Bloomberg Law
April 8, 2019, 7:07 PM UTCUpdated: April 8, 2019, 7:32 PM UTC

Kasowitz Loses 15-Lawyer Real Estate Team to Vinson & Elkins (1)

Melissa Heelan Stanzione
Melissa Heelan Stanzione
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Vinson & Elkins grabbed 15 real estate attorneys from Kasowitz Benson Torres, significantly beefing up its New York office.

“Expanding V&E’s breadth of practice in New York is an important part of our overall growth plan, and we are committed to strategically expanding here and across the firm,” Cliff Thau, co-head of its New York office, said in a statement.

The development is another setback for Kasowitz, which was knocked from the 2019 Vault 100 most prestigious law firm rankings last June.

A Kasowitz associate noted in the Vault rankings, for example, that the firm’s “reputation has been ...

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