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By Jack Womack | June 7, 2023
The additions in London and New York make it three finance partner arrivals in the same day for the firm.
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By Gail J. Cohen | June 6, 2023
The combination of Loopstra Nixon and Macdonald Sager creates a new entrant among the city's 100-plus lawyer law firms and is the latest in a string of mergers involving regional and midsized firms across the country over the last year.
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By Gail J. Cohen | May 30, 2023
Managing partner Kevin Kiley said the firm will continue its strategic growth plan with mergers and hiring new talent.
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By Patrick Smith | May 25, 2023
A&O and Shearman have many issues to resolve, but sources say all matters will take a back seat to selling the merger to partners and the vote.
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By Maria Dinzeo | May 25, 2023
"As these mergers continue to happen, law firms and clients need to be prepared. The conflicts piece is really the biggest con," said Kelleen Brennan, assistant general counsel at Axon Enterprise.
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By Jack Womack | May 25, 2023
Using the latest data from Law.com Compass, Law.com International shines a light on the anticipated combination in four charts and three key figures.
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By Charlotte Johnstone | May 24, 2023
Some insiders at Freshfields, Clifford Chance and Linklaters are inclined to play down the impact of A&O's proposed merger with Shearman—but others concede it could lead to refreshed approaches to the U.S. market.
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By Krishnan Nair | Habiba Cullen-Jafar | May 23, 2023
Many are upbeat, saying 'both sides get what they want out of it'; others are skepitcal, saying it is 'opportunistic, because Shearman is sinking and because A&O's O'Melveny merger failed.'
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By Jack Womack | Paul Hodkinson | May 22, 2023
The firms' leaders insist they are confident of getting the required partner support at a vote to take place this summer.
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By Paul Hodkinson | May 22, 2023
The transatlantic merger announcement was slick, but a lot still needs to be worked out, including that pesky little issue of getting the partners to vote it through.
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By Chris O'Malley | December 5, 2023
"Some clients are super loyal to their firms that they work with, sometimes blindingly so," said Joan MacLeod Heminway, a University of Tennessee law professor.
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By Amanda O'Brien | December 5, 2023
Ulmer & Berne LLP and Greensfelder Hemker & Gale will be merging, effective Feb. 1, 2024. The new firm, UB Greensfelder, will have an estimated 275 attorneys across nine offices and an annual gross revenue of approximately $150 million, according to leaders.
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By Kent M. Zimmermann and Hugh A. Simons | December 4, 2023
Law firm strategy is driven by appealing to clients and partners, but one of those two components is ultimately more important than the other to make a merger successful, Hugh Simons and Kent Zimmerman explain in this piece.
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By Alexander Lugo | December 4, 2023
"By virtue of that combination, Nelson Mullins had connectivity throughout the state immediately, had productive lawyers producing and a profitable day one," said Miami partner John Haley.
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By Sarah Tincher-Numbers | December 1, 2023
Doubling down on its commitment to Sacramento, Los Angeles-based Buchalter has combined with Trainor Fairbrook.
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By Abigail Adcox | December 1, 2023
"We just had very limited success" in attracting partners, said Don Jackson, a founding partner of Davidson Berquist, which was acquired by Rimon.
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By Kristen Corpion | November 17, 2023
Do you want to position your small law firm to be a merger or acquisition target? Even if you don't, wouldn't it be nice if suitors came calling,…
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By Justin Henry | November 17, 2023
The Rimon-Davidson Berquist tie-up comes amid a busy season for law firm M&A involving IP practices, including Buchanan's acquisition of RatnerPrestia and Maschoff Brennan's merger with Mauriel Kapouytian Woods.
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By Hugh A. Simons | November 14, 2023
History suggests that acquiring a "falling knife firm" can be accretive for the acquiring firm but that it requires something of the order of a 30% reduction in the equity partner ranks at the acquired firm, Hugh Simons writes.
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By Amanda O'Brien | November 14, 2023
Twenty-two attorneys and two patent agents will be joining Buchanan's IP department in the move.
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