Sentences with phrase «of law firm mergers»

-- A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report predicting a series of law firm mergers in Scotland appears to have been spot on.

According to an article in ABA Journal, the number of law firm mergers this year has already broken a new record and more mergers are expected before the end of the year.

I had meant to take on something a bit less dry today, but here I am again on the scintillating subject of law firm mergers structured with Swiss vereins, or, if you strip away the jargon, unions that maintain separate profit pools.

The legal industry has seen a spate of law firm mergers for the past several years.

With the recent announcement of the Gardner Carton / Drinker Biddle merger, the Wired GC offers some additional commentary on the recent string of law firm mergers, which Legal Blog Watch covered just two weeks ago.

«Definition of law firm merger - poorly managed; driven largely by overpaid incumbent management with little real support from grass roots; justifed rarely on good logic but instead on catch words like «scale», «footprint» and «globalisation»...

Not exact matches

National law firm Mills Oakley has substantially expanded its Perth practice with the recruitment of partners Julian Atkinson and David McKenna, whose previous firm Jarman McKenna has entered merger discussions with Sparke Helmore Lawyers.

Joel joined the firm in 2002 to learn the ropes, and only after spending some time as an associate at Toronto law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions.

The merger of two market leaders such as FanDuel and DraftKings would usually attract the attention of antitrust authorities, said Andre Barlow, an antitrust expert with the law firm Doyle, Barlow and Mazard PLLC.

Leveraging its Best Friends network of prominent European law firms, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek advised its clients on 53 mergers and acquisitions involving a total of $ 200.9 billion.

Since 2008 the Firm was one of the leading U.S. law firms involved in each of the IPO, SPAC, Registered Directs / PIPEs and Reverse Merger industries.

The Coalition to Save the Children's Psychiatric Center «is disappointed the order was stayed because despite the continuing construction the merger is not going to happen,» said attorney Steven M. Cohen of the law firm of HoganWilllig, which represents the coalition.

Previously, she worked at the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP from 2005 - 2012, as a member of the Private Equity group, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance matters and the representation of early - and later - stage growth companies.

But this article, Law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart aims to keep growing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7/27/07) reports that Pittsburgh firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, the product of a merger barely a year ago is looking to grow again by combining forces with Texas firm, Hughes & Luce, a Dallas firm of 150 lawyers.

Posts cover breaking news about large law firm mergers, significant partner moves and leadership changes, law firm bankruptcies, insights into how technology is changing the delivery of legal services, how in - house counsel are approaching their work and the ways in which litigation and new regulations are changing the legal business landscape.

The structure of law firms means that they face very specific challenges when a merger occurs.

Another compelling reason for local law firms to pay attention to Google + Pages is the merger of Google + with local.

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.

Business law firm Aird & Berlis LLP is stepping into the world of artificial intelligence to drive efficiencies in its mergers and acquisitions and real estate group.

David Brown, CEO of PIE commented on the merger, «PSG are a great fit for our business; they share our ethos, passion and dedication to empower law firms and help them grow within the market place.

Ademi & O'Reilly is a leading securities class action law firm based in Wisconsin that represents classes of investors in securities fraud, mergers & acquisitions, and shareholder derivative litigation.

On the Slaw blog, Steven Matthews observes in this post that the cross-Atlantic merger between U.S. law firm Sonnenschein and U.K. - based Denton Wilde Sapte was announced and rolled out by the firms through an interesting technique: the use of a dedicated «microsite» (http://www.snrdentoncombination.com).

The legal services industry is increasingly a global marketplace, fueled by more cross-border law firm mergers this year and continuous innovation in the application of technology to the practice of law.

Prior to joining Willoughby & Hoefer, Chris worked for law firms in Beijing as a member of those firms» cross-border mergers and acquisitions and international arbitration teams.

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, was once again recognized by leading legal guide Chambers & Partners as one of the nation's most prominent law firms in middle market mergers and acquisitions, and for complex work within the financial services and real estate sectors.

He has particular experience advising on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions, transfers of staff from the public sector, supporting other law firms and advising employers and trustees of schemes on strategy, funding negotiations, scheme closures, mergers and wind ups.

The firm earned national recognition in the 2017 Law360 400 ranking of the largest U.S. law firms, which showed Goldberg Segalla to be the firm growing the fastest without taking part in a merger.

Over the past two decades Jon has placed scores of partners and practice groups at many of the world's top law firms and assisted firms in merger and branch office acquisitions.

Pay special attention to coverage of recent developments in law practice such as law firm break - ups, mergers, and movement of lawyers from firm to firm and reports on in - house developments.

Barry said many law firms with a portfolio of clients across multiple jurisdictions had looked to grow and keep key clients either by entering into mergers with other firms or investing in business development.

The main article and case study of Management Solutions this quarter deal with law firm mergers and acquisitions from the standpoint of professional development personnel.

On the transactional side, we serve as consultants to law and accounting firms to provide tax counsel regarding matters as varied as, for example, business succession plan structures, corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, and tax - efficient structuring of property settlement agreements upon divorce.

The law firm of Sell & Melton was formed in 1980 by the merger of two prominent Macon firms: Sell, Comer & Popper and McKenna, House, Lancaster & Green (which had been Melton, McKenna & House, until Buckner F. Melton, Sr. was elected in 1976 to be the Mayor of the City of Macon).

Partner numbers across the UK top 50 have grown almost 7 % this year, as a number of significant mergers continue to drive headcount growth at leading law firms.

Driven by international mergers, the world's 50 largest law firms by revenue saw turnover climb by an average of 7.4 % last year to reach a combined total of $ 63.5 bn (# 40bn).

In the latest Canadian law firm merger move, mid-size Bay Street shop Aylesworth LLP is being folded into the Toronto affiliate of Michigan - based Dickinson Wright PLLC.

The merger of the Manitoba regional firm and Christianson will enable TDS Law to expand its services across the region and provide Christianson clients with a broader range of legal services.

Equity partner headcount among the UK's 50 leading law firms grew by 3.7 % across the group in 2013 - 14, with the impact of global mergers helping to bulk out the numbers.

Partners at the three firms took part in a conference call earlier this morning, setting out the potential path to one of the biggest UK law firm mergers in recent years.

City partners remain sceptical about tie - ups between US and UK law firms that fall short of full financial integration, with around 75 % questioning whether such deals can be thought of as true mergers.

According to ABA data, 82 law firm mergers were approved in 2014 alone, reflecting the larger trend of a shrinking legal services industry that eliminated 1,400 jobs in the first month of this year.

The firm also worked with Webber Wentzel and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in providing competition law advice in relation to merger proceedings across other parts of Africa.

The firm was engaged by AB InBev to advise on the commercial law and regulatory aspects of the deal in various African jurisdictions, with a focus on securing merger approval in South Africa.

Following the merger of the law firm I was with, I was head hunted by a competing firm to continue the work I had done in building a global immigration practice.

Merger and acquisition are top management priorities for midsized law firms in the wake of the Legal Services Act 2007, research shows.

I'm sure most Canadians law firm denizens have heard about some of the latest firm merger news, but I thought it might be good to catch up with a few links to the news stories.

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).

Los Angeles / San Francisco / Washington (June 25, 2015)-- McKenna Long & Aldridge heads into its pending merger with leading global law firm Dentons with a strong burst of momentum.

Two thirds of partners think 2018 will be a better year for UK law firms than 2017, according to a new survey which also reveals partners are expecting an increase in mergers in the UK market.

«Law firm mergers are a fact of life in today's economy,» says panelist Todd Erich Bennett, who has been through two major mergers that led to Thelen Reid & Priest forming in late 2006.