The New Challenges Facing A&O's Old Style Management
'Aggression is Needed,' says one insider as the firm new leadership grapples with the US strategy question.
February 28, 2020 at 09:39 AM
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A&O partners could hardly be accused of being radical in their top brass elections this week. Wim Dejonghe was re-elected as senior partner and another London-based, white, male partner, Gareth Price, has replaced Andrew Ballheimer as managing partner.
Price was considered by many inside and outside the firm to be one of two lead contenders for the position, alongside global litigation head Karen Seward. Several partners had felt that the time had come for a woman at the top of the Magic Circle firm – and what a statement it would have been for A&O to lead the elite pack in being the first to do so – but it wasn't to be.
For a firm that prides itself on its commitment to diversity, and with Dejonghe cited by many as someone who leads by example on the topic, some lawyers at the firm will likely be disappointed.
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