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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12/04/19 | Florida Personal Injury Firms Merge | PR Newswire | ||
12/03/19 | California Political Boutiques to Merge | The Recorder | ||
12/03/19 | Ulmer & Berne to Acquire Trial Boutique | Crain's Cleveland Business | ||
11/19/19 | Butler Snow to Acquire Baton Rouge Firm | The American Lawyer | ||
11/18/19 | Phillips Nizer Adds NJ Litigation Firm | Insider NJ |
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Current Quarter
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12/04/19 | Lawlor White & Murphey | Ft. Lauderdale FL | 4 | & | Abramowitz Pomerantz & Morehead | Sunrise FL | 3 | ||||||||
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10/07/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | Bingham Greenebaum | Indianapolis | 178 | ||||||||
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10/07/19 | Dentons | New York | 10000 | & | Cohen & Grigsby | Pittsburgh | 144 | ||||||||
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10/09/19 | Dinsmore & Shohl | Cincinnati OH | 672 | & | Dawson & Associates | Columbus OH | 4 | ||||||||
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10/17/19 | Kelley Kronenberg | Ft. Lauderdale FL | 122 | & | Diaz Briscoe Medina | Miami FL | 6 | ||||||||
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10/30/19 | GrayRobinson | Orlando FL | 276 | & | Espinosa Martinez | Miami FL | 5 | ||||||||
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11/05/19 | Neubert Pepe & Monteith | New Haven CT | 27 | & | Fontaine Alissi | Hartford CT | 5 | ||||||||
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11/01/19 | Offit Kurman | Bethesda MD | 226 | & | Garson Law | Bethesda MD | 4 | ||||||||
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10/31/19 | Lathrop Gage | Kansas City MO | 240 | & | Gray Plant Mooty | Minneapolis MN | 155 | ||||||||
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10/27/19 | Walter Haverfield | Cleveland OH | 80 | & | Hurtuk & Daroff | Columbus OH | 7 | ||||||||
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11/19/19 | Butler Snow | Jackson MS | 380 | & | Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer | Baton Rouge LA | 17 | ||||||||
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12/03/19 | Ulmer & Berne | Cleveland | 160 | & | Kaufman & Company | Cleveland | 10 | ||||||||
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10/04/19 | Shipman & Goodwin | Hartford CT | 172 | & | Kitchings & Potter | Old Lyme CT | 2 | ||||||||
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11/11/19 | Bonial & Associates | Dallas | 17 | & | Kozeny & McCubbin | St. Louis | 10 | ||||||||
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10/25/19 | Jacobs & Crumplar | Wilmington DE | 5 | & | Law Office of Andrea G. Green | Millsboro DE | 2 | ||||||||
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10/15/19 | Maynard Cooper & Gale | Birmingham AL | 278 | & | McKenzie Laird Ottinger & Leach | Nashville TN | 6 | ||||||||
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11/15/19 | Gregory Doyle Calhoun & Rogers | Marietta GA | 35 | & | Moore & Reese | Atlanta GA | 5 | ||||||||
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10/27/19 | Walter Haverfield | Cleveland OH | 78 | & | Nardone Ltd. | Columbus OH | 2 | ||||||||
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11/04/19 | Greenberg Traurig | New York | 2100 | & | Orozco Waters Abogados | Mexico City | 5 | ||||||||
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11/18/19 | Phillips Nizer | New York, NY | 71 | & | Piekarsky & Associates | Wyckoff NJ | 3 | ||||||||
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12/03/19 | Olson Hagel & Fishburn | Sacramento | 12 | & | Remcho Johansen & Purcell | Oakland | 10 | ||||||||
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10/03/19 | Hill Wallack | Princeton NJ | 71 | & | Shivers Gosnay & Greatrex | Cherry Hill NJ | 4 | ||||||||
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10/15/19 | Fabian VanCott | Salt Lake City UT | 65 | & | Sloan & Sloan | Salt Lake City UT | 7 | ||||||||
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10/01/19 | Rawle & Henderson | Philadelphia | 103 | & | Spiegel Leffler | New York | 6 | ||||||||
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Archive
- 2019 Q3 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2019 Q2 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2019 Q1 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2018 Mergers & Acquisitions
- 2017 Mergers & Acquisitions
- Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: 2007-2016
- 2007-2016 Merger & Acquisition Totals
- 2007-2016 Cross-Border Combinations
Commentary and Analysis
- 2019 Q3: Record-Shattering Quarter for US Law Firm Combinations
- 2019 Q2: 20 Combinations Announced; Slowdown in Larger Deals
- 2019 Q1: 27 Law Firm Combinations Announced
- 2018: 106 US Law Firm Mergers and Acquisitions Announced in 2018
- 2017: Record-Breaking Year for US Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions
- 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
Recent Articles
- A Growing Problem?
- Law Firm Mergers: Don't Just Get Bigger, Get Better
- Large Law Firm Mergers: What's the Verdict?
- Law Firm Mergers: What's the End Game?
- Are Large Law Firm Mergers Successful?
- Is This Merger a Good Idea?
- In Mergers and Acquisitions You Only Get One Chance to Make a First Impression
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