Altman Weil MergerLineā¢
Welcome to Altman Weil MergerLine™, tracking law firm mergers and acquisitions as they are reported by the press. MergerLine compiles news of mergers and acquisitions of all sizes involving at least one US law firm (including vereins with a US partnership component). Lawyer headcounts are derived from published league tables, directories and law firm websites.
In 2017, Altman Weil published Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers and Acquisitions, 2007-2016. The report includes a ten year retrospective on market activity, lists the 25 largest deals of the decade, profiles the ten most active state markets, and includes special sections on cross-border combinations, the acquisitions of AmLaw 200 firms, and the most active deal-makers.
Latest Headlines
Report Date | Headline | Source | ||
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4/18/18 | Offit Kurman to Combine with NYC Firm | New York Law Journal | ||
4/10/18 | Clark Hill and Strasburger & Price to Merge | Texas Lawyer | ||
4/09/18 | Leech Kisner Adds Kisner Law Firm | Leech Tishman | ||
4/06/18 | Small Family Law Practices Merge | DBusiness | ||
4/04/18 | Goulston & Storrs Adds NYC Litigation Boutique | New York Law Journal |
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2016 Mergers
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12/31/16 | Lundberg Law Offices | Jamestown NY | 5 | & | Price Flowers Malin & Westerburg | Jamestown NY | 3 | ||||||||
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12/23/16 | Flynn & Riordan | Worthington MN | 3 | & | Mork Darling & Hagemann | Worthington MN | 2 | ||||||||
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12/16/16 | Eversheds | London | 1900 | & | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan | Atlanta | 400 | ||||||||
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12/13/16 | Halford Niemiec & Freeman | Fort Mill SC | 3 | & | Haselden Owen & Boloyan | Lake Wylie SC | 3 | ||||||||
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12/12/16 | Faruki Ireland & Cox | Dayton OH | 17 | & | BGD Law | Cincinnati OH | 6 | ||||||||
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12/07/16 | Jackson Lewis | Los Angeles | 805 | & | Denlinger Rosenthal & Greenberg | Cincinnati | 7 | ||||||||
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12/07/16 | Dentons | New York | 7600 | & | Munoz Global | San Jose, Costa Rica | 75 | ||||||||
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12/01/16 | Kelley Drye & Warren | New York | 300 | & | Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs | Houston | 14 | ||||||||
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11/30/16 | Freeman Mathis & Gary | Atlanta | 72 | & | Edgerton & Weaver | Hermosa Beach CA | 11 | ||||||||
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11/30/16 | Spencer Fane | Kansas City | 160 | & | Berenbaum Weinshienk | Denver | 30 | ||||||||
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11/30/16 | McCandlish Holton | Richmond VA | 26 | & | Morris & Morris | Richmond VA | 13 | ||||||||
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11/29/16 | Holman Fenwick Willan | London | 450 | & | Legge Farrow Kimmitt McGrath & Brown | Houston | 17 | ||||||||
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11/29/16 | Attea & Attea | Hamburg NY | 6 | & | Barone and Barone | Orchard Park NY | 2 | ||||||||
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11/28/16 | von Briesen & Roper | Milwaukee | 139 | & | Weiss Berzowski | Milwaukee | 14 | ||||||||
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11/18/16 | Brouse McDowell | Akron OH | 73 | & | Nadler Nadler and Burdman | Canfield OH | 8 | ||||||||
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11/10/16 | Arnold & Porter | Washington DC | 700 | & | Kaye Scholer | New York | 375 | ||||||||
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10/31/16 | Baker Donelson | Memphis TN | 700 | & | Ober Kaler | Baltimore MD | 110 | ||||||||
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10/31/16 | Fitzpatrick & Hunt Pagano Aubert | New York NY | 22 | & | Pino & Associates | White Plains NY | 9 | ||||||||
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10/17/16 | Littler | Los Angeles | 1070 | & | Fromont Briens | Paris | 170 | ||||||||
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10/10/16 | Royse Law Firm | Menlo Park CA | 23 | & | Peters Verny | Palo Alto CA | 2 | ||||||||
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10/06/16 | Haight Brown & Bonesteel | Los Angeles | 64 | & | CVM Law Group | Sacramento | 5 | ||||||||
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10/05/16 | Seyfarth Shaw | Chicago | 850 | & | Fanelli Haag | Washington DC | 4 | ||||||||
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10/04/16 | Sheehey Furlong & Behm | Burlington VT | 14 | & | Melendy Moritz | Woodstock VT | 2 | ||||||||
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10/04/16 | Pullman & Comley | Bridgeport CT | 89 | & | Jeffers Cowherd | Fairfield CT | 6 | ||||||||
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10/03/16 | Sowell Gray Stepp & Lafitte | Columbia SC | 19 | & | Robinson McFadden and Moore | Columbia SC | 13 | ||||||||
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9/20/16 | DLA Piper | New York | 3756 | & | Dimock Stratton | Toronto | 16 | ||||||||
