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.

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	9/16/19	Thomas Law	Wilson NC	6	&	Farris & Farris	Wilson NC	3
	9/11/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Fernanda Lopes & Associados Advogados	Maputo Mozambique	17
	9/11/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	LEAD Advogados	Luanda Angola	10
	9/11/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Sayarh & Menjra	Casablanca Morocco	12
	9/11/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Eric Silwamba Jalasi & Linyama	Lusaka Zambia	11
	9/11/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Kyagaba & Otatiina	Kampala Uganda	4
	9/09/19	Buchalter	Los Angeles	261	&	Ater Wynne	Portland OR	22
	9/05/19	Green and Spiegel	Toronto	34	&	Ritter Halliday	Beachwood OH	4
	9/04/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Jimenez de Arechaga Viana & Brause	Montevideo Uruguay	28
	9/04/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena	Buenos Aires Argentina	30
	9/04/19	Nixon Peabody	Boston	607	&	Frontier Solutions	Washington DC	3
	9/04/19	Clark Hill	Detroit	650	&	Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese	Las Vegas	6
	9/01/19	Leclair Korona Cole	Rochester NY	8	&	Adams Bell Adams	Rochester NY	5
	8/30/19	Taft Stettinius & Hollister	Indianapolis	474	&	Briggs and Morgan	Minneapolis	135
	8/28/19	Bradshaw Fowler Proctor & Fairgrave	Des Moines IA	46	&	Cartwright Druker & Ryden	Marshalltown IA	2
	8/22/19	Ballard Spahr	Philadelphia	633	&	Leopold Petrich & Smith	Los Angeles	7
	8/13/19	Hollingsworth & Zivitz	Carmel IN	5	&	Robert Means LLC	Carmel IN	5
	8/08/19	Dorsey & Whitney	Minneapolis	508	&	Webber Law Firm	Edina MN	3
	8/07/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Lee International	Seoul South Korea	35
	8/05/19	Dentons	New York NY	10000	&	Gustavo Zacapa y Asociados	Tegucigalpa Honduras	6
	8/01/19	Cozen O'Connor	Philadelphia	783	&	Miller Law Group	San Francisco	13
	8/01/19	Carlton Fields	Tampa	277	&	McManus & Felsen	Washington DC	5
	8/01/19	Therrel Baisden	Miami	9	&	Weiner & Cummings	Miami	4
	8/01/19	Parker Poe	Charlotte NC	201	&	Leftwich LLC	Washington DC	5
	8/01/19	Spencer Fane	Kansas City MO	295	&	Zimmerman Axelrad Stern & Wise	Houston	19
	7/31/19	Dentons	New York	10000	&	Kensington Swan	Auckland NZ	113
	7/31/19	Frankel Sims	Towson MD	4	&	Holden & Campbell	Annapolis MD	4
	7/26/19	Eilbacher Fletcher	Fort Wayne IN	7	&	Van Glider & Trzynka	Fort Wayne IN	3
	7/23/19	Womble Bond Dickinson	Winston-Salem NC	940	&	James Love Legal	Harrogate, England	2
	7/16/19	Eisner LLP	Beverly Hill CA	39	&	Tavel & Shulman	New York NY	3
	7/15/19	Offit Kurman	Bethesda MD	198	&	Horack Talley Pharr & Lowndes	Charlotte NC	27
	7/12/19	Stokes Lawrence	Seattle	46	&	Mills Meyers Swartling	Seattle	9
	7/09/19	SettlePou	Dallas	35	&	The Berry Firm	Dallas	5
	7/07/19	Frantz Ward	Cleveland	56	&	Kadish Hinkel & Weibel	Cleveland	11
	7/01/19	Shartsis Friese	San Francisco	63	&	Stephenson Kasper & King	San Francisco	3
	7/01/19	McBrayer	Lexington KY	47	&	Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice	Louisville KY	7
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Archive

• 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 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