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MergerLine UK
MergerLine UK
The table below lists publicly reported mergers involving UK-based law firms in the Lawyer 100 or which are likely to be in the Lawyer 100 as a result of their merger, starting from January 2011.
Our strategic alliance partner, Altman Weil, Inc., developed MergerLine in 2007 to track all reported law firm mergers involving US law firms.  The list is available at www.altmanweil.com/MergerLine.
2013 Mergers
Link Report date* Firm 1 Main Office Total Lawyers Firm 2 Main Office Total Lawyers Post Merger Name
• 07/05/2013 Slater & Gordon (UK) London 132 Goodmans Law Liverpool 50 Staff Slater & Gordon
• 07/05/2013 Slater & Gordon (UK) London 132 Simpson Millar Leeds 70 Slater & Gordon
• 07/05/2013 Plexus Law/Parabis London 406 Greenwoods Peterborough 104 NA
• 24/04/2013 Mills & Reeve London 332 George Davies Manchester 54 Mills & Reeve
• 10/04/2013 Thomas Eggar Crawley 137 Pritchard Englefield London 40 Thomas Eggar
• 27/02/2013 Shoosmiths N'hampton 324 Laurence Kaye Solicitors Radlett, Herts 4 Shoosmiths
• 22/02/2013 Norton Rose London 2,900 Armstrong Mitchell Lawyers Calgary 4 NA
• 31/01/2013 DWF Manchester 2,000 Staff Cobbetts Manchester 500 Staff NA
• 18/01/2013 DWF Manchester 1,780 Staff Fishburns London 210 Staff DWF Fishburns
2012 Mergers
Link Report date* Firm 1 Main Office Total Lawyers Firm 2 Main Office Total Lawyers Post Merger Name
• 7/12/2012 Bond Pearce Bristol 244 Dickinson Dees Newcastle 215 Bond Dickinson
• 28/11/2012 SNR Denton London/DC 1,250 FMC Toronto 530 Dentons
• 28/11/2012 SNR Denton London/DC 1,250 Salans Paris 750 Dentons
• 14/11/2012 Norton Rose London 2,900 Fulbright & Jaworski Houston, Texas 850 Norton Rose Fulbright
• 9/10/2012 Burness Glasgow 35 Partners Paull & Williamsons Aberdeen 25 Partners Burness Paull & Williamsons
• 8/10/2012 Freeth Cartwright^^ Nottingham 174 Henmans Oxford 21 Partners Henmans Freeth**
• 3/09/2012 DMH Stallard London 94 Callaghans Farnham, Surrey 3 Partners DMH Stallard
• 29/08/2012 DLA Piper Verein 3,746 Frieh Bouhenic Paris 26 DLA Piper
• 08/08/2012 Howard Kennedy London 121 Finers Stephens Innocent London 69 Howard Kennedy FSI
• 28/06/2012 Herbert Smith London 1,600 Freehills Sydney 1,200 Herbert Smith Freehills
• 21/06/2012 Shoosmiths N'hampton 105 Partners Archibald Campbell & Harley Edinburgh 20 ACH Shoosmiths**
• 07/06/2012 DWF Manchester 1,500 Staff Biggart Baillie Glasgow 40 Partners N/A
• 24/05/2012 Shakespeares Birmingham 210 Harvey Ingram Leicester 400 Staff N/A
• 23/05/2012 DAC Beachcroft London 230 Partners SegurosLex + Amunategui y Cia Santiago 8 Lawyers N/A
• 09/05/2012 TLT Bristol 188 Anderson Fyfe Glasgow 8 Partners TLT Scotland **
• 04/05/2012 Taylor Wessing London 638 ENWC Vienna 24 Partners Taylor Wessing ENWC **
• 02/04/2012 DWF Manchester 104 Partners Buller Jeffries Birmingham 20 DWF
• 29/03/2012 Osborne Clarke Bristol 362 SLA Studio Legale Associato Milan 14 Partners Osborne Clarke
• 29/03/2012 Osborne Clarke Bristol 362 Osborne Clarke Spain Barcelona 6 Partners Osborne Clarke
