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Matt Berm

Matt Berm

Matt Byrne, director of insight at The Lawyer, specializing in the US legal market and co-host of The Lawyer Podcast.

Sep 7, 2026

2:03
Matt?
2:04
Yeah, let me bring you up to date in case you have missed this because it's been quite astonishing.
2:09
So the pub quiz question is, what do Gibson Dunn Sidley, Simpson, Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins all have in common now that they didn't a year ago? And the answer is, yeah, they've all hired partners from Wachtel.
2:27
And as you say, Kat, Wachtel used to be the fortress, a single-site fortress.
2:34
Goliath of the M&A world, even if it was perfectly formed and small.
2:39
And of course, no slouch on the company litigation side either, by the way.
2:45
Nobody left, ever.
3:03
Give the guy some

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