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Law Firm Merger Mania: Dewey LeBoeuf? (You Heard It Here First)
People in the offices of both Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf Lamb have been gossiping about a possible merger between their firms. Here’s some circumstantial evidence in support of the rumors. If you go to Whois.Net and enter the domain name DeweyLeBoeuf.com, you get this info: We have a call and an email in to Michael […] -
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Fall Recruiting Open Thread: Vault 31-35
We’ve now covered over a third of the Vault 100 law firms in open threads. But that means we still have two-thirds to go (assuming we follow through to the end). The next five firms are colorful. They include one firm that was featured in the Transformers movie, and another that used to employ a […] - Sponsored
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ATL Week in Review: January 15 - 19
* Last Tuesday, a civil action captioned Aaron Brett Charney v. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP was filed in New York Supreme Court — and the world of Biglaw has never been the same ever since. Click here to access the complete archives of our Aaron Charney coverage. * Of course, Sullivan & Cromwell partners aren’t […]
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The Dewy Orifice: A Post-Mortem
After the much ballyhooed merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe fell apart, many theories were bandied about as to why the deal disintegrated. See, e.g., here. Now, from a British legal publication, The Lawyer, we get this fascinating report: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe chairman Ralph Baxter demanded a guaranteed $25m (£12.92m) payout […] -
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ATL Week in Review: January 1-5
Last week was short, thanks to the New Year’s holiday; but it sure was busy. Here are some highlights from a very momentous week: * No more jokes about Harriet Miers: the ill-fated ex-SCOTUS nominee has resigned as White House counsel. Speculation about her successor abounds. * No more jokes about the Dewy Orifice: the […] -
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The Closing of the Dewy Orifice: The Announcement Email
Why did the merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe die on the vine? Traditional theory: Dewey’s loss of key partners, such as M&A stars Michael Aiello and Jack Bodner, made it a much less attractive merger partner. Why buy a cow after the milk has dried up? See here. Revisionist theory: It […] -
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More on the Death of Dewey-Orrick
Via the WSJ Law Blog, here’s the text of the two firms’ joint statement: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP have jointly decided to end merger discussions. Both firms are successful, global firms that saw great potential in a combination. However, a combination of this size and scope posed significant challenges. While […] -
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More Breaking News: The Dewey-Orrick Merger Is Off
The planned merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe has been called off. Last month, the troubled transaction was indefinitely postponed — not a good sign. Given the unfortunate nickname that was bestowed upon the new entity, the disintegration of this deal may be just as well. We hear that an internal email […] - Sponsored
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Dewy Orifice: More Merger Missteps?
The indefinitely delayed, potentially troubled merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe isn’t being well-received by Dewey support staff. From a Dewey Ballantine tipster: As far we non-attorney types go, it seems like more of a hostile takeover than a merger. So far, Orrick management is calling the shots on all the administrative […] -
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ATL Week in Review -- Biglaw Bonus Edition: December 11-15
We summarized the past week in non-bonus news back in this post. Now, we provide a recap of last week in Biglaw and associate bonus news: * In merger news, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and Preston Gates & Ellis are combining to form “K&L Gates.” * Meanwhile, the Dewey-Orrick merger will be delayed in its consummation. […] -
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Dewy Orifice: Merger Interruptus
The merger between Dewey Ballantine and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe will take longer than expected. From the WSJ: The proposed merger between law firms Dewey Ballantine LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has encountered a delay. Meanwhile, Dewey Ballantine has lost some leading partners. The full partnerships of both firms were due to vote […] -
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Musical Chairs: 12.13.06
It has been a while since our last round-up of notable moves within the legal profession. So there’s a lot to report today: Law Firm to… Prison? * Former Milberg Weiss name partner Steven Schulman resigned from the firm to pursue “new ventures.” The most important of these “ventures” will surely be fighting federal charges […] -
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This Is Just Plain Depressing
Dewey Ballantine partners, have you no sense of decency? If your associates are going to act in completely undignified fashion, can’t you at least give them dignified surroundings in which to do so? No amount of tinsel and mistletoe can disguise this basic truth: making out with a paralegal in the cafeteria is beyond humiliating. […]
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Musical Chairs: 11.14.06
Lateral Moves: * Bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer Adrian Harris, to Chadbourne & Parke (London), from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (where he headed their European insolvency and restructuring practice). Could his departure be related to the law firm merger that will give rise to Dewy Orifice? New Partners: * Paul Hastings (New York): corporate lawyer Richard […] -
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Best Law Firm Nickname EVER
After we posted Dewey Ballantine: “We’ll Have What She’s Having,” we received this email from one of you: Picking up on the sexual overtones of the Dewey Ballantine / Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe merger, and with apologies for how vulgar and puerile this is: Is anyone calling the new firm Dewy Orifice? Uh, we are! […] -
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Dewey Ballantine: "We'll Have What She's Having"
We often compare law firm mergers to weddings. And other folks do, too. So if law firm mergers are marriages, how do they get consummated? Enough about the wedding; what about the honeymoon? One ATL reader had some thoughts on the matter: Sorry to continue to batter you with sexual innuendo, but Law.com — which […]