Leaders of Dentons and Chinese law firm Dacheng commemorated the joining of their two law firms—producing the world’s largest law firm by head count—in a signing ceremony this week.
Losing their BigLaw jobs five years ago during a mass layoff in the midst of the Great Recession turned out to be beneficial for two former Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher…
Although technically not a merger, an agreement by Verrill Dana to acquire the employees of a Connecticut-based law firm effectively is one, says managing partner K.C. Jones.
The partners of Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer have OK’d a merger, effective Jan. 10, that will put the melded 1,000-attorney firm among the county’s 50 highest-grossing law partnerships.
Law firms seeking to hire lawyers more likely to stay in law practice should be forewarned: Lawyers with “higher levels of resilience, empathy, initiative and sociability” are more likely to…
Updated:Two dozen or more key partners at Bingham McCutchen will have to be on board with a merger before Morgan, Lewis & Bockius will agree to proceed with the deal,…
Bingham McCutchen’s managing partner Steven Browne reportedly informed partners on Friday that the firm has reached an agreement to merge with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
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