Eight days after we reported on a brewing transatlantic combination between Squire, Sanders & Dempsey and the British firm Hammonds, details of the merger are beginning to emerge, courtesy of Legal Week.

Legal Week reports that Squire Sanders chairman James Maiwurm, who took over at his firm last October, could become the new global chairman of a combined firm if the deal goes forward. Hammonds managing partner Peter Crossley would likely take a European practice chair position.