Cutting the cord – Allen severs Ropes ties to focus on new role as DLA Piper continues finance push Kathryn McCann14 February 2017Financial services Raconteur, rainmaker and serial legal entrepreneur Maurice Allen is to phase out his ongoing role with Ropes & Gray to focus on his new post at DLA Piper, after admitting it was ‘difficult’ to work for both firms as a consultant.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: Latham, Proskauer, Weil build PE teams as US stays focused on EuropeInside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansionTrading places: McGuireWoods and Morrison Foerster swipe Perkins Coie partners for Seattle launchesFrom start-up to $75bn valuation: Revolut’s legal chief on a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ roleSullivan & Cromwell makes double partner hire from Paul Hastings in LondonTop UK trio lead as NatWest snaps up Evelyn Partners for £2.7bnRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry