No partners will leave Charles Russell or Speechly Bircham when the two firms merge this November, the incoming management team has said.

Though back office and support redundancies may occur, it is expected that all partners will make the transition to the merged outfit and that the 80 current equity partners across the two firms will all continue as equity partners following the combination, voted through on Wednesday (16 July).

Speaking to Legal Week, Christopher Page, Charles Russell senior partner,and James Carter, Speechly managing partner, both of whom will retain their titles in the new firm, also revealed further details of the merger votes at the two firms.