A dramatic year for Bingham McCutchen reached a crescendo last week, with the transfer of the bulk of the partnership to Morgan Lewis & Bockius providing the catalyst for the dissolution of the Boston stalwart, which had 1,000 lawyers on its books just over a year ago.

Bingham is expected to begin to be wound down in the next few weeks, once the 227 partners and a large proportion of Bingham’s remaining 369 non-partner lawyers move over to Morgan Lewis.