‘What would you do if you weren’t afraid? When I’m making big decisions, there’s always fear attached. I try to put the fear aside and say: “What would I do if not afraid?” Last year when Natasha Harrison still ran Boies Schiller Flexner’s (BSF) London office, she revealed her mantra in conversation with Legal Business. When news broke in January that she and the majority of her disputes team were leaving BSF to start a new litigation-only firm, Pallas Partners, such thinking must have been at the front of her mind.
While Harrison’s intention to leave was probably the market’s worst-kept secret, it didn’t stop the event sending ripples around the City. On 28 January the die was cast. Harrison and partners Tracey Dovaston, Fiona Huntriss, Will Hooker, Neil Pigott and Matt Getz were exiting en masse for Pallas.
