Business consultants like to say that when it comes to mergers, just 10 percent of the challenge is actually doing the deal—90 percent is making it work. Nobody knows this better than the management of Hogan Lovells.
Since the merger of equals between Hogan & Hartson and U.K. firm Lovells went live on May 1, 2010, co–CEOs J. Warren Gorrell and David Harris have been in overdrive bringing the two giant firms together. The numbers show how daunting the task has been. The new firm is among the world’s largest by head count, with around 2,500 lawyers throughout 46 offices and revenues of over $1.9 billion. Harris estimates that around 800 staff had to move office during the weekend of the tie-up alone. A recent partner retreat for the combined corporate, finance, and government regulatory practices involved 500 partners—more than the entire legacy Lovells partnership.
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