Golden gateBoston restructuring specialist Bingham Dana is in merger talks with San Francisco’s McCutchen Doyle Brown & Emersen in the latest evidence of East Coast firms moving aggressively into the Californian legal market (see story, left).

The move is seen by Bingham Dana as an opportunity to expand into the West Coast, once the home of the US’s thriving TMT (technology, media & telecoms) law firms, at a time when there is a growing need for insolvency and restructuring advice.