Merger of these 2 law firms creates 'mid-market legal powerhouse'
On Jan. 1, Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons officially combined to form FBT Gibbons. (Image from Shutterstock)
On Jan. 1, Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons officially combined to form FBT Gibbons.
With 800 attorneys in 25 offices nationwide, the new “mid-market legal powerhouse” will offer “enhanced national litigation capabilities” and “a robust transactional platform with direct access to the country’s leading finance, energy, manufacturing and innovation centers and court systems,” FBT Gibbons announced Monday.
“This combination is the result of rigorous analysis and shared planning to build something that serves our clients for decades to come,” said Robert Sartin, the chairman of FBT Gibbons, in a statement. “By bringing together two firms with complementary strengths, coast-to-coast reach and deep industry knowledge, we’ve created a national mid-market platform capable of handling our clients’ most complex challenges.”
FBT Gibbons aims to serve Fortune 500 companies and high-growth and mid-market businesses. According to the law firm, it also will launch a new life sciences industry team and expand its white collar and investigations group.
Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons announced their plans to merge in October.
At the time, Cincinnati-based Frost Brown Todd had more than 650 attorneys in 18 offices around the United States. Gibbons, with its headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, offered a strong presence in the mid-Atlantic region.
“From FBT’s standpoint, we’ve been on a journey to grow into a national law firm that is very well situated and serving the interests of clients in the middle market economy,” Adam Hall, the former CEO of Frost Brown Todd and new co-managing partner of FBT Gibbons, told Law.com in October. “We’ve had a lot of clients in the financial services industry asking when we’d be in New York and the Northeast, and this combination helps us serve those clients better.”
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