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Ex-Hengeler partner quits Milbank after just ten days

You got to take two facts into consideration: First, Hengeler`s stellar reputation is partly due to the fact that no one ever leaves this firm (except in a coffin). Second, Hengeler's biggest fear is that "the market" could grow doubts as to its capability to do international work on the same level as Freshfields and the like. Grobecker, working with Hengeler for a decade, was perfectly aware of this. Therefore, it would have been good judgment on his part, if he had simply kept his mouth shut after he was forced to leave Hengeler in November. However, he decided to twist the facts and make a statement to the press, claiming that he chose to quit Hengeler because he wasn't offered sufficient opportunities to do international work. Though I somehow pity him for being in this disatrous situation, it was his own stupid mistake to provoke Hengeler with his unnecessary statement. Reminds me of the old Latin saying: Si tacuisses, philosphus mansisses...

14-Jan-2010

7:40 am