Shearman & Sterling has long been a dominant force in the German legal market. But as the firm's iconic leader approaches retirement age, questions are being asked about how Shearman can maintain its standing. Sarah Gill assesses its future
July 27, 2005 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Shearman & Sterling can hardly be said to have entered the German market with a bang. A little more than a year after Germany’s historic reunification, it acquired the six-lawyer Duesseldorf firm Galler Meyer-Landrut & Thoma.
Observers would have been forgiven for failing to appreciate the significance of the move at the time. And yet the reverberations of the deal are still being felt in the German legal market some 14 years later.
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