At least 15 intellectual property (IP) partners are leaving Heller Ehrman to join US rival Covington & Burlington, as merger talks between Heller and Mayer Brown reach a conclusion, reports The Recorder. The end of the talks was announced in an email to the partnership from Mayer Brown chairman James Holzhauer on Monday morning, in which he praised Heller as a firm.News of the 15 partners leaving Heller had come in over the weekend and into Monday, according to one source who would not elaborate on whether the announcements precipitated the end of the merger talks or vice versa.
September 16, 2008 at 05:45 AM
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At least 15 intellectual property (IP) partners are leaving Heller Ehrman to join US rival Covington & Burlington, as merger talks between Heller and Mayer Brown reach a conclusion, reports The Recorder.
The end of the talks was announced in an email to the partnership from Mayer Brown chairman James Holzhauer on Monday morning, in which he praised Heller as a firm.
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