| pOne of North Carolina's largest law firms is merging with a national giant, the firms announced Wednesday./ppHelms Mulliss amp; Wicker, which has more than 145 lawyers in Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington, is combining with McGuireWoods, a Richmond, Va.-based firm with 750 attorneys worldwide that opened in Charlotte in 1998./ppWhen the merger takes effect March 31, the combined firm will be known as McGuireWoods and will have about 160 lawyers in Charlotte./ppThe merger is a result of clients' changing needs, McGuireWoods Chairman Richard Cullen said in a press release./ppWe need to match our capabilities and geographic reach to meet those needs, he said./ppHelms Mulliss' chairman, Peter J. Covington, will become vice chairman of McGuireWoods. Scott Vaughn, Helms Mulliss' finance group leader, will become managing partner of McGuireWoods' Charlotte office./p |
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