Rogers & Wells

Infobox Law Firm
firm_name = Rogers & Wells
firm_
headquarters = New York City
num_offices = 7
num_attorneys = 400
num_employees =
practice_areas = General practice
key_people =
revenue =
date_founded = 1873
founder =
company_type = Limited liability partnership
dissolved = 2000 (merged with Clifford Chance)

Rogers & Wells was a New-York based international law firm founded in 1873. After several name changes, it was renamed for William P. Rogers and Jack Wells. The firm was well known for its litigation arm (second largest in New York City after white shoe establishment firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett). It also had an active capital markets and international finance practice, where its main client was Merill Lynch. The firm at its peak embraced approximately 400 attorneys and maintained offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Paris, London, Hong Kong, and Frankfurt. In 2000, the firm merged with London-based Clifford Chance. The firm practiced as Clifford Chance Roger & Wells in the Americas until 2003, when the use of the legacy U.S. firm's name was discontinued. Just before and immediately after the merger, several high-profile partners decamped for other firms including New York rival Kaye Scholer. The Paris outpost joined Kramer Levin.

Notable alumni

*Kenneth Chenault, CEO of American Express
*Victor F. Ganzi, CEO of Hearst
*William P. Rogers, US Secretary of State, 1969–1973
*Kenneth C. Royall, US Secretary of the Army, 1947–1949

External links

* [http://www.observer.com/node/41418 Rogers & Wells Close to Awfully Big Merger With London Law Firm]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE0DC163EF932A05750C0A960948260 Rogers & Wells Settles Suit]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E0D91231F936A15756C0A96F958260 2 Law Firms Plan to Bridge The Atlantic]