The matchup of Boston's Ropes & Gray with New York's Fish & Neave is just one in a string of law firm marriages that underscore Beantown's transition from clubby legal community to one more inclined to hook up with an outsider. In the case of Ropes & Gray, the firm set its sights on hefty Big Apple fees that could come via a Manhattan connection. And by boasting attractive fee rates and well-educated practitioners, Boston firms may be attracting still more suitors.
November 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The recent merger of Boston’s Ropes & Gray with New York’s Fish & Neave is just one in a string of firm marriages creating an “eat or be eaten” atmosphere in Beantown’s traditionally clubby legal community.
But rather than a casting off of any perceived parochialism among Boston’s prominent law firms, the expansion is about one thing: money.
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