Image: Shutterstock.com Fairfax Associates one analysis To some extent it's more of the same, in that you're seeing a lot of small combinations, but the real story is around Texas," said Fairfax principal Lisa Smith. Foley & Lardner linked up with Gardere Wynne Sewell, ie-up with Strasburger & Price Stinson Leonard Street Hunton & Williams combine with Houston-based Andrews Kurth Kenyon Kirkland & Ellis is on its way into town. Bryan Cave Dentons seven international acquisitions Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing. When you take firms like Dentons out of the merger stats, it actually does have an impact," Smith said. "We haven't done that at this point, but it's something we might want to look at." Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Broad and Cassel announced for Aug. 1