In 2002, this publication reported that Dickson Minto was seeking out merger opportunities in Mainland Europe and possibly the U.K. because, as co-founder Alastair Dickson wrote in an internal document, the “status quo is not sustainable in the long term”.
A failure to come up with a credible plan, he said, would leave the firm “milking the franchise”, possible “in the short to medium term, but no longer than that”, as the firm came under pressure to provide wider services and international law advice.
