White & Case has announced plans to slash approximately 200 associates and 200 administrative and business support staff from its global network.
The redundancy plans are among the largest so far announced by a US firm and will also include a review of the firm’s partnership.
Other US firms have also recently announced plans to cut staff, including O’Melveny & Myers, which is set to layoff 90 associates and 110 support staff, Sidley Austin, which has confirmed more than 200 lawyers and staff will lose their jobs, and Fried Frank, which said it will reduce US workforce by 99 people – 41 associates and 58 administrative staff.