Law firms Under the Weather Legal Business · 2 November 2011 · 21 min read Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe When US outfit Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe entered the London market in 1998, chairman Ralph Baxter had a dream of competing on the global stage.But 13 years on, that dream looks to be souring. LB investigates what is going wrong.This article is for Legal Business subscribers. Please log in or subscribe to read on. Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading Places: Paul Weiss launches in Silicon Valley as Simpson Thacher builds out new Chicago officeLaw firmsKate Peacock12 Nov 2026‘These are significant items on clients’ balance sheets’ – inside Latham’s five-partner Houston projects playLaw firmsWill Lewallen4 Nov 2026Freshfields lands Anthropic IPO role alongside raft of US firmsLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Transatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data revealsLaw firmsAlex Ryan20 Dec 2024The LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles onLaw firmsAlex Ryan18 Dec 2024A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrivesLaw firmsTom Cox18 Dec 2024Moving up the food chain: Browne Jacobson on rapid growth and remaining inclusiveLaw firmsTom Cox16 Dec 2024The most highly recommended: new L500 Net Promoter Scores reveal the firms clients vouch forLaw firmsBen Wheway11 Dec 2024‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of businessLaw firmsElisha Juttla9 Dec 2024