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After 3 months of talks, Boston-based Ropes & Gray and New York intellectual property firm Fish & Neave have decided to join forces.
The leaders of the two firms said that they expect to merge around the end of the year. While 150-lawyer Fish & Neave will be absorbed into the 580-attorney Ropes & Gray, the Fish name will be used to designate Ropes & Gray's intellectual property practice.
The merger gives Fish & Neave the resources and clientele of a national firm while Ropes & Gray gains a premiere IP practice ' multiplying its 40-lawyer IP group fivefold ' and a strong foothold in Silicon Valley. Since opening in San Francisco 3 years ago, Ropes & Gray has had trouble recruiting partners. The San Francisco outpost now has 10 lawyers.
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