Law Firm Mergers and Alliances
Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord in merger talks to create $1.6bn firm
Combination would create top 30 US firm with more than 1,700 lawyers
Pérez-Llorca enters Mexico through landmark merger with 100-lawyer González Calvillo
Tie-up to make fast-growing Spanish firm second largest international firm in Mexico
Withers forms alliance with Indonesian boutique
Association with 17-lawyer Karna Partnership sees UK firm bolster offering in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy
UK arms of rival US class action firms unveil merger
Keller Postman UK joins forces with Lanier Longstaff Hedar & Roberts to form litigation funder-owned KP Law
Fenwick Elliott forms construction and energy law alliance in Latin America
London-headquartered firm partners with Chile’s 20-lawyer Molina Ríos as regional construction market forecast to reach $840bn by 2029
Leadership announced for A&O Shearman
Allen & Overy interim managing partner Khalid Garousha named senior partner of soon-to-be firm
Growth and opportunity: seizing the moment in the Philippines
Nowhere is the ASEAN opportunity greater than in the Philippines, write Dentons’ Elliott Portnoy and PJS Law’s Regina Jacinto-Barrientos on the day their firms’ combination goes live
Eversheds Sutherland absorbs four-partner KWM team in Frankfurt
Ten lawyers join with business services colleague as part of Eversheds’ and KWM’s cooperation agreement forged last year
China decoupling will continue for Western law firms in year ahead
WarwickPlace Legal’s Robert Bata wraps ups his predictions for 2024 with a look at how legal industry trends will pan out in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America
A&O, Shearman tie-up likely to set tone for more merger activity this year
WarwickPlace Legal’s Robert Bata looks ahead at the trends that are likely to shape the legal market in the US, UK, Europe and beyond over the next 12 months
Eight Allen & Overy partners in running to lead A&O Shearman
Elections at UK Magic Circle firm will determine transatlantic giant’s leadership team
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
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