Failed merger partners of Heller Ehrman could be set to pick up large parts of the firm, as the troubled West Coast giant moves closer to dissolution, writes The Recorder.

In a partner conference call on Thursday (18 September), firm management said they expected to hear whether former merger candidates Winston & Strawn, Baker & McKenzie and Mayer Brown would be interested in picking up large chunks of Heller’s offices, practice groups or both. Management told the partners that they expected to hear back from the firms over “the next few days.”