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Maher overlooked in Mayer Brown rejig

Paul Maher is an immensely talented, energetic, ambitious and driven lawyer who has been the catalyst for much of the growth Mayer Brown enjoyed since the R & M merger. But ambition and drive can easily be the enemies of collegiality and teamwork. The line is unquestionably fuzzy, but there is one. The new leadership apparently concluded, together with a lot of MB partners who left voluntarily over the past two years, that he had crossed it. It's too bad, both for Paul and the firm, that it has come to this. I've no doubt Paul will do well; I'm not so sure about the firm, particularly since by chosing a 61 year old as its next chairman it seems unable or unwilling to pass the leadership mantle to a new generation.

17-Apr-2009

7:54 pm