<p>作者：Sara Merken</p>
<p>纽约，1 月 16 日（路透社）- 一群来自美国中型律师事务所 McGlinchey Stafford 的 36 人，因该事务所本月早些时候投票决定关闭而加入跨大西洋事务所 Womble Bond Dickinson，自年初以来，大型事务所从小型事务所招募团队的情况频繁发生。</p>
<p>Womble 周五表示，已从 McGlinchey 聘请了一支消费者金融服务团队，包括 19 名律师和 17 名许可专业人士。作为此次变动的一部分，Womble 将在阿尔巴尼和克利夫兰开设新办公室，并在休斯顿、尔湾和华盛顿特区增聘其他律师。</p>
<p>成立于新奥尔良的 McGlinchey 于 1 月 5 日投票决定结束运营，理由是 “市场因素和内部情况”，包括该律师事务所 160 名律师的收款滞后。该事务所表示，“一些” McGlinchey 的律师最近已宣布离职计划。</p>
<p>McGlinchey 的一位发言人周五在被问及该团队加入 Womble 的时机及其结束运营的状态时拒绝发表评论。</p>
<p>长期担任 McGlinchey 律师的 Mark Edelman，领导该团队加入 Womble，他对关闭事务所的时机或决定拒绝发表评论。Edelman 表示，该团队的金融服务和技术客户将受益于 Womble 更广泛的业务领域和地理覆盖。Womble 拥有超过 1300 名律师，是 2017 年北卡罗来纳州的 Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge &amp; Rice 与英国律师事务所 Bond, Dickinson 之间跨大西洋合并的产物。此后，该事务所经历了其他组合，包括去年与位于凤凰城的 Lewis, Roca, Rothgerber, Christie 的合并。今年以来，几家大型事务所已收购小型团队。Ellenoff Grossman &amp; Schole 与纽约的两家事务所 Kaplan Rice 和 Leichtman Law 合并。Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed 收购了华盛顿的 Schulman Bhattacharya 事务所，而 Spencer Fane 则与同样位于华盛顿的 Global IP Counselors 合并。</p>

<p>Womble Bond Dickinson 从 McGlinchey Stafford 招募了 19 名律师和 17 名许可专业人士，后者因市场因素和内部问题而关闭。这一举措将导致在阿尔巴尼和克利夫兰开设新办公室，并在休斯顿、尔湾和华盛顿特区进行额外招聘。这一收购反映了大型律所吸收小型律所的趋势，正如法律行业近期其他合并所示</p>

<p>By Sara Merken</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>作者：Sara Merken</p>
</div><p>NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A group of 36 people from McGlinchey Stafford, a midsize U.S. law firm that voted earlier this month to shut its doors, has joined transatlantic firm Womble Bond Dickinson, following a string of group hires by large firms from smaller shops since the start of the year.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>纽约，1 月 16 日（路透社）- 一群来自美国中型律师事务所 McGlinchey Stafford 的 36 人，因该事务所本月早些时候投票决定关闭而加入跨大西洋事务所 Womble Bond Dickinson，自年初以来，大型事务所从小型事务所招募团队的情况频繁发生。</p>
</div><p>Womble said on Friday that it has hired a consumer financial services team from McGlinchey that includes 19 lawyers and 17 licensing professionals. As part of the move, Womble will open new offices in Albany and Cleveland, and add other lawyers in Houston, Irvine and Washington, D.C.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Womble 周五表示，已从 McGlinchey 聘请了一支消费者金融服务团队，包括 19 名律师和 17 名许可专业人士。作为此次变动的一部分，Womble 将在阿尔巴尼和克利夫兰开设新办公室，并在休斯顿、尔湾和华盛顿特区增聘其他律师。</p>
</div><p>New Orleans-founded McGlinchey voted on January 5 to wind down its operations, citing “market factors and internal circumstances,” including lagging collections for the 160-lawyer firm. It said “a number” of McGlinchey lawyers had recently announced plans to leave.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>成立于新奥尔良的 McGlinchey 于 1 月 5 日投票决定结束运营，理由是 “市场因素和内部情况”，包括该律师事务所 160 名律师的收款滞后。该事务所表示，“一些” McGlinchey 的律师最近已宣布离职计划。</p>
</div><p>A McGlinchey spokesperson on Friday declined to comment when asked about the timing of the group’s move to Womble and the status of its wind down.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>McGlinchey 的一位发言人周五在被问及该团队加入 Womble 的时机及其结束运营的状态时拒绝发表评论。</p>
</div><p>Mark Edelman, a longtime McGlinchey lawyer who is leading the group joining Womble, declined to comment about the timing or the firm’s decision to close. Edelman said the team’s financial services and technology clients will benefit from Womble’s wider range of practice areas and geographic reach. Womble, which has more than 1,300 lawyers, is the product of a 2017 transatlantic merger between North Carolina-based Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge &amp; Rice; and UK-based law firm Bond, Dickinson. The firm has since gone through other combinations, including a tie-up last year with Phoenix-based Lewis, Roca, Rothgerber, Christie. Several large firms have picked up smaller groups since the start of the year. Ellenoff Grossman &amp; Schole combined with two firms in New York – Kaplan Rice and Leichtman Law. Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed acquired Washington firm Schulman Bhattacharya, while Spencer Fane combined with Global IP Counselors, also based in Washington.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>长期担任 McGlinchey 律师的 Mark Edelman，领导该团队加入 Womble，他对关闭事务所的时机或决定拒绝发表评论。Edelman 表示，该团队的金融服务和技术客户将受益于 Womble 更广泛的业务领域和地理覆盖。Womble 拥有超过 1300 名律师，是 2017 年北卡罗来纳州的 Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge &amp; Rice 与英国律师事务所 Bond, Dickinson 之间跨大西洋合并的产物。此后，该事务所经历了其他组合，包括去年与位于凤凰城的 Lewis, Roca, Rothgerber, Christie 的合并。今年以来，几家大型事务所已收购小型团队。Ellenoff Grossman &amp; Schole 与纽约的两家事务所 Kaplan Rice 和 Leichtman Law 合并。Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed 收购了华盛顿的 Schulman Bhattacharya 事务所，而 Spencer Fane 则与同样位于华盛顿的 Global IP Counselors 合并。</p>
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律师事务所 Womble 从一家即将关闭的公司中吸纳了 19 名律师