Consolidation in US mid-tier continues as Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman set to merge Mark McAteer11 September 2014USEdwards Wildman PalmerLegal mergers The run of consolidation in the US national market continues with Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman this week announcing plans to merge, forming a $675m practice that would sit just outside the top 50 of the Global 100.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 jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this category‘Dubious financial arrangements’: Disgraced ex-Locke Lorde partner struck off and handed £70,000 billOff the leash – as regulators target City leaders, is more to come?Locke Lord fined, Clydes ex-partner suspended, while Appleby hit by data breach‘There’s a lot of money in Chicago’ – the city’s top lawyers on what’s driving business in the MidwestOsborne Clarke launches international arbitration offering in MiamiThe American dream: US firms in expansion mode amid wave of international office openingsEversheds 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-sharing