Bloomberg Law
March 14, 2017, 6:14 PM UTC

Boies Schiller Winds Down 20-Lawyer Corporate Practice

Casey Sullivan

Boies Schiller & Flexner is disbanding its 20-lawyer corporate practice, the bulk of whom are headed for the larger competitor, Paul Hastings.

“It’s much more practical in today’s environment to have a boutique litigation shop than a boutique corporate practice,” said David Boies, the litigator who has run the 300-lawyer litigation law firm since he founded it in 1997.

In an interview, Boies said that the firm has been in discussions for the past 18 months with its corporate group, led by his son Chris, about the challenges facing its practice, given that it is smaller in size compared to ...

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