The partners voted overwhelmingly yesterday for a revised plan to take the firm public, Goldman officials said.
Its working partners, who own 64 percent of the company, will vote on his plan for an initial public offering.
Two years later, though, the partners voted to dissolve the Greenwich office.
Expectations had been much higher two months ago, when Neuberger's 70 partners voted to go public.
Though all the partners involved must vote on the merger, both sides were confident of concluding the deal shortly.
But the partners could vote to change the contract.
The remaining 6,100 international partners will be voting over the next few months on whether to participate in the merger.
The partners of both firms will vote on the merger later this year.
They approach the "trust box" and make their arguments as to why their partner should vote "friend."
In the end, the firm's partners voted to dissolve.