UK Law Firm Mergers

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.

Please note that this page is no longer maintained.

2023

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	30/11/2023	Cripps	Tunbridge Wells	163	PDT Solicitors	Horsham	12 partners
•	07/09/2023	Irwin Mitchell	Sheffield	799	Wright Johnston & Mackenzie	Glasgow	95 people	**
•	06/09/2023	Morton Fraser	Edinburgh	126	MacRoberts	Glasgow	102	Morton Fraser MacRoberts
•	03/07/2023	Hugh James	Cardiff	220	Loosemores Solicitorss	Cardiff	27 staff	Hugh Jame
•	02/05/2023	Knights	London	637	St James Law Limited	Newcastle	11
•	02/05/2023	Knights	London	637	Baines Wilson	Carlisle	21
•	28/04/2023	Axiom DWFM	London	248	The Ince Group	London	334	**
•	13/03/2023	Howard Kennedy	London	174	Corbett & Co	Teddington (SW London)	7	Howard Kennedy
•	09/03/2023	Stowe Family Law	Leeds	120	Watson Thomas Solicitors	Fleet, Hampshire	4

** Both brands preserved

2022

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	15/08/2022	Norton Rose Fulbright	London	2938	Clean Law	Chicago & Remote	7	Norton Rose Fulbright
•	04/08/2022	Clyde & Co	London	1767	Partners at Grasty Quintana Majlis	Santiago	40	Clyde & Co Chile*
•	13/07/2022	Womble Bond Dickinson	London	918	Cooper, White & Cooper	San Francisco	17	Womble Bond Dickinson
•	22/06/2022	Eversheds Sutherland	London & Washington	2720	Tsvetkova Bebov & Partners (TBP)	Sofia	19	Eversheds Sutherland
•	19/05/2022	Shakespeare Martineau	Birmingham	271	GL Law	Bristol	60 people	Shakespeare Martineau
•	19/05/2022	Knights	London	604	Coffin Mew	Portsmouth	49	Knights
•	04/04/2022	Stowe Family Law	70	Leeds	Chapman Pieri		London
•	31/01/2022	Knights	London	604	Langleys	York	54	Knights
•	13/01/2022	Weightmans	Liverpool	571	RadcliffesLeBrasseur	London	73	Weightmans
•	06/01/2022	Shakespeare Martineau	Birmingham	271	Mayo Wynne Baxter	Lewes	78	**

* Name change only for Firm 2
** Both brands preserved

2021

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	30/11/2021	Ashtons Legal	East Anglia	89	Steeles Law	Diss & Norwich	8 Partners	Ashtons Legal
•	01/11/2021	Knights	London	604	Archers Law LLP	Stockton-on-Tees	25	Knights
•	04/10/2021	Clyde & Co	London	1,767	REN Legal	London	12	Clyde & Co
•	21/09/2021	Mishcon de Reya	London	461	Taylor Vinters	Cambridge	97	MDR Taylor Vinters
•	21/06/2021	Eversheds Sutherland	London & Washington	2564	FCB*	Lisbon	70
•	16/06/2021	Wedlake Bell	London	135	Moon Beever*	London	33	Wedlake Bell
•	01/06/2021	Taylor Rose MW	London	384	FDR Law	Warrington	24	**
•	26/05/2021	CMS	London	3765	Kluge*	Stavanger	153	CMS Kluge
•	26/05/2021	Clyde & Co	London	1756	SHK Law Corporation*	Vancouver	18	Clyde & Co Vancouver
•	13/05/2021	Harrison Clark Rickerbys	Worcester	238	Hewitsons*	Cambridge	101	HCR Hewitsons
•	04/05/2021	Knights	Staffordshire	272	Keebles LLP	Sheffield	69	Knights
•	20/04/2021	RBG Holdings (Rosenblatt Limited)	London	38	Memery Crystal	London	29	**
•	01/04/2021	Dentons	International	10,566	Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun (ACAS-Law)	Nigeria	52	Dentons
•	24/03/2021	Knights	Staffordshire	272	Mundays	Surrey	34	Knights
•	16/03/2021	Dentons	International	10,566	Guevara & Gutierrez	Laz Paz, Santa Cruz	26	Dentons
•	09/03/2021	Dentons	International	10,566	Paz Horowitz Abogados	Quito	30	Dentons
•	22/02/2021	DMH Stallard	London	121	Brookman Solicitors	London	6	DMH Stallard

