Patton Boggs denies bankruptcy suggestions

Patton Boggs managing partner Edward Newberry has said that any suggestion that the firm sees bankruptcy as an issue is 'laughable'.

Patton Boggs denies bankruptcy suggestions after he was asked for further information on the hiring of financial and restructuring advisers ConstantinosZ

He made the statement after he was asked for further information on the hiring of financial and restructuring advisers. In the wake of firm collapses at Dewey & LeBoeuf and Heenan Blaikie, he was under pressure to confirm that the firm was not in financial difficulties. He said: ‘The suggestion that bankruptcy is an issue is so far from the mark as to be laughable.’ The firm has made public that it is in merger discussions with Squire Sanders. Source: ABA News

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