Altman Weil MergerLine™

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
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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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	4/10/18	Clark Hill	Detroit	450	&	Strasburger & Price	Dallas	195
	4/04/18	Goulston & Storrs	Boston	201	&	Miller & Wrubel	New York	5
	4/06/18	Law Firm of John F. Schaefer	Birmingham MI	2	&	Connor and Connor	Bloomfield Hills MI	2
	4/09/18	Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampi	Pittsburgh	78	&	Kisner Law Firm	Pittsburgh	2
	4/18/18	Offit Kurman	Bethesda	154	&	Menaker & Herrmann	New York	12
	4/02/18	Ogden Murphy Wallace	Seattle	49	&	Short Cressman & Burgess	Seattle	10
	4/04/18	Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease	Columbus	337	&	Beck & Thomas	Pittsburgh	10
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