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Maher overlooked in Mayer Brown rejig

To put a little balance here... Mayer is not what his supporters above would have people believe. He was a divisive person (with an outsized pay packet) in a firm that called out for leadership and collegiality. He delivered none of that (whilst paying himself an enourmous amount of money). His "success" with the London office was based on clients he claimed as his own (even though he stated all clients were firm clients) but most have now left (abeit, in some cases, due to takeovers). Many consider him a difficult (I can't print the real description) person who is not well liked (although he may have some respect), both inside and outside London. He rose on the back of the financial sucess of London (measured in dollar terms), however with the falling pound and disappearing work (not to mention the realisation that London far under performed other London offices) the emperor's clothes have been revealed.

17-Apr-2009

10:32 pm