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
9/15/17	Gordon Rees Acquires Rhode Island Firm	The Am Law Daily
9/13/17	Gray Plant Acquires Small Minnesota Firm	SC Times
9/12/17	Ballard Spahr to Acquire First Amendment Boutique	Bloomberg Big Law Business
9/12/17	Hudson Cook Adds Texas Office	Texas Lawyer
9/05/17	Ballard Spahr To Add Lindquist & Vennum	Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	9/05/17	Saul Ewing	Philadelphia	260	&	Arnstein & Lehr	Chicago	140
	7/03/17	Dentons	New York	7800	&	Avent Advokat	Tashkent Uzbekistan	10
	9/15/17	Gordon Rees	San Diego	747	&	Bogue Moylan & Marino	Providence RI	5
	7/24/17	Huck Bouma	Wheaton IL	36	&	Brady & Jensen	Elgin IL	5
	9/12/17	Hudson Cook	Washington DC	56	&	Brown & Cottrell	Fort Worth	2
	7/14/17	McCabe Weisberg & Conway	Philadelphia	52	&	Clarfield Okon & Salomone	West Palm Beach	18
	7/19/17	Hepworth Janis & Kluksdal	Boise	3	&	Holzer Edwards	Boise	2
	7/10/17	Munck Wilson Mandala	Dallas	49	&	Howison & Arnott	Dallas	7
	9/13/17	Gray Plant Mooty	Minneapolis	185	&	Hughes Mathews Greer	St. Cloud MN	3
	9/12/17	Ballard Spahr	Philadelphia	529	&	Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz	Washington DC	25
	9/05/17	Ballard Spahr	Philadelphia	529	&	Lindquist & Vennum	Minneapolis	136
	7/20/17	DLA Piper	New York	3800	&	Liner LLP	Los Angeles	60
	8/08/17	Dentons	New York	7800	&	Maclay Murray & Spens	Glasgow	200
	8/03/17	Hawley Troxell	Boise	56	&	Moffatt Thomas	Boise	19
	7/05/17	Clark Hill	Detroit	348	&	Morris Polich & Purdy	Los Angeles	90
	8/03/17	FisherBroyles	Atlanta	189	&	Ntellect Law PC	Sacramento	3
	9/05/17	Hagens Berman	Seattle	75	&	Pawa Law Group	Newton Centre MA	3
	7/11/17	Gingras Cates & Luebke	Madison WI	8	&	Richie Wickstrom & Wachs	Eau Claire WI	3
	8/24/17	Sandberg Phoenix	St. Louis	117	&	The Katz Law Firm	Kansas City	2
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