* Name change only for Firm 2
** Both brands preserved

2020

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	03/11/2020	Deloitte Legal	London	85 (in UK)	Kemp Little	London	57	Deloitte Legal
•	20/05/2020	Taylor Rose TTKW	London	?	McMillan Williams (MW Solicitors)	Croydon	170	Taylor Rose MW
•	04/05/2020	Dentons	International	10,566	Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena	Argentina	23	* Dentons Rattagan Macchiavello Arocena
•	05/03/2020	Knights	Staffordshire	247	Shulmans	Leeds	58	Knights
•	05/03/2020	Knights	Staffordshire	247	ASB	Crawley	60	Knights
•	05/03/2020	Moore Blatch	Southampton	115	Barlow Robbins	Guildford	87	Moore Barlow

* Name change only for Firm 2

2019

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	19/11/2019	DWF	Manchester	1020	McDonald Johnson Lawyers	Newcastle, Australia	8	DWF
•	30/10/2019	Weightmans	Liverpool	560	Watson Burton	Newcastle	9 partners	Weightmans
•	06/09/2019	Kennedys	London	755	N. Maldonado Sousa & Associados	Lisbon	1 partner	Kennedys
•	02/07/2019	Lewis Silkin	London	167	Ablett & Stebbing	London	3 partners	Lewis Silkin
•	21/06/2019	DWF	Manchester	932	Korosidis Lawyers	Melbourne	16 people	DWF
•	17/06/2019	Eversheds Sutherland	London & Washington	2,800	Tilling Peters	Moscow	9	Eversheds Sutherland
•	12/06/2019	Penningtons Manches	London	265	Thomas Cooper	London	26 partners	Penningtons Manches Cooper
•	02/05/2019	DWF	Manchester	932	K&L Gates Jamka sp.k	Warsaw	11 partners	DWF
•	25/04/2019	Fieldfisher	London	531	McDowell Purcell	Dublin	44	Fieldfisher
•	08/04/2019	Ince Gordon Dadds	London	267	Rampart Corporate Advisors	Gibraltar	16 people

2018

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	05/12/2018	Ashfords	Exeter	184	Boyes Turner	Reading	59	Ashfords
•	04/12/2018	Eversheds Sutherland	London & Washington	2,800	Dvorak Hager & Partners	Prague & Bratislava	49	Eversheds Sutherland Czech Republic, Eversheds Sutherland Slovak Republic
•	29/10/2018	Ince & Co	London	254	Gordon Dadds	London	103	Ince Gordon Dadds
•	26/10/2018	Cripps	Kent	149	Pemberton Greenish	London	43	Cripps
•	16/10/2018	TLT	Bristol	368	Leslie Wolfson	Glasgow	3 partners	TLT
•	09/10/2018	Knights	Staffordshire	214	Spearing Waite	Leicester	59 fee earners	Knights
•	28/09/2018	Bircham Dyson Bell	London	124	Pitmans	Reading	86	BDB Pitmans
•	25/09/2018	Fieldfisher	London	467	Jausas	Barcelona, Madrid	60	Fieldfisher
•	05/03/2018	DLA Piper	London	3,886	Noguera, Larraín & Dulanto	Santiago	30	DLA Piper BAZ NLD*
•	26/02/2018	Berwin Leighton Paisner	London	612	Bryan Cave	St. Louis, Missouri	870	Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
•	17/01/2018	Charles Russell Speechlys	London	426	Couchmans	London	11	Charles Russell Speechlys
•	02/01/2018	Kennedys	London	635	Alberto Bunge & Associates	Buenos Aires	3	Kennedys

* Name change only for Firm 2

2017

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	08/08/2017	DMH Stallard	London	99	Rawlison Butler	Crawley Gatwick	14 Partners	DMH Stallard
•	21/07/2017	Dentons	N/A	7,445	Maclay Murray & Spens	Glasgow	217	Dentons
•	21/07/2017	DLA Piper	London	3,700	Liner	Los Angeles	60	DLA Piper
•	10/07/2017	CMS	London	2,719	PCM AVOCATS	Monaco	14	CMS Pasquier Ciulla & Marquet*
•	03/07/2017	Fieldfisher	London	420	Lucchini Gattamorta & Associates	Bologna	15	Fieldfisher SAPSI*
•	28/06/2017	Kennedys	London	975	Berg	Manchester	8 partners	Kennedys
•	01/06/2017	Bond Dickinson	London	468	Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice	Winston-Salem	491	Womble Bond Dickinson
•	10/05/2017	Clyde & Co	London	1,387	Garza Tello & Asociados	Mexico City	23	Clyde & Co
•	04/05/2017	Kennedys	London	975	Carroll McNulty & Kull	New Jersey	100	Kennedys CMK*
•	31/03/2017	DLA Piper	London	3,700	LETT	Copenhagen & Aarhus	150	DLA Piper
•	08/03/2017	Mills & Reeve	London	397	Maxwell Winward	London	22 partners	Mills & Reeve
•	07/03/2017	DLA Piper	London	3,700	ABBC	Lisbon	50	DLA Piper
•	21/02/2017	Norton Rose Fulbright	London	3099	Chadbourne & Parke	New York	103 partners	Norton Rose Fulbright
•	15/02/2017	Eversheds Sutherland	London & Washington	1750 (est)	Harry Elias Partnership	Singapore	80	Eversheds Harry Elias*
•	24/01/2017	DWF	Manchester	838	Triton Global++	London	215 staff, 11 partners
•	03/01/2017	DWF	Manchester	838	Heenan Paris	Paris	4 partners	DWF

