The Last Word Legal Business1 February 2013The Last WordLegal mergers After a year of significant legal market consolidation in 2012, do you think we will see more mergers involving UK law firms this year? If so, what kind of deals are most likely, and why?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 categoryRevolving Doors: Latham swipes German transactions team from Freshfields as Ropes rebuilds in private equityRevolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hiresThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsThe Last Word: Private eyesThe Last Word: Capital callThe Last Word: Euro visionEversheds 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