• 22/03/2012 DAC Beachcroft^ London 230 Partners Andersons Solicitors Glasgow 40 DAC Beachcroft Scotland**
• 05/03/2012 Ashfords Exeter 140 Rochman Landau London 35 Ashfords
• 06/02/2012 Duke Street*** London 0 Parabis Law Group London 93 Parabis Law Group
• 06/02/2012 Pinsent Masons London 879 McGrigors Glasgow 378 Pinsent Masons
• 01/02/2012 Wedlake Bell London 80 Cumberland Ellis London 39 Wedlake Bell
• 30/01/2012 Slater & Gordon Melbourne, Australia 1000 Staff Russell Jones & Walker London 133 Russell Jones & Walker part of Slater & Gordon Lawyers
• 16/01/2012 Macfarlanes London 224 D Harris & Co International London 8 Macfarlanes
2011 Mergers
Link Report date* Firm 1 Main Office Total Lawyers Firm 2 Main Office Total Lawyers Post Merger Name
• 25/11/2011 DWF Manchester 438 Crutes Newcastle 48 DWF
• 10/11/2011 Shakespeares Birmingham 194 Wood Glaister Solihull 13 Shakespeares
• 10/11/2011 Shakespeares Birmingham 194 Gorrara Haden Birmingham 7 Shakespeares
• 04/10/2011 Norton Rose London 1512 Macleod Dixon Calgary, Canada 180 Norton Rose Canada **
• 19/09/2011 Freeth Cartwright Nottingham 147 Kimbells Milton Keynes 29 Kimbells Freeth **
• 27/06/2011 Beachcroft London 721 Davies Arnold Cooper London 170 DAC Beachcroft
• 23/06/2011 Ashurst London 795 Blake Dawson Sydney, Australia 828 Ashurst
• 03/06/2011 Clyde & Co London 623 Barlow Lyde & Gilbert London 350 Clyde & Co
• 01/06/2011 Kennedys London 397 O'Hare O'Connor Dublin, Ireland 7 Partners Kennedys Ireland **
• 25/05/2011 Eversheds London 1356 KSLG Group of several Middle East Firms 30 Eversheds
• 20/05/2011 Martineau Birmingham 96 Sprecher Grier Halberstam London 43 SGH Martineau
NA 06/04/2011 Penningtons London 106 Wedlake Saint London 3 Partners Penningtons
• 22/03/2011 Weightmans Liverpool 333 Mace & Jones Liverpool 160 Staff Weightmans
• 14/03/2011 Penningtons London 106 Dawsons London 40 Penningtons
• 08/03/2011 Weightmans Liverpool 333 Vizards Wyeth Dartford 25 Weightmans
• 07/03/2011 Clyde & Co London 623 Nicholl Paskell-Mede Montreal, Canada 40 Clyde & Co
• 01/03/2011 Kennedys London 397 Almeida & Athayle Lisbon, Portugal 5 Kennedys Portugal **
• 16/02/2011 Clifford Chance London 2466 Chang Pistilli & Simmons  Sydney, Australia 29 Clifford Chance
• 16/02/2011 Clifford Chance London 2466 Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe Perth, Australia 17 Clifford Chance
• 27/01/2011 DLA Piper London 2181 DLA Phillips Fox Sydney, Australia 700 DLA Piper
• 11/01/2011 Trowers & Hamlins London 300 Nour Law Office Cairo, Egypt 20 Trowers & Hamlins
* Report date refers to public annoucement of merger, mergers therefore may complete some months after this date. Mergers that completed in 2011, but were first reported in 2010 are not included in this table. ** Name change only for Firm 2

*** This is not a merger between law firms, the deal represents a major investment by a private equity fund.

^ The deal between DAC Beachcroft and Andersons Solicitors is a joint venture.

^^ Structured as an investment in Henmans by Freeth Cartwright, expected to result in full integration.