After another bout of partner turnover, Friederike Heine assesses Mayer Brown’s progress in the City
A decade since the union between Chicago’s Mayer Brown & Platt and London mid-tier Rowe & Maw, the question remains: when is the firm’s European practice going to start really adding up? On paper the union of a proud US parent and a solid City practice in need of scale and a bit more grit always made sense – for what that’s worth. But Mayer Brown has been through more than its fair share of turbulence since its 2002 union, to the extent that even the firm’s supporters would be hard pushed to say it has yet delivered on that promise.
