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. Our focus is U.S. firms, but we will report on significant combinations wherever they occur. Lawyer headcounts are derived from published league tables, directories and law firm websites.
Latest Headlines
| Report Date | Headline | Source | ||
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| 11/12/08 | Jones Walker To Acquire Longman Russo | Jones Walker LLP | ||
| 11/11/08 | Sedgwick Detert Aquires Florida Firm Gordon Hargrove | National Law Journal | ||
| 11/03/08 | Powell Goldstein to Merge with Bryan Cave | law.com | ||
| 10/31/08 | Midwestern IP Boutiques Combine | Kansas City Business Journal | ||
| 10/16/08 | Two Big Kansas City Firms To Merge | Kansas City Star |
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Current Quarter
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11/03/08 | Bryan Cave | St. Louis | 945 | & | Powell Goldstein | Atlanta | 220 | ||||||||
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10/06/08 | Crowell & Moring | Washington DC | 440 | & | Lightfoot Vandevelde Sadowsky Crouchley Rutherford & Levine | Los Angeles | 7 | ||||||||
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11/11/08 | Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold | San Francisco | 380 | & | Gordon Hargrove and James | Ft. Lauderdale | 20 | ||||||||
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10/16/08 | Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus | Kansas City | 300 | & | Shugart Thomson & Kilroy | Kansas City | 180 | ||||||||
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11/12/08 | Jones Walker | New Orleans | 264 | & | Longman Russo | Lafayette LA | 12 | ||||||||
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10/10/08 | Simmons Perrine | Cedar Rapids IA | 38 | & | Moyer & Bergman | Cedar Rapids IA | 24 | ||||||||
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10/14/08 | Tindall & Foster | Houston | 35 | & | Quan Burdette & Perez | Houston | 21 | ||||||||
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10/31/08 | Chase Law Firm | Overland Park KS | 5 | & | Erickson & Kleypas | Kansas City MO | 3 | ||||||||
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Archive
- 2008 - Quarter 3 summary
- 2008 - Quarter 2 summary
- 2008 - Quarter 1 summary
- 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions by Region
- 2007 Mergers & Acquisitions by Size of Acquired Firm
- 2007 Merger & Acquisition Activity by Month
Commentary and Analysis
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