Ropes & Gray Leaders on ‘Unusual’ Turnover

This year, Ropes & Gray has seen some “unusual” turnover — as its managing partner recently put it in an interview — especially for a firm that operates in the upper echelon of corporate legal services.

But firm leaders say the number of exits don’t tell the whole story.

“Many who have left — we haven’t necessarily prevented them from moving, to say it as politely as I can,” said David Chapin, a corporate lawyer who manages the firm’s business from its hometown of Boston. “Some we wish have stayed. We remain fully committed to our strategy in London and elsewhere.”

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