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Adelaide firms merge as South Australia market contracts
The 11-partner Fox Tucker Lawyers practice is merging in the smaller, five-partner Donaldson Walsh Lawyers as firms in the area feel the pinch in a shrinking market.
Law firms merge in Adelaide kwest
Many firms, including Fox Tucker, have made layoffs in South Australia this year. Details of the merger are still being finalised. A former Adelaide lawyer, Paul Burgess, now the head of Burgess Palch Legal Recruitment, told Lawyers Weekly: ‘The legal market in Adelaide] hasn’t been buoyant at all. Adelaidians are very aware of that.’ Source: Lawyers Weekly
