Palo Alto's VLG Narrows Merger Options to Three

Palo Alto's Venture Law Group is conducting parallel merger discussions with as many as three Bay Area firms, according to a person close to the situation.

In addition to VLG's previously reported talks with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, the 64-attorney corporate boutique is also in ongoing merger talks with Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe and Morrison & Foerster.

The news comes a little more than two months after VLG was first reported to be in merger discussions with Orrick, which recently broke off talks with Cooley Godward over a possible merger that would have created one of the nation's largest firms.

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