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9/12/16 | Norton Rose Fulbright | Houston | 3800 | & | Bull Housser | Vancouver | 92 | ||||||||
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9/12/16 | Joseph Hollander & Craft | Wichita KS | 16 | & | Erickson Scherff | Overland Park KS | 2 | ||||||||
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9/12/16 | Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | 1700 | & | Bancroft PLLC | Washington DC | 17 | ||||||||
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9/06/16 | Woods Rogers | Roanoke VA | 59 | & | Edmunds & Williams | Lynchburg VA | 15 | ||||||||
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8/09/16 | Bingham Greenebaum Doll | Indianapolis | 210 | & | Rhine Ernest | Evansville IN | 2 | ||||||||
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8/06/16 | Clark Hill | Detroit | 350 | & | Axe & Ecklund | Grosse Pointe MI | 2 | ||||||||
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8/01/16 | Greenspoon Marder | Fort Lauderdale FL | 185 | & | Florida Health Law Center | Fort Lauderdale FL | 5 | ||||||||
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7/25/16 | Stanley Law Offices | Syracuse NY | 4 | & | Fallon Fallon & Bigsby | Syracuse NY | 3 | ||||||||
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7/11/16 | Paul Hastings | New York | 912 | & | Zaccaro Morgan | Los Angeles | 6 | ||||||||
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7/08/16 | Manion Gaynor & Manning | Boston | 67 | & | Glaspy & Glaspy | Walnut Creek CA | 7 | ||||||||
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7/06/16 | Loewinsohn Flegle Deary | Dallas | 10 | & | Simon Ray & Winikka | Dallas | 5 | ||||||||
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6/30/16 | DLA Piper | New York | 3756 | & | Gronberg Advokatbyra | Stockholm | 21 | ||||||||
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6/30/16 | Wilson Elser | New York | 815 | & | Jankoff & Gabe | New York | 3 | ||||||||
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6/30/16 | Haynes & Boone | Dallas | 585 | & | Curtis Davis Garrard | London | 20 | ||||||||
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6/28/16 | Blank Rome | Philadelphia | 630 | & | Phillips Lerner | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||
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6/27/16 | Momkus McCluskey | Lisle IL | 24 | & | Nyberg & Cassioppi | Naperville IL | 4 | ||||||||
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6/27/16 | Momkus McCluskey | Lisle IL | 24 | & | Roberts PC | Wheaton IL | 3 | ||||||||
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6/23/16 | CzepigaDalyPope | Berlin CT | 9 | & | Law Offices of Barbara Reynolds and Lynda Lee Arnold | New Milford CT | 2 | ||||||||
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6/22/16 | Cullen and Dykman | Garden City NY | 138 | & | Sokol Behot | Hackensack NJ | 14 | ||||||||
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6/12/16 | Goodrich Law Firm | Billings MT | 3 | & | Reely Law Firm | Missoula MT | 2 | ||||||||
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6/03/16 | Cozen O'Connor | Philadelphia | 600 | & | Feldman Gale | Miami | 15 | ||||||||
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6/02/16 | Anderson Kill | New York | 72 | & | Rosen Livingston and Cholst | New York | 10 | ||||||||
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6/01/16 | McCalla Raymer | Atlanta | 75 | & | Pierce & Associates | Chicago | 50 | ||||||||
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5/26/16 | Clyde & Co. | London | 1800 | & | Thornton Davis & Fein | Miami | 18 | ||||||||
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5/24/16 | Boies Schiller | New York | 290 | & | O'Shea Partners | New York | 5 | ||||||||
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5/20/16 | Leiderman Shelomith | Fort Lauderdale | 3 | & | Alexander & Somodevilla | Miami | 2 | ||||||||
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5/18/16 | Scarinci Hollenbeck | Lyndhurst NJ | 47 | & | Bienstock & Michael | Hackensack NJ | 5 | ||||||||
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5/18/16 | Goede Adamczyk DeBoest & Cross | Naples FL | 19 | & | McClosky D'Anna & Dieterle | Boca Raton FL | 2 | ||||||||
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5/13/16 | Pashman Stein | Hackensack NJ | 33 | & | Walder Hayden | Roseland NJ | 12 | ||||||||
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5/07/16 | Holland & Knight | Washington DC | 1168 | & | Clark Ricketts | London | 6 | ||||||||
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5/02/16 | Freeborn & Peters | Chicago | 120 | & | Brenner Evans & Millman | Richmond VA | 6 | ||||||||
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4/29/16 | Husch Blackwell | Kansas City MO | 560 | & | Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek | Milwaukee WI | 144 | ||||||||
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4/27/16 | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | 739 | & | Myers Kenney | San Francisco | 3 | ||||||||
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4/27/16 | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | 742 | & | Rothenberg Hyett Eisen & Lang | Boca Raton FL | 3 | ||||||||
