DLA Piper LLP, one of the world’s biggest law firms, is in talks to hire a group of partners from failing Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie LLP, a DLA spokesman said in an e-mail.
Heenan, which counted former Prime Ministers Jean Chretien and Pierre Trudeau among its employees, is closing after more than 40 years amid competition from larger firms and a slump in mergers and acquisitions.
