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According to a survey by consulting firm Hildebrandt International, US law firm mergers rose slightly in 2008 over 2007; and experts are predicting...
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Dentons is now comfortably the world's largest law firm by headcount, with almost 7,500 lawyers in 55 countries around the world — a figure that is unlikely to stop rising any time soon, as the firm continues to secure merger deals around the world.
Already in Canada, we've seen the Norton Rose / Ogilvy Renault merger change the local law firm landscape — there are already several firms larger than some of the «Seven Sisters,» and Norton Rose OR will surpass them all in size.
Partners at Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) will vote on a merger with Australian law firm Henry Davis York within the coming months, after both firms confirmed they were in late stage discussions.
Norton Rose's transatlantic tie - up with Fulbright & Jaworski has received broad approval from law firm partners, against a more sceptical reponse to the other major merger deal of recent weeks — the proposed three - way union of SNR Denton, Salans and Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC).
The Johannesburg - headquartered law firm has made a double raid on international firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) for dispute resolution partner Bonnie Steyn in Cape Town and mergers and acquisitions partner Zano Nduli in Johannesburg.
Other law firms entering South Africa recently include Norton Rose, which in 2011 partnered with Johannesburg - headquartered Deneys Reitz, a firm having expanded rapidly in the disputes sector prior to the merger.
Following the merger, Druces» will rank as a top 15 UK law firm for the number of AIM listed clients alongside BLP and Norton Rose Fulbright, according to the most recent Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide.
Writing for the majority, Sopinka J rejected the proposition that the realities of the modern practice of law — the rise of the large firm, mergers, and the more regular movement of lawyers between firms — should lead to a «slackening» of the conflicts of interests rule.
Before yesterday, the largest law firm in Canada was Borden Ladner Gervais with 753 lawyers; with this merger, Norton Rose will have more than three times that number.