Cadwalader's Block quits for Greenberg
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One of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft’s best-known partners Dennis Block is leaving the firm to join Greenberg Traurig.
Paul Maher
New York-based Block is joining Greenberg in the newly created position of senior chairman of global M&A. Block’s, whose book of business is said to have once topped $50m, counts Pfizer, Pepsi and GE among his clients.
Previous deals on which Block advised include Pfizer’s $68bn acquisition of Wyeth and Procter & Gamble’s $57bn purchase of Gillette.
In a statement the chairman of Greenberg’s London office Paul Maher said Block’s arrival was “an essential move” that would help boost his firm’s international practice.
Cadwalader chairman Christopher White thanked Block for his contribution to the firm and wished him well.
Readers' comments (5)
Anonymous | 9-Sep-2011 3:55 pm
Ouch! Maher will be hating it. Someone coming in over his head and with a book of business.Maher has always seen himself as the M&A king pin for GT. Something can't be working out..........
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Anonymous | 9-Sep-2011 8:25 pm
Maher and Schwartzbaum, Co-Chairmen of GT's corporate M & A practice, interviewed and hired the guy you dimwit! Incidentally, they presided over the decision to create the role of 'senior Chairman' to accomodate him!
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Anonymous | 13-Sep-2011 2:24 pm
Someone has hit a raw nerve........................!
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Anonymous | 22-Sep-2011 11:58 am
Hubris is in great supply at the moment. Most of the partners hired by GTM in their blitz of also ran partners have either left or are leaving and GTM made an unprecedented loss in London last year GT won't put up with that for much longer. Block is a one man band (albeit a phenominal band), but he will not share any work or leave any legacy. He will also have cost a fortune.
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Anonymous | 2-Oct-2011 6:32 pm
I've never heard so much rubbish in my life! Two partners have left, incidentally both were asked to leave. Who are all these partners leaving the firm? Perhaps it would be an idea to state names! GT is delighted with the performance of its london office so far. Regarding the firms financial position, it is ahead of where it forecasted to be back in 2009!
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