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Monday, July 21, 2014

Larry Watanabe of Watanabe Nason, On The Lateral Attorney's Perspective

The lateral legal partner market is as active as it has ever been. Though the Dow Jones is pulsing at a feverish pace, drawing smiles and cheers from investors, the ever-conservative legal minds of the BigLaw community aren’t so easily comforted. Legal consumers are continuing to apply fee pressures; work, though still flowing steadily, is threatened by LPOs and ABSs; despite best efforts, de-equitizations and financial gymnastics are frequent-enough. While I am not ringing the alarm, the tide that once rose neck-deep has subsided, and some firms, apparently, forgot their swimming trunks. An unavoidable side effect is a highly active market for lateral law firm partners.

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