Orrick and Pillsbury have yet to confirm the merger, but news had already leaked. Analysts had dubbed the merger incomplete. However, the merger consultant for Pillsbury, Paula Alvary had shed light on the initial stages of the merge, according to the Chicago Tribune.
On the goal of the merger between both firms, Alvary stated, "If you took each firm's independent strategy, their sector focuses, whether it is financial services, or IP or energy, and you look at their footprint and their current investments in places like San Francisco, and Washington and NY, when you add them together, from a point of view of [either firm] and you say well, we would like to build our practices in these locations"
"Each firm fits the bill for growth and provides it in one transaction, that would take much, much longer to do and be harder to do with a cohesive group already vetted for quality and fit all of those parts," Alvary continued in an interview with David Parnell of Forbes.
Given the merger between Pillsbury and Orrick is in the early stages, it is too early to claim both firms would have a tough run. Regarding the similarity of both models, Alvary stated, "When you look at the numbers and the parts, they appear to dovetail and fit together very plausibly, very nicely."
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