Law Firm Mergers and Alliances
CMS expands in Scandinavia through tie-up with top 10 Swedish firm
International firm adds 150-lawyer Wistrand to network two years after joining forces with Norway’s Kluge
Fieldfisher to cut ties with its Italian arm
Verein arrangement to end next March as UK-based firm seeks ‘solid, long-term position in Italy’
Partners vote through merger to create A&O Shearman
Deal will create transatlantic law firm with revenue of around $3.5bn
Baker McKenzie launches Korean joint venture
Bakers to offer Korean law advice through partnership with 20-lawyer KL Partners
Spencer West adds 19-strong team from shuttered Axiom Ince in private wealth push
Fee-sharing firm also acquires London boutique Hieron and adds team from Selig + Partners
Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling partners start voting on merger approval
Voting will conclude on October 13, with the results announced shortly after
CMS enters alliance with Brazilian firm FAS Advogados
Agreement adds to CMS’s Latin America presence in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru
Irwin Mitchell acquires leading family law boutique
UK firm absorbs North East-based Silk Family Law just a few weeks after snapping up 95-strong Scottish firm
Irwin Mitchell merges with Scotland’s Wright Johnston & Mackenzie
Second Scottish merger this week hands national UK firm £12m practice with network of five offices
Morton Fraser and MacRoberts unveil merger deal to challenge Scotland’s top tier
Merger partners herald ‘big four of independent firms’ with deal to create 250-lawyer practice with £46m turnover
DAC Beachcroft forms association with Ince & Co’s former Singapore ally
Incisive Law cut ties with embattled UK law firm Ince ahead of latter calling in administrators in April
US firm Clark Hill combines with Dublin’s HBMO Solicitors to bolster Irish presence
Deal adds 10 lawyers to Clark Hill’s Dublin office, its third local tie-up since 2019
Dentons unwinds landmark China combination citing data laws
Global giant to remove Chinese characters from branding as Dacheng Law Offices goes it alone
Am Law 200 firm Dinsmore & Shohl merges with Florida boutique, gaining Orlando office
Cincinnati-based firm adds 19 lawyers and nearly two dozen business professionals through merger with Mateer & Harbert
‘The art of the possible’ – Eversheds’ international CEO on its eye-catching KWM China alliance
Lee Ranson sets out the thinking behind his firm’s cooperation agreement with KWM’s China arm
Blue chip three-way Italian merger unveiled to create €120m law firm
Gattai Minoli Partners and Pedersoli Studio to merge and take on 16-strong BonelliErede M&A team
Eversheds Sutherland and King & Wood Mallesons forge exclusive alliance
KWM will close six offices across Europe and the Middle East with the teams expected to transfer to Eversheds Sutherland
Womble Bond Dickinson absorbs two California boutiques
Transatlantic firm adds partners in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Irvine as it prioritises California growth
Shoosmiths quits private client market as 41-strong team transfers to Midlands firm
Group joins recently launched Rothley Law in deal financed by litigation funder Harbour
DWF in talks over sale to private equity firm
Listed UK firm ‘minded to recommend’ offer if tabled by Chambers and Partners owner Inflexion
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