Mark Kirsch, head of Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice, has left the firm, leaving the 29 associates in the firm’s New York litigation group under threat of layoffs.
The group and its associated staffers have been informed that layoffs are coming, but no numbers have been revealed.
Kirsch will be replaced in his position by Juan Morillo.
In March, Clifford Chance today laid off 24 of its New York associates.
Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and part of the UK’s “Magic Circle” of leading law firms. It is a prestigious international practice with its principal office in London.