With a full-firm merger increasingly unlikely, Thelen has begun looking to other firms to pick up practices or offices, a current partner confirmed Wednesday.
Merger talks with Nixon Peabody ended several weeks ago, the partner and two other sources said. Nixon remains interested in taking on parts of Thelen, two sources familiar with the talks said. Other suitors for pieces include Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Atlanta-based Alston & Bird, several sources said. Alston is talking to groups at Thelen and hopes to expand its IP, energy, commercial litigation and other practices in Northern California, an Alston lawyer confirmed The Daily Report could not reach Alston managing partner Richard Hays to confirm this story.
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