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.

Our strategic alliance partner, Jomati Consultants LLP, is tracking all mergers involving UK-based law firms in The Lawyer 100 or which are likely to be in The Lawyer 100 as a result of their merger, starting from January 2011. The list is available at MergerLine UK.

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Current Quarter

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Size	&	Firm 2	Main Office	Size
	6/27/17	Stoll Keenon Ogden	Lexington KY	134	&	Bamberger Foreman Oswald & Hahn	Evansville IN	10
	6/20/17	TuckerAllen (a subsidiary of Lewis Rice)	St. Louis	10	&	The Elder & Disability Advocacy Firm	St. Louis	2
	6/15/17	Hogan Lovells	Washington DC	2600	&	Collora	Boston	25
	6/13/17	Norton Rose Fulbright	Houston	3700	&	Henry Davis York	Sydney Australia	179
	6/12/17	Nicola Gudbranson & Cooper	Cleveland	24	&	Rosner Ortman and Moss	Cleveland	2
	6/08/17	Sichenzia Ross	New York NY	41	&	Ficara & Associates	Melville NY	4
	6/06/17	Dentons	New York	7800	&	Gallo Barrios Pickmann	Lima Peru	18
	6/05/17	Hewson & Van Hellemont	Oak Park MI	57	&	Raftery Janeczrk & Hoelscher	Farmington Hills MI	8
	6/01/17	Womble Carlyle	Winston-Salem NC	500	&	Bond Dickinson	London	580
	5/31/17	Dentons	New York	7800	&	Livingstons Legal	Yangon Myanmar	5
	5/17/17	Rivkin Radler	Uniondale NY	166	&	Iseman Cunningham Riester & Hyde	Albany NY	16
	5/15/17	Shutts & Bowen	Miami	265	&	Gillis Way & Campbell	Jacksonville	5
	5/09/17	Littler Mendelson	Los Angeles	1200	&	GQ Employment Law	London	16
	5/04/17	Kennedys	London	975	&	Carroll McNulty & Kull	Basking Ridge, NJ	88
	5/02/17	Seiger Gfeller Laurie	West Hartford	11	&	Krasow Garlick & Hadley	Hartford	3
	5/01/17	Fox Rothschild	Philadelphia	795	&	Riddell Williams	Seattle	39
	5/01/17	Shumaker Loop & Kendrick	Toledo	255	&	Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller	Perrysburg OH	10
	4/19/17	Jackson Walker	Dallas	347	&	Hays & Owens	Austin	3
	4/14/17	Morgan & Morgan	Orlando	314	&	Prieto Prieto & Goan	Tampa	3
	4/10/17	Boies Schiller Flexner	New York	287	&	Caldwell Leslie & Proctor	Los Angeles	26
	4/03/17	Greenspoon Marder	Ft. Lauderdale	210	&	Handal & Associates	San Diego	3
	4/03/17	Freeman Mathis & Gary	Atlanta	89	&	Gilbert Kelly Crowley & Jennett	Los Angeles	33
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Archive

• 2017 Q1 Mergers & Acquisitions
• Ten Years of Law Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: 2007-2016  
• 2007-2016 Merger & Acquisition Totals
• 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Quarter
• 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Region of Acquired Firm
• 2016 Mergers & Acquisitions by Size of Acquired Firm
• 2007-2016 Cross-Border Combinations

Commentary and Analysis

• 2017Q1: A Fast Start for the Law Firm Merger Market in 2017  
• 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