Law Firms Reshuffle Management Teams

Spring is here and law firms are busy reorganizing their management teams to prepare for new business opportunities and to allow a younger generation to move into positions of power.

Hunton & Williams LLP on Monday marked the beginning of its new fiscal year with key leadership changes, both at its New York headquarters and their London, UK office.

At the top of the team, George C. Howell III will succeed F. William Brownell as chairman of the firm’s executive committee, though Brownell will serve as vice-chair of the committee through the new fiscal year.

“You have to have generational ...