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Maher puts his name to his claim

Some of these reponses are typical of parohicial UK market watchers, who think the sun shines out the arse of the City and fail to understand the U.S legal market. Greenberg Traurig are a fabulous firm, who have been mkaing great strides in recent years. Their revenue for 08 was over $1.2 bn, that's between 700 and 800m sterling, or, put it this way, twice that of Herbert Smith. Sure, they're not top tier in Cravath-esque way. But maybe those firms are too white-shoe and cautious for Maher. I can see the attraction of trying to create something at a firm with roots in Florida, a great U.S footprint, strength in New York, and Latin America - a firm that's dynamic, ambitious. I think this is a great move for him and the GT.

16-Jun-2009

5:33 pm