Maher overlooked in Mayer Brown rejig
Mayer Brown’s London-based vice-chair Paul Maher has been overlooked in the firm’s management rejig with his US-based counterpart winning the newly created role of firmwide managing partner.
Paul Maher
As expected, the firm has elected Bert Krueger as its new chairman as part of a management overhaul that has seen it create a seven member management committee and 12 member partnership board.
London senior partner Sean Connolly has won a position on the management committee while Maher’s co-vice-chair Ken Geller, who is based in Washington DC, is to become the firm’s global managing partner.
The roles will become effective on 1 June.
The new structure replaces a triumvirate leadership structure that has seen chairman Jim Holzhauer and vice-chairs Maher and Geller run the firm along with a 16-member policy and planning committee.
This week’s issue of The Lawyer revealed the new management structure and the fact that the vice-chair role would be abolished (13 April).
According to Holzhauer the changes mark a watershed for Mayer Brown. He said: “The management committee which will have most of the authority now vested in policy and planning will be the small, nimble group needed to respond quickly and decisively to changing market conditions and capitalise more fully on the inherent strengths of our global platform.”
Under the governance structure London-based European real estate head Jeremy Clay has won a place on the partnership board.
Members of the management committee:
Palo Alto partner Cabel Chinnis
London head Sean Connolly
New York partner Paul Jorissen
Paris head Jean-Phiippe Lambert
Hong Kong partner Elaine Yo
Chicago partner Paul Theiss
Chairman Bert Krueger
Members of the partnership board together with management committee:
London partner Jeremy Clay
Charlotte partner Carol Hitselberger
Chicago partner Michelle Odorizzi
Washington DC partner Peter White
Frankfurt partner Jorg Wulfken
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Readers' comments (27)
Anonymous | 21-Apr-2009 7:37 pm
Paul, having worked with you; I can genuinely say you're the most talented out there. Don't let this chapter in your career get to you. I know you'll show those who doubt you how wrong they are.
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An Insider | 22-Apr-2009 5:42 pm
I completely disagree on the point of Maher's personality, his ambition to run a law firm at the top level has undoubtedly been the source of his inspiration for his entire career; without motivation people wouldn't achieve anything. Maher is without a doubt the hardest working individual I’ve come across and after all he has done for Mayer Brown he deserves the top job.
Mayer Brown need a chairman who is capable of driving the firm forward if they want to achieve their goal of becoming an elite International firm; not a 61 year old.
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Anonymous | 22-Apr-2009 5:52 pm
I thought they were now called Maher Brown.
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Anonymous | 22-Apr-2009 6:11 pm
No i don't think so, the last time i checked it was Mayer Brown
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Anonymous | 28-Apr-2009 6:17 pm
Maher appears to be keeping different company already. He was spotted on a BA flight to NYC last night in animated conversation with David Cheyne. ......
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City Gent | 29-Apr-2009 5:58 pm
I knew work was slack, but I'm amazed that so many presumably City lawyers have nothing better to do with their time than comment on some non-event like this.
Will the last one to leave please turn off the lights?
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Anonymous | 30-Apr-2009 9:13 pm
non-event??
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