The Decision: Rudy Giuliani Speaks on His Big Move to Greenberg Traurig

January is an active time for lawyer-movement between big firms, but typically only a few moves are considered game changers that elevate a firm’s profile and lead to additional business opportunities and increased profitability.

It’s still difficult to gauge what the precise business impact will be of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s decision to quit Bracewell & Giuliani, a Texas-based firm that carried his name and whose New York office he founded in 2005. Yet in joining the larger, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, Giuliani brings name recognition, as well as colleague Marc Mukasey in what could be a move that ...