Until last week, there had only been two really high-profile examples of UK law firm leaders moving laterally to a rival – Tony Angel and Nigel Knowles. Last week, DLA senior partner and global co-chair Juan Picon made it a hat-trick, when it emerged that he was leaving the transatlantic firm to join Latham & Watkins in Madrid with several of his colleagues.
With all three lateral leader moves now linked with DLA, his soon-to-be former colleagues are still debating who will succeed him at the helm. In the interim, former partners have been offering their views on what impact the exit will have on DLA Piper.
