Bryan Cave Trims Ranks Overseas While Easing Some Pay Cuts

July 15, 2020, 4:33 PM UTC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner says it is shuttering its small Beijing office and cutting lawyers and staff in London, but also easing some of the salary reductions it adopted in May in response to the business uncertainty sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

The firm, which was formed via transatlantic merger in 2018, said it plans to close in Beijing where it has one partner and two associates, and confirmed that it will cut 14 lawyers and 26 business services staff in the firm’s London office.

The earlier pay cuts for lawyers and employees who earn more than $40,000 will continue ...

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