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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| 8/25/08 | Burke Williams Aquires LA Litigation Boutique | New York Lawyer | ||
| 8/25/08 | Fox Rothschild Acquires IP Firm Synnestvedt & Lechner | Fox Rothschild | ||
| 8/14/08 | Jones Walker Acquires Alabama-Based Banking Boutique | Earth Times | ||
| 8/11/08 | Maryland Law Firm to Buy Abrahams Loewenstein of Philadelphia | Philadelphia Business Journal | ||
| 8/07/08 | Kahn Kleinman to Merge with Taft Stettinius | Crain's Cleveland Business |
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Current Quarter
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8/11/08 | Offit Kurman | Maple Lawn MD | 41 | & | Abrahams Loewenstein & Bushman | Philadelphia | 10 | ||||||||
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8/25/08 | Fox Rothschild | Philadelphia | 430 | & | Synnestvedt & Lechner | Philadelphia | 8 | ||||||||
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8/14/08 | Jones Walker Waechter Poitevent Carrere & Denegre | New Orleans | 240 | & | Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom | Mobile AL | 32 | ||||||||
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7/31/08 | Evans & Petree | Memphis | 29 | & | Bogatin Law Firm | Memphis | 10 | ||||||||
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7/24/08 | Apperson Crump & Maxwell | Memphis | 27 | & | Gary K. Smith & Associates | Memphis | 4 | ||||||||
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7/30/08 | Alston & Bird | Atlanta | 810 | & | Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish | Los Angeles | 83 | ||||||||
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8/25/08 | Burke Williams & Sorensen | Los Angeles | 61 | & | Bannan Frank & Terzian | Los Angeles | 13 | ||||||||
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7/17/08 | Smith Moore | Greensboro NC | 130 | & | Leatherwood | Greenville SC | 50 | ||||||||
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8/07/08 | Taft Stettinius & Hollister | Cincinnati | 350 | & | Kahn Kleinman | Cleveland | 31 | ||||||||
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7/16/08 | Husch Blackwell Sanders | St. Louis & Kansas City | 630 | & | Welsh & Katz | Chicago | 41 | ||||||||
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Archive
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- 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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