After end to merger talks, #Stroock loses more than half of its partners; is #lawfirm’s viability at risk?

After end to merger talks, Stroock loses more than half of its partners; is law firm’s viability at risk?

More than 30 partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan are joining Hogan Lovells, a number that amounts to more than half of Stroock’s partnership.

The move was announced Friday, a day after Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan ended “nonexclusive” merger talks, report Law.com, Bloomberg Law and Law360.

It was the second time that Stroock failed to reach a merger deal since July.

The departing lawyers include Stroock’s “prized real estate team” and the law firm’s co-managing partner Jeff Keitelman, according to Law.com. Keitelman is co-chair of the real estate group.

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