Bloomberg Law
April 10, 2017, 4:50 PM UTC

Boies Schiller Acquires Los Angeles Litigation Boutique Caldwell Leslie

Casey Sullivan

Boies Schiller Flexner is acquiring the 26-lawyer Los Angeles litigation boutique Caldwell, Leslie & Proctor, the firms announced on Monday.

The deal, effective April 17, will end Caldwell Leslie’s 29-year run as a stand alone firm in downtown Los Angeles, representing entertainment big wigs like Robert De Niro and media companies such as TMZ and Paramount Pictures Corporation.

In a testament to how Boies Schiller values the boutique, it is bringing on all seventeen of Caldwell Leslie’s shareholders as partners.

“The number of times we have been contacted over the 29 years about the possibility of joining another firm, I couldn’t begin to ...

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