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4/04/16 | Greenspoon Marder | Fort Lauderdale | 172 | & | Jacob Medinger & Finnegan | New York NY | 9 | ||||||||
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4/04/16 | Parmele Law Firm | Springfield MO | 13 | & | RGG Law | Springfield MO | 3 | ||||||||
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4/04/16 | Brown & Connery | Westmont NJ | 37 | & | Freeman Huber Sacks Brennan & Fingerman | Haddonfield NJ | 7 | ||||||||
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4/01/16 | Meyer Capel | Champaign IL | 33 | & | Ansel Law Ltd. | Champaign IL | 3 | ||||||||
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4/01/16 | High Swartz | Norristown PA | 19 | & | McNamara Bolla & Panzer | Doylestown PA | 9 | ||||||||
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3/24/16 | Offit Kurman | Baltimore | 122 | & | Kelley Partners | Philadelphia | 3 | ||||||||
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3/03/16 | FordHarrison | Atlanta | 215 | & | Rose Kallor | Hartford | 5 | ||||||||
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2/24/16 | Poole & Shaffery | Los Angeles | 20 | & | McDowell Odom | Valencia CA | 2 | ||||||||
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2/22/16 | Squire Patton Boggs | Washington DC | 1500 | & | Carroll Burdick & McDonough | San Francisco | 50 | ||||||||
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2/18/16 | Schouest Bamdas Soshea & BenMaier | Houston | 27 | & | Fitzhugh & Elliott | Houston | 4 | ||||||||
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2/14/16 | Schneider Smeltz Ranney & LaFond | Cleveland | 17 | & | Spieth Bell McCurdy & Newell | Cleveland | 11 | ||||||||
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2/01/16 | DLA Piper | New York | 3756 | & | Peltonen LMR | Helsinki | 30 | ||||||||
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2/01/16 | Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis | Nashville | 204 | & | Taube Summers Harrison Taylor Meinzer Brown | Austin | 13 | ||||||||
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1/30/16 | Bowman and Brooke | Minneapolis | 149 | & | Seipp Flick & Hosley | Miami | 29 | ||||||||
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1/22/16 | Ryan & Faenza | Walpole MA | 6 | & | Cataldo Law Offices | Franklin MA | 4 | ||||||||
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1/20/16 | Foster Swift Collins & Smith | Lansing MI | 95 | & | DeFrancesco Dienes & Smith | St. Joseph MI | 3 | ||||||||
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1/13/16 | Lewis Brisbois | Los Angeles | 1023 | & | Mannion and Gray | Cleveland | 14 | ||||||||
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1/11/16 | Gallagher and Stein | Damariscotta ME | 2 | & | Law Offices of Marcia E. DeGeer | Damariscotta ME | 2 | ||||||||
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1/08/16 | Coats Rose | Houston | 91 | & | Wright Ginsberg & Brusilow | Dallas | 16 | ||||||||
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1/07/16 | Clark Hill | Detroit | 295 | & | Martin Brown Sullivan Roadman & Hartnett | Chicago | 7 | ||||||||
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1/05/16 | Skiermont Puckett | Dallas | 10 | & | Derby Curtis | Los Angeles | 4 | ||||||||
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1/04/16 | FordHarrison | Atlanta GA | 152 | & | Waldman Law | New York NY | 2 | ||||||||
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1/04/16 | Lewis Roca Rothgerber | Phoenix | 216 | & | Christie Parker & Hale | Glendale CA | 39 | ||||||||
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1/04/16 | Martinez White & Viniegra | Coral Gables FL | 6 | & | Espinosa Trueba | Miami | 3 | ||||||||
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1/04/16 | Morningstar Law Group | Morrisville NC | 21 | & | Wood Jackson | Raleigh NC | 4 | ||||||||
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Archive
- 2018Q1 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions
- Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: 2007-2016
- 2007-2016 Merger & Acquisition Totals
- 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Quarter
- 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Region of Acquired Firm
- 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Size of Acquired Firm
- 2007-2016 Cross-Border Combinations
Commentary and Analysis
- 2018Q1: Thirty Law Firm Combinations, Three New 1,000-Lawyer Law Firms
- 2017: Record-Breaking Year for US Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017Q3: Geographic Expansion Drives Record-Setting Law Firm Merger Market in Q3
- 2017Q2: US Law Firm Merger Market Continues to Accelerate
- 2017Q1: A Fast Start for the Law Firm Merger Market in 2017
- 2016: Law Firm Merger Market Concludes Fourth Strong Year
- 2015: A Record Year for US Law Firm Combinations
- 2014: Another Active Year for US Law Firm Combinations
- Law Firm Combinations Up 47% in 2013
- Cross-Border Mergers Highlight of 2012 Law Firm Merger Market
- 2011 Rebound for US Law Firm Merger Market
- Law Firm Merger Market Picked Up at Year End 2010
- Law Firm Merger Mania on Hold in 2009
- Seventy Law Firm Mergers Announced in 2008
- 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions Summary and Analysis
Practices & Services
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