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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowLaw firms so far this year are proving to be much more open to hooking up than they were in 2010, according to the most recent statistics from suburban Philadelphia-based Altman Weil Inc.
In the three-month period ending Sept. 30, firms announced 16 mergers or acquisitions compared with just five during the same time last year, Altman Weil said.
Notable mergers last quarter included a deal between Indianapolis-based Ice Miller LLP and Columbus, Ohio-based Schottenstein Zox and Dunn to form a 300-lawyer firm.
Ice Miller LLP merged last quarter with Ohio-based Schottenstein Zox and Dunn to form a 300-lawyer firm. (IBJ File Photo)The combined firm, which will operate as Ice Miller, will rank among the 150 largest law firms in the United States. The merger is effective Jan. 1.
Another of Indianapolis’ largest firms, Baker & Daniels LLP, announced in August that it’s in merger discussions with Faegre & Benson LLP in Minneapolis. Partners could vote on the deal sometime in October.
Altman Weil didn’t include the potential merger in its third-quarter statistics because the deal has not been finalized.
Law firm merger activity is up 79 percent through the first nine months of the year from the same time in 2010, with Altman Weil reporting 43 deals during that time.
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