In the largest New Law merger to date, the UK’s biggest freelance lawyer service Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has sealed a deal with Australia’s AdventBalance to create a £25m business.
Germany and east Asia next targets as Gowling WLG merger made official
As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today (22 February) the firm already wants to deliver a new tie-up by 2018, and is targeting Germany and east Asia.
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BLP targets full financial integration with Greenberg Traurig as merger edges closer
As City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) closes in on its landmark transatlantic merger with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig, the firms have targeted full financial integration.
End of the affair: Addleshaws Scottish takeover called off
Merger talks between Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray & Spens to create a national practice with combined revenues of around £230m have been called off.
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BLP on the hunt for a US tie-up as talks with Miami giant Greenberg Traurig confirmed
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is hunting for an ambitious union with a major US practice, with the City real estate leader currently in discussions with Greenberg Traurig. According to three separate sources, the talks between BLP and Greenberg have been taking place over the past three months as the London firm looks to secure a US merger.
DLA Piper expands Nordic footprint with Finnish tie-up
DLA Piper has agreed a combination with 30-lawyer Finnish law firm Peltonen LMR as it expands its Nordic footprint.
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Market reaction: jury still out on Irwin Mitchell’s £40m takeover of Thomas Eggar
In a move that demonstrates consolidation is still very much on trend for national law firms, Irwin Mitchell’s continuation of its aggressive expansion policy by merging with the south-east based Thomas Eggar this month has garnered a mixed reaction from the market.
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‘Do what we think is right’: Eversheds continues search for US deal as Foley & Lardner ends merger discussions
Eversheds will continue to search for a US deal after the firm’s top target, Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner, ended merger discussions last month via a leaked internal memo.
In the memo, Foley chair and chief executive Jay Rothman said that while there had been preliminary conversations around exploring a more formal affiliation between the two firms, ‘no decision was ever made by Foley to pursue such an affiliation’.
Dentons approves tie-up with Australian and Singaporean firms
Chair Joe Andrew boasts: ‘Dentons has accomplished more for clients in one year than any other firm’
Dentons further cemented its status as the world’s largest law firm by lawyer headcount in November, with partners approving a three-way union with Australian firm Gadens and Singaporean practice Rodyk & Davidson.
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The road to Ottawa – why WLG believes Gowlings can put it on the global map
Wragge Lawrence Graham has nailed its international aspirations to an ambitious tie-up with Canada’s Gowlings… to the bewilderment of peers. Why?
In September 2002, a Legal Business article on Wragge & Co likened the Birmingham giant’s fledging London branch to a troublesome toddler, describing international expansion as ‘just a twinkle in [then senior partner] Quentin Poole’s eye’. Thirteen years on, Wragges has swapped a best friends policy for offices in ten locations, including Paris, Dubai, Munich and Guangzhou, and transformed its London arm through its 2014 union with City practice Lawrence Graham (LG).
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