Law Firm Mergers and Alliances
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin approve merger to create top 20 global firm
Partnerships vote ‘overwhelmingly’ for combination, forging ‘transatlantic and transpacific’ firm with $2bn-plus revenue
Womble Bond Dickinson enters alliance with Brazilian firm Schmidt Valois
Collaboration will enhance Womble’s energy and natural resources coverage in Latin America
Taylor Wessing unveils Italian alliance
Anglo-German firm joins forces with Orsingher Ortu, boosting European credentials
Two sets of mid-sized UK law firms unveil mergers as business costs rise
Seddons GSC and Wilkin Chapman Rollits will both come into being on 1 April
French firm LPA Law debuts in Vietnam through boutique merger
Tie-up with 15-lawyer APFL Partners comes as Vietnam’s economy grows rapidly fuelled by strong exports and foreign investment
Knights absorbs South East firm in £30m deal
Merger with IBB Law largest yet for listed UK acquisitor firm
CMS merges with Hong Kong alliance firm
Tie-up to create 40-lawyer practice contrasts with wider scaling back of China operations by large international law firms
King & Spalding merges with Saudi firm
Tie-up with Al Fahad & Partners adds 17-fee earners to US firm’s nine-lawyer Riyadh team
Clyde & Co merges with Dallas insurance boutique to launch in Texas
Merger with Tillman Batchelor adds Dallas office to expanding US network
Morgan Lewis to absorb 54-lawyer Kramer Levin Paris team
Split comes ahead of Kramer Levin’s planned merger with Herbert Smith Freehills
Eversheds Sutherland’s Ireland arm in talks to join William Fry
More than 120 lawyers could move to Irish heavyweight should deal go through
IP firms AA Thornton and Venner Shipley to join forces
Merged firm to house 230 professionals and operate under Venner Shipley name
New York via Sydney: Herbert Smith Freehills’ unique transatlantic merger play
HSF’s deal to merge with Kramer Levin provides Anglo-Australian firm with an unusual path into the US market
Kramer Levin’s Paris office to spin out ahead of HSF merger
Merged firm to have 100-plus legacy HSF lawyers in French capital
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kramer Levin unveil transatlantic merger
Deal, subject to partner approval, will create firm with $2bn-plus revenue
Kennedys absorbs boutique for Wellington launch
Insurance specialist continues Australasian expansion with second New Zealand office
Taft to combine with Sherman & Howard in latest large US merger
Tie-up to create firm with revenues of $810m and more than 1,000 lawyers
Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca announce merger
Combination to create top 70 US firm with revenue of $740m and more than 1,300 lawyers
Troutman Pepper, Locke Lord cement $1.6bn merger
Troutman Pepper Locke to have 1,600 lawyers across 33 US and two European offices
‘The market is dynamic and fragmented’ – Gadens’ CEO on its top tier ambitions
Mark Pistilli outlines the national Australian firm’s strategy ahead of its Canberra merger
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