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May 8, 2008
Weil, Gotshal Grows, in Brooklyn
The AM Law Daily
By Brian Baxter
[See headline for how the overused literary reference grows in Brooklyn.]
Fictional corporate lawyer Miranda Hobbs turned her nose up at Brooklyn in the HBO television series Sex and the City. But today Brooklyn real estate is so hot that Weil, Gotshal & Manges--ranked tenth in this year's Am Law 100--is opening a Kings County office.
Weil is relocating staff members from its finance, operations, and IT departments into 35,000 square feet of new space at 15 MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. Weil real estate cohead Philip Rosen says the move across the East River, which is scheduled for August, is the first for a major firm. ...
Asked if the move has anything to do with the proposed Atlantic Yards development project, Rosen says Weil has "not yet" been retained on the downtown Brooklyn venture.And while there are not yet plans to migrate lawyers to MetroTech--a stone's throw from the federal and state courts that ring Cadman Plaza--Rosen says not to "rule that out as a future possibility."
Posted by lumi at May 8, 2008 5:26 AM