The day Steven Fogel, senior partner of Titmuss Sainer Dechert climbed Mount Toukbal, a 14,000 ft peak in the Berber Mountains in Morocco, was an innovative one for more than one reason.

As well as helping to raise £70,000 for a fund-raising trip organised by Warner Cranston senior partner Ian Fagelson (see People & Moves, page 18), it was also the day Fogel’s own firm merged with Philadelphia-headquartered Dechert Price & Rhoads to create a new, 214-partner and £180m turnover firm, Dechert.