Despite megamerger announcement, Dentons and Dacheng are still in somewhat separate worlds

Updated: As the world watches two megafirms create the biggest global legal shop, some observers are questioning how merger partners so different can have a successful marriage. Aside from language and cultural differences, China-based Dacheng comes from a very different legal system than Dentons, experts point out to the Financial…

Jul 28, 2015 4:47 PM CDT

UK and Canadian firms OK 1,400-lawyer merger of equals, setting stage for more international growth

Two well-known law firms in Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to a merger of equals, and are already looking ahead to further international expansion in upcoming years. The approximately 1,400-attorney firm to be formed in January by Gowling Lafleur Henderson and Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co. will also…

Jul 8, 2015 1:45 PM CDT

Law firm mergers continue at a blazing pace, survey says

The pace has slowed since the first quarter of 2015, but law firm mergers are nonetheless taking place at a record rate, a survey says. A total of 19 were announced in the U.S. during the second quarter of 2015. With the 29 that were announced in the first quarter…

Jul 6, 2015 2:55 PM CDT

Two upstate NY firms tie the knot; 275-attorney shop is largest in Northeast outside of big cities

Only a few months ago, two major regional firms in upstate New York said they were dating but nowhere near ready to get engaged, let alone tie the knot. On Monday, Hiscock & Barclay and Damen Morey announced their merger. Effective immediately, the 275-attorney melded firm will be known as…

Jun 2, 2015 11:15 AM CDT

Honigman opens in Chicago by acquiring 14-attorney litigation firm there

One of Michigan’s biggest law firms has opened its first out-of-state office by acquiring a 14-attorney litigation boutique in Chicago. Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, in addition to acquiring Schopf & Weiss, also is bringing in two former BigLaw counsel as partners in the new Chicago office, reports Crain’s Detroit…

Jun 1, 2015 10:55 AM CDT

A good night’s sleep on a $4K mattress pointed a former BigLaw attorney to a new job in sales

Life as a mergers and acquistions attorney for Foley & Larder wasn’t for him, Greg Yatooma realized while still a young man. But, despite the car-selling experience that put him through law school, he didn’t initially focus on going back into sales when he left the law firm’s Detroit office…

May 18, 2015 11:35 AM CDT

Opposing moves by U.S. firms in China show difficulty of overseas practice

May 1, 2015 2:20 AM CDT

Dentons acquires 30 professionals in Budapest

Dentons is expanding in Budapest with the acquisition of 30 lawyers and professionals from White & Case in Budapest. The move takes place on May 3, the Am Law Daily reports. The acquisition of the White & Case professionals leaves the law firm without an office in Budapest. White &…

Apr 16, 2015 10:04 AM CDT

Dentons and McKenna Long agree to merge

The world’s largest law firm is still growing. In January, Dentons said it is merging with Chinese law firm Dacheng to create a law firm with more than 6,500 lawyers and professionals. Now Dentons is announcing a merger with McKenna Long & Aldridge, report the Am Law Daily (sub. req.),…

Apr 9, 2015 6:38 AM CDT

First quarter of 2015 was one of the best ever for law firm mergers, Altman Weil survey says

The 29 announced law firm merger plans during the first three months of 2015 may be the highest yearly kickoff ever, a legal consultant says. It is also the second-strongest showing for any quarter since Altman Weil began crunching the numbers in 2007, reports the Am Law Daily (sub. req.).…

Apr 7, 2015 3:05 PM CDT

Two law profs sue William Mitchell over proposed changes to tenure policy as law school merger looms

Two law professors have sued William Mitchell College of Law, contending that proposed changes to its tenure policy making it easier to terminate faculty are a breach of contract. Filed Friday in Ramsey County District Court, the complaint by professors Carl Moy and John Radsan follows a February announcement that…

Apr 6, 2015 5:45 AM CDT

Lawyer goes back to BigLaw, via a merger, after forming his own firm

Five years after leaving a BigLaw partnership to form his own firm, Gregory Evans is back. McGuireWoods has announced that it is acquiring Los Angeles litigation boutique Integer Law, reports the Am Law Daily. The move gives McGuireWoods, which already has a Century City office in Los Angeles, a downtown…

Apr 2, 2015 7:40 AM CDT

Dykema to acquire 118-attorney Texas firm

Detroit-based Dykema Gossett is acquiring a 118-attorney Texas firm, effective May 1. The merger with Cox Smith will more than quadruple Dykema’s 27-attorney roster in the state. It will also increase the total number of lawyers in the 330-attorney firm by nearly one-third, in addition to providing a new office…

Mar 30, 2015 12:45 PM CDT

New York firms mull possible 300-attorney merger; they’re ‘dating’ but ‘not engaged,’ leader says

The managing partner of one of the largest law firms in upstate New York has confirmed that it is mulling a possible merger with Hiscock & Barclay, a 210-attorney regional firm that is also based in upstate New York. “I described it to our people the other day as, ‘yes,…

Mar 18, 2015 1:10 PM CDT

Morgan Lewis announces merger with Singapore law firm

Morgan Lewis has announced a merger with Stamford Law Corp., a law firm with about 80 lawyers in Singapore. The combined law firms will have about 2,000 lawyers and will be known as Morgan Lewis Stamford in Singapore, report the Am Law Daily, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Business…

Mar 16, 2015 7:07 AM CDT