By any standards, it has been an eventful beginning to the millennium for the UK’s national law firms. Within six months, DLA has rebranded and become the first firm to pull off a significant Anglo-Scottish merger, while Eversheds has pushed through its nation-wide integration.
Most dramatically of all, Hammond Suddards propelled itself into the £100m bracket last week with a surprise takeover of Birmingham’s Edge Ellison, in the biggest regional merger since the creation of Dibb Lupton Alsop four years ago.
