Law firm merger activity increased 65 percent from 2010 to 2011, and more tie-ups are predicted this year, a study by law firm consultancy Hildebrandt Institute finds.
The largest merger completed by U.S.-based firms last year was Kilpatrick Stockton joining forces with Townsend and Townsend and Crew a year ago. The tie-up that united Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge and Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon ran a close second. Hildebrandt’s tally counts mergers completed in 2011 and excludes incomplete deals.
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