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
7/20/17	DLA Piper to Acquire 60-Lawyer Los Angeles Firm	Los Angeles Business Journal
7/11/17	Wisconsin PI Firms Merge	Wisconsin Law Journal
7/10/17	Texas IP Firms Combine	Texas Lawyer
7/05/17	Clark Hill to Expand on West Coast	The Recorder
7/03/17	Dentons Expands in Uzbekistan	Global Legal Post

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	7/05/17	Clark Hill	Detroit	348	&	Morris Polich & Purdy	Los Angeles	90
	7/03/17	Dentons	New York	7800	&	Avent Advokat	Tashkent Uzbekistan	10
	7/20/17	DLA Piper	New York	3800	&	Liner LLP	Los Angeles	60
	7/11/17	Gingras Cates & Luebke	Madison WI	8	&	Richie Wickstrom & Wachs	Eau Claire WI	3
	7/10/17	Munck Wilson Mandala	Dallas	49	&	Howison & Arnott	Dallas	7
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