Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Ashurst Perkins Coie enters the market with a clear ambition: to be the leading global advisor to the companies shaping the future economy. We have built a firm with the scale, capability, and sector focus to combine deep global market insight with practical execution, helping clients tackle complex, cross-border challenges.
— Paul Jenkins, global co-CEO of the newly merged Ashurst Perkins Coie, in a statement given to the American Lawyer, concerning the combined firm’s goals. The new transatlantic giant has ~3,500 lawyers (including about 950 partners) spread across more than 50 offices, with a revenue of about $2.8 billion.
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