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White & Case drops friend to go it alone in Singapore

Totally Agree I agree with the last comment. They lost their entire Indonesian practice with the departures of Brad Roach, Bertie Mehigan and Brian Wesol last year. Then they lost their entire Thai practice with the breakup with Weerawong, Chinnavat and Peangpanor earlier this year. Now they lost their entire domestic Singapore practice with the breakup with Venture Law. What do they have left in Singapore? Nothing but a few, highly pay partners with outrageously generous benefits who recently arrived from London, have no familiarity with Asia and have no book of business. For instance, look at Doug Peel - the managing partner of the Singapore office - he is head of W&C's India Practice but has never closed an Indian deal in his life - and he has no clients of his own. The W&C Singapore office is a joke - they have nothing left - and it all happened in 8 months. Not the way to run a law firm. That is for sure! I am not sure what business plan for the Singapore office has been approved by the head office in New York but the New York office sure is letting the Singapore office deteriorate rapidly. I bet it will take them years to repair the damage - if they ever do!

3-Mar-2009

4:56 am