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Would you still say Willkie based on the Dechert response to COVID?Res Ipsa Loquitter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:56 pmWillkie by a mile. Dechert fired about 1/3 of its first year class around 2013 (allegedly), told them all it was performance based, and then tried to keep them all quiet with threats of blacklisting. Disclaimer: this is all alleged / reputed.
Willkie is also just a more stable firm that's better in NY at every practice area I can think of and generally has a much larger NY presence.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:33 pmWould you still say Willkie based on the Dechert response to COVID?Res Ipsa Loquitter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:56 pmWillkie by a mile. Dechert fired about 1/3 of its first year class around 2013 (allegedly), told them all it was performance based, and then tried to keep them all quiet with threats of blacklisting. Disclaimer: this is all alleged / reputed.
I don't know if Wilkie is considered better in NY at every practice area. Wilkie is probably the pick if you want to be in NY long term, but in practice the two firms are essentially peers.existentialcrisis wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:59 amWillkie is also just a more stable firm that's better in NY at every practice area I can think of and generally has a much larger NY presence.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:33 pmWould you still say Willkie based on the Dechert response to COVID?Res Ipsa Loquitter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:56 pmWillkie by a mile. Dechert fired about 1/3 of its first year class around 2013 (allegedly), told them all it was performance based, and then tried to keep them all quiet with threats of blacklisting. Disclaimer: this is all alleged / reputed.
I'll pick 2 major transactional ones + litigation + BK:Moneytrees wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:22 amI don't know if Wilkie is considered better in NY at every practice area. Wilkie is probably the pick if you want to be in NY long term, but in practice the two firms are essentially peers.existentialcrisis wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:59 amWillkie is also just a more stable firm that's better in NY at every practice area I can think of and generally has a much larger NY presence.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:33 pmWould you still say Willkie based on the Dechert response to COVID?Res Ipsa Loquitter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:56 pmWillkie by a mile. Dechert fired about 1/3 of its first year class around 2013 (allegedly), told them all it was performance based, and then tried to keep them all quiet with threats of blacklisting. Disclaimer: this is all alleged / reputed.
Tbf Dechert has a far superior NY white collar practice, and that’s a pretty significant area, though not one seemingly relevant to OPexistentialcrisis wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:34 amI'll pick 2 major transactional ones + litigation + BK:Moneytrees wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 11:22 amI don't know if Wilkie is considered better in NY at every practice area. Wilkie is probably the pick if you want to be in NY long term, but in practice the two firms are essentially peers.existentialcrisis wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:59 amWillkie is also just a more stable firm that's better in NY at every practice area I can think of and generally has a much larger NY presence.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Thu Aug 18, 2022 9:33 pmWould you still say Willkie based on the Dechert response to COVID?Res Ipsa Loquitter wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:56 pmWillkie by a mile. Dechert fired about 1/3 of its first year class around 2013 (allegedly), told them all it was performance based, and then tried to keep them all quiet with threats of blacklisting. Disclaimer: this is all alleged / reputed.
Banking/Finance - WFG Band 4; Dechert Band 5
M&A - WFG Band 4 (the Elite); Dechert Band 1 (Highly regarded)
General Commercial Lit - WFG Band 1 (Highly Regarded); Dechert Band 3 (Highly Regarded)
BK - WFG Band 1 (the Elite); Dechert Band 5 (the Elite)
To be fair, this was a bit closer than I'd imagined, but (1) the above still illustrates my point about Willkie's clear advantage and (2) if anything, I think this undersells Willkie's reputational advantage.
Also I never worked at either of these firms and I'm only chiming in here because I think there's enough of an advantage to WFG that I genuinely don't think this is a "pick em based on fit" type scenario.