UPDATE: 12/16/13, 6:45 p.m. EST. Polsinelli is the latest Am Law 200 firm to get into the merger game, picking up 11-lawyer Atlanta litigation boutique Rafuse Hill & Hodges, according to The Daily Report, while fellow sibling publication the New York Law Journal notes that Syracuse-based Bond, Schoeneck & King has acquired two firms on Long Island.
The U.S. set a record for law firm mergers in 2013, even if a few late year tie-ups failed to materialize. Now large firms in the U.K., Canada and South Africa firm are getting into the act, with four notable combinations announced this week.
