Duane Morris News

The Boston office of the national law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP saw another lawyer jump ship this week.

Four businesses with headquarters or other offices in the Philadelphia area said Tuesday they have started an organization to help businesses in the region take advantage of opportunities created by gas and oil gathering in the Marcellus Shale.

Duane Morris has become the latest Philadelphia firm to add lawyers from the imploding Dewey & LeBoeuf, one of New York's most prestigious law firms that is considering filing for bankruptcy.

Duane Morris is launching a dedicated London private equity practice with the hire of Kirkland & Ellis partner Pierfrancesco Carbone, The Am Law Daily has learned.

Dechert is one of several Philadelphia law firms that now has international locations that would have seemed far-fetched for a local firm just a decade ago.