‘Shared strategic objectives’: Weightmans in merger talks with Newcastle’s Ward Hadaway Kathryn McCann23 January 2017Legal mergers National firm Weightmans is in merger talks with Newcastle-based Ward Hadaway, Legal Business can reveal, with both firms understood to have been in talks for the past year.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 categoryUS expansion drives record revenue at Kennedys as Weightmans’ profits soar 25%Revolving doors: City laterals bounce back with Milbank, Weightmans and Lewis Silkin‘Developing market share’: Weightmans opens shop in Newcastle through Watson Burton acquisitionRevealed: A&O Shearman partner exits pass 100 mark since merger announcementKramer Levin’s Paris office joins Morgan Lewis amid HSF merger dealBDB Pitmans rebrands as Broadfield as discussions over US tie-up continueRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry