After merger negotiations stalled with both Nixon Peabody and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, the leadership at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan began considering alternate plans for the firm. These contingency strategies involved moving parts of their operations, should a planned merger fall through.
Subsequent events have seen the law firm pivot towards implementing its backup plan of firm dissolution and relocation. A majority of Stroock’s existing partners are transferring to Hogan Lovells, including real estate lawyers, litigators, and corporate dealmakers from their offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Los Angeles. Notably, this group includes the firm’s co-managing partner, Jeff Keitelman. The dissolution and partner
relocation happening this week is very much an active shift from their original merger goal.
For more details about Stroock leadership decisions and their ongoing changes, readers can turn to the original report detailing this important shift in their firm’s trajectory. This gives a firsthand perspective of the considerable change the firm is undergoing in the light of failure in merger negotiations.