Under the Weather Legal Business2 November 2011 When US outfit Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe entered the London market in 1998, chairman Ralph Baxter had a dream of competing on the global stage.But 13 years on, that dream looks to be souring. LB investigates what is going wrong.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Related ContentRevolving doors: KPMG and Orrick hire City partners as Ashurst and A&O focus on GermanyHSF client Marathon refused appeal to end long-running document misuse dispute‘Careful growth’: Morgan Lewis enters Hong Kong and expands in China with nine Orrick partnersTransatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data revealsThe LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles onA good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrivesMoving up the food chain: Browne Jacobson on rapid growth and remaining inclusiveThe most highly recommended: new L500 Net Promoter Scores reveal the firms clients vouch for‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business