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I think there are several firms that have built relationships with people at firms that have an uncertain future. In a long-term effort, that can really pay off. Usually, the message sent to people at the firm is if anything changes and you decide to do something else, we want to talk to you. We have seen that happen at other firms.

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— Kent Zimmermann, strategic consultant at Zeughauser Group who specializes in mergers, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on how partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan may be able to find a new home if things take a turn for the worse. The firm’s future is already looking quite bleak, thanks to a mass lateral move of partners to Hogan Lovells following its latest failed merger efforts.

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