London’s Simmons & Simmons has informed its partners that it is discussing a merger with Mayer Brown. Senior partner David Dickinson confirmed the talks in an e-mail to the partnership, which stated that the two firms are in “preliminary discussions” about a merger. The note also said the partners will be informed further about the talks this week. It has been added as a point to the agenda of a scheduled partner meeting that was scheduled for last Friday, at which other topics on the agenda were this year’s new partner promotions.
One Simmons partner said: “I don’t think that Mayer Brown’s London office is very impressive, but it’s very exciting that we are talking to a large international firm. We could do with a U.S. presence and a boost in Asia. It could possibly be a good move. The only two concerns are what we would do with their London office and that you are not in the driving seat when you’re merging with a much larger firm.”
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