Stake your claim – Shakespeares and SGH Martineau confirm talks to create £75m national player as consolidation drive continues Kathryn McCann The push among regional players to consolidate continues with news today (2 March) of one of the most notable deals…
45% from the UK: Slater and Gordon acquires two firms as it builds British offering Legal Business Slater and Gordon has acquired a further two UK law firms, adding a projected £18.7m to annual revenue, and revealed…
Dentons becomes world’s most lawyered firm with Dacheng tie-up Legal Business Firms set to create a 6,600-lawyer, $1.7bn law firm giant In a bid to create the world’s largest firm by…
6,600 lawyers: Dentons set to combine with China’s largest law firm Dacheng Legal Business Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading…
The ‘big move’: Shepherd and Wedderburn avoids compulsory redundancies as it finalises Tods Murray integration Kathryn McCann Shepherd and Wedderburn has managed to avoid making compulsory redundancies as it looks to complete the integration of Tods Murray,…
Worst-kept secret: Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman approve combination Legal Business Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman Palmer have rubber-stamped their high-profile union, today (1 December) announcing that their respective…
2,000 lawyers across 28 offices: Bingham loses out on rescue merger as Morgan Lewis acquires 227 partners Jaishree Kalia Following much touted speculation of the potential merger between US firms Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Bingham McCutchen, Morgan Lewis…
Comment: The cost of culture – HSF finds mega-mergers always come at a price Legal Business This month’s cover feature on Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) looks in hindsight like the end of an informal trilogy on…
The cost of culture – HSF finds mega-mergers always come at a price Legal Business This month’s cover feature on Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) looks in hindsight like an informal trilogy on storied London firms…
What’s in a name: One year on King & Wood Mallesons drops SJ Berwin Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin will cut the SJ Berwin from its name on 1 November, a year after…
Edwards Wildman and Locke Lord set to combine Legal Business Fellow US firm Cooley plans London office takeover Dallas-bred Locke Lord and Boston’s Edwards Wildman Palmer became the latest US…
Edwards Wildman loses associate quartet to City firms as tensions mount over potential Cooley takeover Sarah Downey Having endured a spate of high profile partner exits during the summer, US firm Edwards Wildman has now seen four…
Mergerwatch – discussions crank up a gear as Morgan Lewis and Bingham look set to combine Mark McAteer After months of wrangling, the heavily trailed union between Global 100 firms Bingham McCutchen and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius looks…
Secured: Akin pulls off one of the largest ever City acquisitions with 22-partner Bingham team Tom Moore Bingham McCutchen’s London office, which turned over $52.3m last year, will merge with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in…
Harper Macleod merges with Bird Semple to create top 100 firm Tom Moore Scottish firm Harper Macleod, the legal advisor to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has expanded by merging with private client…
‘Private wealth is at the heart of the merger’ – Charles Russell Speechlys talks strategy Sarah Downey As the partnerships of both Speechly Bircham and Charles Russell this week voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of a merger that…
Heading to the polls: Charles Russell and Speechly partners to vote today on £126m merger Sarah Downey Speechly Bircham is getting closer to closing its sought-after merger, as its partners and those at Charles Russell are voting…
‘A compelling combination’: Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham say yes to merger Sarah Downey The partnerships of Speechly Bircham and Charles Russell have today (16 July) voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of a merger that…
Bird & Bird secures further international tie-up with Istanbul tech leader BTS Tom Moore Bird & Bird has entered into a cooperation agreement with leading Istanbul IT and telecoms boutique BTS & Partners, just a…
The Programme – how Dundas & Wilson fits into the CMS masterplan Sarah Downey With a takeover of Dundas & Wilson under its belt and a barrage of post-Lehman re-engineering in place, CMS Cameron…
