The first week of 2013 has resulted in two notable transactions involving companies that specialize in serving the needs of Am Law 200 firms.

Technology shop Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian is representing Jules Kroll’s K2 Intelligence on its acquisition of Thacher Associates, while Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May grabbed lead advisory roles on Thomson Reuters’s purchase of the Practical Law Company (PLC).