Another two partners at Weil Gotshal are considering similar offers from Sidley Austin and could follow suit. According to Dallas News, the group started rethinking their future in the summer when Weil announced that it was 'dramatically cutting its litigation practice in Houston'.  It is suggested that the group sought reassurances about the Dallas office which they did not get from the firm's leadership.

Business healthy in Texas

Sidley Austin's chairman Carter Phillips said: 'We can be substantially larger in Dallas and Houston, as the Texas business market is quite healthy.'