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
2/18/20	Littler Adds Austrian Firm	The American Lawyer
2/06/20	Kelley Kronenberg Adds Children's Law Boutique	Daily Business Review
2/03/20	New York Firms Combine	Buffalo Business First
1/30/20	Segal McCambridge Adds Florida Office	Daily Business Review
1/28/20	Clark Hill Adds LA Immigration Boutique	The Recorder

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	1/15/20	Stone Genow	Beverly Hills CA	10	&	Goodman Schenkman	Beverly Hills CA	7
	1/08/20	Suisman Shapiro	New London CT	19	&	Avena & Kepple	Pawcatuck CT	2
	1/08/20	Lipson Neilson	Bloomfield Hills MI	34	&	Alber Frank	Troy MI	4
	1/07/20	Lightfoot Franklin	Birmingham AL	60	&	Levinthal Wilkins	Houston TX	3
	2/03/20	Lippes Matthias	Buffalo NY	104	&	Deily & Glastetter	Albany NY	6
	1/30/20	Segal McCambridge	Chicago	108	&	McIntosh Sawran & Cartaya	Ft. Lauderdale	10
	1/02/20	Burns White	Pittsburgh	143	&	Christie & Young	Philadelphia	13
	2/06/20	Kelley Kronenberg	Ft. Lauderdale FL	150	&	Talenfeld Law	Ft. Lauderdale FL	4
	1/09/20	Brownstein Hyatt	Denver	250	&	Hyperion Advisors	Las Vegas	2
	1/06/20	Snell & Wilmer	Phoenix	435	&	Assayag Mauss	Costa Mesa CA	8
	1/28/20	Clark Hill	Detroit	650	&	Law Offices of Carl Shusterman	Los Angeles	5
	1/09/20	Troutman Sanders	Atlanta	650	&	Pepper Hamilton	Philadelphia	450
	1/16/20	Duane Morris	Philadelphia	800	&	Satterlee Stephens	New York	65
	2/18/20	Littler	Los Angeles CA	1500	&	Gerlach Rechtsanwalte	Vienna Austria	3
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