Waiting For Partners, Part 569 — Goodwin Procter Opens in Paris

Today, David Hashmall, the chair of Goodwin Procter, called Big Law Business from Orlando, Florida, where he and his partners broke bread together at their annual retreat to kick around ideas about the future of the firm.

Missing from the retreat? Four private equity partners who plan to join the firm in June from King & Wood Mallesons, but in the meantime are waiting for a mandatory 90-day holding period to expire.

“They have a three-month notice period, so, unless their current firm agrees to release them, they will join at the end of June,” said Hashmall, of the four private equity partners ...