If you didn’t know Dewey & LeBoeuf, the enormous global law firm, before 2012, you almost certainly have heard of them by now. On May 28, 2012, Dewey & LeBoeuf announced that it would be filing for bankruptcy. The long suspected event was taking place at last. It wasn’t something that international corporate lawyer Leigh Sprague relished. But, he did breath a sigh of relief know that he had left the firm seven years earlier.
From 2001 to 2005, Leigh Sprague was a Senior Associate with Dewey LeBoeuf, which at the time was known as LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. As a Senior Associate, Leigh Sprague handled some of the global law firm’s major accounts. He was involved with a number of complex financial transactions, including prominent and well-publicized restructurings.
However, some of Leigh Sprague’s biggest achievements with Dewey & LeBoeuf was in leading clients through multibillion dollar initial public offerings (IPOs) on NASDAQ and other international exchanges.
Today, he’s putting those international and financial skills to use as a consultant for Decision Insight Information Group, one of the best multinational data and software providers in the world. Working out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a lot’s changed for Leigh Sprague in the last few years. As a result of working demanding jobs in the States, Moscow, and elsewhere, Leigh Sprague is used to changes – quick changes.
Leigh Sprague believes that he learned to be so readily adaptable form his work with Dewey & LeBoeuf. The global law firm required its attorneys to take on cases that diversified their portfolios and tested them at their limits. After five years of working with Dewey & LeBoeuf, Leigh Sprague had learned more than many professionals learn in a lifetime. Today, he’s glad to have those long hours and even longer weeks behind him. For now, the consulting business with Decision Insight Information Group has his attention held.
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