Management Recommends Merger of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson

The management committees of London-based Lovells and Hogan & Hartson have voted to recommend that the entire partnerships approve a merger of the two law firms.

Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal Law Blog have the stories. The vote had been expected.

If the partnerships approve the merger in a December vote, it will take place on May 1, according to the Law Blog. The merged firm would be third largest in terms of lawyers and eight largest in terms of revenue, Bloomberg says.

In a statement, Hogan chairman J. Warren Gorrell Jr. said the combination “would be the first transatlantic merger of two top 30 global law firms, creating a unique global firm covering the U.S. and other international markets.”