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Worst-kept secret: Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman approve combination

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1 December 2014
Legal mergersEdwards Wildman PalmerUS firms

Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman Palmer have rubber-stamped their high-profile union, today (1 December) announcing that their respective partnerships have approved a combination from 10 January 2015, a move which will generate gross revenues of $675m and a headcount of 1,000 lawyers.

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