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We actually have had no departures that have been associated to the merger. Any departures both agency has seen are simply regular attrition in [Biglaw].
Recruiters use that as a possibility to shake folks free, which is a part of their enterprise. If they’re good at it, they attempt to create motion. However nothing occurred, which bodes properly for the merger and the way constructive the partnership feels about it.
— Ira Coleman, chair of McDermott Will & Emery, in feedback given to the American Lawyer, regarding attrition forward of the agency’s merger with Schulte Roth & Zabel, which is anticipated to shut on August 1. Leaders of each corporations are nonetheless understanding the small print on who will head up McDermott Will & Schulte and the place all of its legal professionals will work in Manhattan.
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