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Law Practice

Jan. 9, 2013

Recent law firm mergers were small, strategic

While law firm combinations remained flat in 2012, the majority of merger activitity in 2012 focused on small, strategic acquisitions, according to a study released Monday.


By Ameera Butt


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The majority of law firm merger activity in 2012 focused on small, strategic acquisitions, according to a study released Monday.


There were 60 law firm combinations announced in the U.S. last year - the same number as the year before, said the study by Altman Weil Mergerline, an online service of Altman Weil Inc. that tracks law firm combinations. Of those, 47 deals, or 78 percent, involved the acquisi...

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