Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has elected new co-managing partners as it teeters on the brink of a potential merger with Ashurst Morris Crisp.
Valerie Ford Jacobs, head of the firm’s capital markets group, and corporate partner Paul Reinstein will replace the current incumbents Peter Cobb and Michael Rauch from 1 March.
The move is the clearest indication yet that the talks between Ashursts and Fried Frank are nearing a conclusion. Ford Jacobs is believed to be a keen supporter of a UK tie-up and has been instrumental in spearheading the negotiations with Ashursts.
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After a rocky start in 2001, for which it has received much criticism, Cafcass’s legal director Charles Prest says that the organisation is getting on track. Emma Vere-Jones reports The Wimbledon final, 8 July 2002 – one which most Brits will remember for yet another sporting win by Australia, and a naked dance by a […]
