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Cobbetts and DWF abandon merger talks in uncertain market

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The explanation of "uncertain market conditions" is almost as unconvincing as blaming an "overzealous" techie for buying the domain name in November. Whilst I have no ideal whether the merger was a good idea, taking so long to execute (compare with McGrigors/Pinsent Mason) was always asking for trouble. Cobbetts will have to pick-up the pieces as their talent is now in play. DWF's dash for growth (being Top 30 is not a tribute to Jimmy Saville) I think is driven by Andrew Leaitherland's appetite to float/be bought-out. Yesterday's RJW announcement shows the money is gravitating to commodity legal services which can be provided by a pliable workforce and not by high-maintenance middle-aged partners. DWF's insurance practice has plenty of the former whilst Cobbetts has a surplus of the latter.

Posted date

31-Jan-2012

Posted time

12:31 pm

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