Comment: Merging BLP and Greenberg Traurig – unique, compelling, bloody difficult Alex Novarese In the age of the anodyne corporate law firm, you can at least say a marriage of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)…
Legal freelancing enters the big league as LOD seals £25m merger with Australian firm Legal Business In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
New Law enters the big league: Lawyers On Demand seals £25m merger with Australian firm Legal Business In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed…
Germany and east Asia next targets as Gowling WLG merger made official Legal Business As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today…
BLP targets full financial integration with Greenberg Traurig as merger edges closer Tom Moore As City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) closes in on its landmark transatlantic merger with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig, the…
End of the affair: Addleshaws Scottish takeover called off Madeleine Farman Merger talks between Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray & Spens to create a national practice with combined revenues of around…
BLP on the hunt for a US tie-up as talks with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig confirmed Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is hunting for an ambitious union with a major US practice, with the City real…
DLA Piper expands Nordic footprint with Finnish tie-up Legal Business DLA Piper has agreed a combination with 30-lawyer Finnish law firm Peltonen LMR as it expands its Nordic footprint.
Market reaction: jury still out on Irwin Mitchell’s £40m takeover of Thomas Eggar Kathryn McCann In a move that demonstrates consolidation is still very much on trend for national law firms, Irwin Mitchell’s continuation of…
The road to Ottawa – why WLG believes Gowlings can put it on the global map Kathryn McCann Wragge Lawrence Graham has nailed its international aspirations to an ambitious tie-up with Canada’s Gowlings… to the bewilderment of peers.…
‘Do what we think is right’: Eversheds continues search for US deal as Foley & Lardner ends merger discussions Kathryn McCann Eversheds will continue to search for a US deal after the firm’s top target, Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner, ended merger…
Dentons approves tie-up with Australian and Singaporean firms Legal Business Chair Joe Andrew boasts: ‘Dentons has accomplished more for clients in one year than any other firm’ Dentons further cemented…
‘Opportunity-filled economies’: Dentons to launch in Latin America with proposed local tie-up Legal Business Days after announcing its fifth merger of 2015 with Luxembourg outfit OPF Partners, Dentons has today (30 November) announced it…
The £250m ‘expertise merger’: Irwin Mitchell agrees takeover of south east stalwart Thomas Eggar Legal Business After six months of talks national firm Irwin Mitchell and LB100 firm Thomas Eggar have voted to approve their union,…
Addleshaws in bid to merge with Glasgow’s Maclays as run of Anglo-Scots consolidation continues Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard is in talks to merge with Scots law firm Maclay Murray & Spens in a deal that would create…
Due south: Irwin Mitchell in takeover talks with Thomas Eggar Legal Business National firm Irwin Mitchell is in merger discussions with LB100 firm Thomas Eggar with a view to extending its reach in…
‘Not interested’: Eversheds’ lead US suitor Foley calls time on merger talks Kathryn McCann Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner has ended merger discussions with Eversheds, just over a week after reports Eversheds had identified the US firm…
Dentons to vote on new union with Australian and Singaporean firms Sarah Downey Dentons announced last night (2 October) it intends to create a tripartite union with Australian firm Gadens and Singaporean firm Rodyk…
Super Dadds: West End firm rescues Jeffrey Green Russell from pre-pack administration Legal Business West End firm Gordon Dadds has rescued another ailing firm by acquiring Jeffrey Russell Green (JGR) following a pre-pack administration, creating a…
Sum of its parts: can King & Wood Mallesons match the hype? Legal Business After a promising first year for King & Wood Mallesons/SJ Berwin, its UK practice saw a bruising 12 months. Tom…
