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
	11/11/19	Bonial & Associates	Dallas	17	&	Kozeny & McCubbin	St. Louis	10
	11/05/19	Neubert Pepe & Monteith	New Haven CT	27	&	Fontaine Alissi	Hartford CT	5
	11/04/19	Greenberg Traurig	New York	2100	&	Orozco Waters Abogados	Mexico City	5
	11/01/19	Offit Kurman	Bethesda MD	226	&	Garson Law	Bethesda MD	4
	10/31/19	Lathrop Gage	Kansas City MO	240	&	Gray Plant Mooty	Minneapolis MN	155
	10/30/19	GrayRobinson	Orlando FL	276	&	Espinosa Martinez	Miami FL	5
	10/27/19	Walter Haverfield	Cleveland OH	80	&	Hurtuk & Daroff	Columbus OH	7
	10/27/19	Walter Haverfield	Cleveland OH	78	&	Nardone Ltd.	Columbus OH	2
	10/25/19	Jacobs & Crumplar	Wilmington DE	5	&	Law Office of Andrea G. Green	Millsboro DE	2
	10/17/19	Kelley Kronenberg	Ft. Lauderdale FL	122	&	Diaz Briscoe Medina	Miami FL	6
	10/15/19	Maynard Cooper & Gale	Birmingham AL	278	&	McKenzie Laird Ottinger & Leach	Nashville TN	6
	10/15/19	Fabian VanCott	Salt Lake City UT	65	&	Sloan & Sloan	Salt Lake City UT	7
	10/09/19	Dinsmore & Shohl	Cincinnati OH	672	&	Dawson & Associates	Columbus OH	4
	10/07/19	Dentons	New York	10000	&	Cohen & Grigsby	Pittsburgh	144
	10/07/19	Dentons	New York	10000	&	Bingham Greenebaum	Indianapolis	178
	10/04/19	Shipman & Goodwin	Hartford CT	172	&	Kitchings & Potter	Old Lyme CT	2
	10/03/19	Hill Wallack	Princeton NJ	71	&	Shivers Gosnay & Greatrex	Cherry Hill NJ	4
	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