Law Firm Mergers and Alliances - Page 2

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

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DWF in talks over sale to private equity firm

Listed UK firm ‘minded to recommend’ offer if tabled by Chambers and Partners owner Inflexion

Plexus Law sold out of administration saving 540 jobs

National defendant insurance firm is acquired by owner of AxiomDWFM and Ince & Co

US construction, government contract law specialists Smith Currie and Oles Morrison to combine

Tie-up is the latest union between US firms seeking geographic growth and to bolster sector strength

French heavyweight Gide forms patent litigation partnership with IP specialist Regimbeau

Move comes ahead of launch of EU’s Unified Patent Court on 1 June and amid increasing complexity of national proceedings

‘Opportunistic and strategic’ – Allen & Overy’s bold move to crack the lucrative US market

For the first time in decades the four international UK Magic Circle firms will no longer be marching in strategic tandem, reports John Malpas

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Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling unveil ‘transformative’ merger plan to create $3.4bn firm

Deal would forge unique ‘integrated global elite firm’ both sides claim ahead of partner votes

Dentons’ ‘historic’ India combination goes live

Move sees Dentons becomes first international law firm to combine with an Indian firm

Nixon Peabody and Stroock target summer merger deal, media report states

Talks follow team departures from New York-based Stroock as it seeks growth as 'number one priority'

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