There are many reasons that Greg Jordan’s departure from the top spot at Reed Smith to serve as general counsel of PNC Financial Services Group topped our list of laterals for 2013.
Just the fact that Jordan’s name is no longer associated with Reed Smith was a big splash in the legal community. Jordan had served as Reed Smith’s global managing partner since 2001, When he took on that role, Reed Smith had about 700 attorneys, around $300 million in revenue and had just finalized its combination with U.K. law firm Warner Cranston, establishing the firm’s first office abroad. In 2012, the last year for which financial data was available at press time, Reed Smith crossed the billion-dollar revenue mark for the first time and reported more than 1,800 attorneys across 25 offices. Jordan led the firm through an era of significant transformation.
