As the one-year anniversary of the Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner merger approaches, it has become clear that in Asia the merger has not gone according to plan.

The jury is still out on whether the overall merger, which took effect last April, can be considered a success. But in Asia it has, for all intents and purposes, failed.

In Shanghai, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner lost its entire staff earlier this week when all seven professionals resigned. They had all originally come from Bryan Cave.