Bloomberg Law
Sept. 2, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

With Deal, Kenyon Name Lives On — For Now

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

What’s in a name?

That question arises anew after Andrews Kurth hired all 55 Kenyon & Kenyon lawyers in a deal announced earlier this week that sort of, maybe — but doesn’t totally — preserve the Kenyon name.

A press release made clear that Kenyon as an entity will dissolve, but lawyers said its name will live on — all depending on what state you’re in.

In Texas, Andrews Kurth remains Andrews Kurth, while pretty much everyone else will start calling it Andrews Kurth Kenyon. Texas, however, is where two-thirds of the combined firm’s 400 lawyers are based. In contrast, Kenyon doesn’t have ...

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