law firm mergers

Law Firm Merger Mania: Locke Lord Could Acquire Morgan & Finnegan

David Lat
December 26, 2008 19:12

Just because it's after Christmas it doesn't mean that law firms are done with their holiday shopping. A tipster reports and intriguing possibility about Texas powerhouse Locke Lord Bissell & LIddell and IP shop Morgan & Finnegan: Locke Liddell is acquiring Morgan & Finengan. Don't think it's...

Breaking: Sonneschein Saves 100 Thacher Proffitt Lawyers

David Lat
December 22, 2008 03:40

It looks like Thacher Proffitt had a "plan B" in case the King & Spalding negotiations broke down. We mentioned on Saturday that Sonnenschein was looking into acquiring some Thacher Proffitt lawyers. AmLaw Daily reported: Within the past week, according to the partner, as King & Spalding neared...

Law Firm Merger Mania: King & Spalding Negotiations with Thacher Proffitt Break Down

David Lat
December 20, 2008 21:47

Over the last week, we've been covering whether Thacher Proffitt's litigation department was going to survive into the New Year. The operating theory has been that Thacher Proffitt's corporate department would be part of a merger between TPW and King & Spalding, with litigation left out in the...

Law Firm Merger Mania: K&L Gates To Acquire Bell Boyd

David Lat
December 04, 2008 16:41

We have done extensive reporting on all the ways K&L Gates has cut back on associate perks. We also broke the news when Bell Boyd fired 10 associates at the end of October. But perhaps those moves were preamble for today's big announcement. We understand that K&L Gates and Bell Boyd will merge,...

Law Firm Merger Mania: Allen & Overy + Shearman & Sterling = A&S&S??

David Lat
October 06, 2008 20:59

The Lawyer reports that Allen & Overy might be in merger talks with Shearman & Sterling: A&O is occasionally tempted by the thought of a market-busting merger. It approached Freshfields back in 2006, as exclusively revealed in The Lawyer (see story). Senior partner David Morley is moving to New...