Bar consolidation continues as St Philips acquires ailing Stone Chambers Legal Business12 July 2016The BarLegal mergersStone Chambers Mid-tier sets are continuing to feel the pressure of a squeezed legal market at the commercial Bar as it has emerged that Stone Chambers is to be acquired by national set St Philips Chambers.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryThe Bar: Littleton Chambers QC heads to Kobre & Kim as Ince & Co partner joins Stone ChambersA&O Shearman only firm to pick up new KC as silk appointments rise‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in lawSilk and steel: Women lead the way in latest QC round as five solicitors make the cutEversheds Sutherland’s Ireland arm in talks to join Ireland leader William Fry‘All options are on the table’: HSF’s CEO on why they chose Kramer – and whether more mergers could follow‘A wake-up call to those resisting integration’: HSF US merger marks further shift towards profit-sharingRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry