Altheimer & Gray

It also had an enviable international network with offices in London, Shanghai, Istanbul, Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest, Kyiv, and Bratislava.

Its last chairman, Gery Chico, had been Chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley, while partner Jeremy Margolis had been an Assistant U.S. Attorney, head of the Illinois State Police, and advisor to Governor George Ryan.

[2][3][4] After the dissolution of Altheimer & Gray, much of its international network joined Anglo-French firm Salans; its Kyiv and Warsaw offices switched to New York-based Chadbourne & Parke.

The high-profile private equity team decamped to Chicago-based Schiff Hardin and then recently switched again to global giant Sidley Austin.

The San Francisco office disbanded and the partners scattered to such firms as Perkins Coie, Mayer Brown, Bingham McCutchen, and Seyfarth Shaw.