Sidley to Associates: Be Cool Boy

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What do you do when your biggest client gets sold to a bunch of guys from North Carolina? What can you do other than keep cool?
While Sidley Austin declined to comment to ATL on the Merrill Lynch/Bank of America merger, they did send around an internal memo to their associates. Sidley essentially told their people: “DON’T PANIC!!!!!!!!!”
Apparently, the firm opened up their books to show the percentage of their business that comes from the companies affected by the yesterday’s meltdown. Merrill Lynch represents well less than 10 percent of the firm’s overall business, so they think they should be fine.
All of the messages we are hearing from Sidley associates reflect the same theme. People are interested, but as one tipster put it, “nobody is freaking out just yet.”
But is that a minority opinion or a consensus feeling? How are you Sidley associates feeling this morning?

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