03

In a major move for Lovells, Britain's fifth largest firm, the firm has set up a committee to help decide what their options are in exploring a merger with a US firm. In three or four months, the committee is expected to deliver a verdict on whether the firm should seek a US merger partner or whethe....[more]
11-17-2003

BCG News - 11/17/03

Mayer, Brown & Platt merged with UK-based Rowe & Maw in February of 2002, the two firms have acted separately in deciding the proper compensation structure for their partners. The firm is now seeking to adopt a plan that will unify the partners from both sides into the same structure, which will be ....[more]
11-10-2003

BCG News - 11/10/03

Fried Frank's 120-attorney corporate practice is in the midst of a makeover. The firm previously grouped all of its personnel resources under a general corporate heading, but has changed this due to recent growth. The attorneys will now be divided among seven different sub-practice groups, namely as....[more]
11-03-2003

BCG News - 11/03/03

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and DC-based law firm Shaw Pittman have ended the merger talks that have taken place since September of this year. The merger would have been one of the largest law firm mergers in the United States, creating a 1,300 lawyer firm. The reasons for the breakdown of the ta....[more]
10-27-2003

BCG News - 10/27/03

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10-20-2003

BCG News - 10/20/03

Steve Newborn, a Washington, D.C. lawyer who headed up the anti-trust division of Clifford Chance ....[more]
10-13-2003

BCG News - 10/13/03

Even when it's over, it's not really over. The departure of Tower Snow from Brobeck, Phleger, and Harrison, where he was the senior West Coast partner to Clifford Chance ....[more]
10-11-2003

BCG News - 10/11/03

Philadelphia-based Duane Morris has announced the opening of its new Detroit office this week. The office will be led by Darrell M. Grams, who formerly worked in the Office of the General Counsel for Ford Motor Company and currently chairs the International Product Liability Subcommittee of the Amer....[more]
10-06-2003

BCG News - 10/06/03

Seeking to bulk up its East Coast presence, Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner is currently in merger negotiations with Edwards & Angell, firm which first opened its doors over a century ago in Providence, RI. Edwards & Angell now boasts 275 attorneys and eight full service offices as well as three sat....[more]
09-29-2003

BCG News - 9/29/03

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, a Dallas-based full service firm that ranks among the largest firms in the United States with 950 attorneys, is currently discussing the possibility of a merger with the Washington, DC firm Shaw Pittman. Akin Gump currently has 15 offices, including four overseas, and....[more]

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