Bloomberg Law
Oct. 3, 2017, 9:56 PM UTC

Law Firm Mergers On Record Breaking Pace in 2017

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

This week, the Los Angeles boutique Liner completed its merger into DLA Piper, a deal that combined a small boutique of roughly 60 lawyers with a law firm that is approaching 4,000 lawyers with offices around the world.

“It’s unusual to see a ... firm [like that] joining a huge global mega firm — that’s a dramatic change for them,” said Eric Seeger, a principal at the law firm consultancy Altman Weil.

But according to data compiled by his firm, mega firms are increasingly finding small boutiques to join their fold: Through the first three quarters of 2017, there have been a ...

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