Happy Friday!
Weil, Gotshal & Manges is winding down. Last year it was one of the 30 largest US firms, with 1,200 lawyers and $2.1 billion in revenue.
It went from rumors to a wind-down in a matter of days, and our video walks through how.
For in-house teams with live matters at Weil, that work now has to move mid-matter, on a tight timeline. Worth knowing before you ever need it:
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Who else could take each matter, practice area by practice area
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What they’d charge, benchmarked against the market
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How much of your work sits with one firm
And if you’re hiring, a lot of very good people are about to be looking.
— Pieter Gunst
CEO & Co-Founder, Legal.io
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