* Name change only for Firm 2
++ Acquired out of administration.

2016

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	16/12/2016	Eversheds	London	1355	Sutherland Asbill & Brennan	Washington, D.C.	178 partners	Eversheds Sutherland
•	01/12/2016	Shoosmiths	N'hampton	457	McManus Kearney	Belfast	2 partners	Shoosmiths
•	29/11/2016	Holman Fenwick Willan	London	450	Legge Farrow Kimmitt McGrath & Brown	Houston	20	Holman Fenwick Willan
•	28/11/2016	DWF	Manchester	838	C&H Jefferson	Belfast	20 Partners	DWF
•	28/11/2016	Addleshaw Goddard	London	622	HBJ Gateley	Scotland	45 Partners	Addleshaw Goddard
•	15/11/2016	Fieldfisher	London	420	JS Partners	Beijing	12 Partners	Fieldfisher
•	10/11/2016	Fieldfisher	London	420	Hill Hofstetter	Solihull	19 Partners	Fieldfisher
•	10/10/2016	CMS	London	2610	Nabarro	London	441	CMS (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang)
•	10/10/2016	CMS	London	2610	Olswang	London	308	CMS (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang)
•	21/09/2016	DLA Piper	London	3,700	Dimock Stratton	Toronto	16	DLA Piper
•	12/09/2016	Norton Rose Fulbright	London	3,051	Bull Housser	Vancouver	54 partners, 32 associates	Norton Rose Fulbright
•	11/08/2016	Kennedys	London	550	Waltons & Morse	London	28	Kennedys
•	01/08/2016	Kennedys	London	550	Sateler Depolo Diemoz Abogados	Santiago	13	Kennedys
•	30/06/2016	DLA Piper	N/A	3,700	Grönberg Advokatbyrå	Stockholm	21	DLA Piper
•	21/06/2016	Fieldfisher	London	800 staff	Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI)	Milan	170 staff	Fieldfisher
•	08/06/2016	Withy King	Bath	110	Royds	London	51	Royds Withy King
•	26/05/2016	Clyde & Co	London	1,238	Thornton Davis Fein	Miami	40	Clyde & Co
•	14/04/2016	DWF	Manchester	850	Fox Hartley	Bristol	16 staff	DWF
•	01/02/2016	DLA Piper	N/A	3,700	Peltonen LMR	Helsinki, Finland	30	DLA Piper Finland*

* Name change only for Firm 2

2015

Dentons is no longer listed in The Lawyer UK 100 so their combinations this year are not included in UK Law Firm Mergers.

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	16/12/2015	DWF	Manchester	813	BridgehouseLaw	Cologne, Munich	40	DWF
•	09/12/2015	Kennedys	London	549	Erritzøe	Copenhagen	12	Kennedys
•	26/11/2015	Irwin Mitchell	Sheffield	605	Thomas Eggar	Chichester	156	Irwin Mitchell
•	16/09/2015	Clyde & Co	London	315 partners	Simpson & Marwick	Edinburgh	45 partners	Clyde & Co
•	14/09/2015	Trowers & Hamlins	London	593 staff	Stones Solicitors	Exeter	80 staff	Trowers & Hamlins
•	08/07/2015	Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co	London	700	Gowlings	Toronto & Ottawa	700	Gowling WLG
•	11/06/2015	Eversheds	London	1,218	Heisse Kursawe	Munich	28 partners	Eversheds Deutschland LLP*
•	22/05/2015	Shakespeares	Birmingham	221	SGH Martineau	Birmingham	137	Shakespeare Martineau
•	08/05/2015	Blake Morgan	Reading	360	Piper Smith Watton	London	12 partners	Blake Morgan
•	08/05/2015	Blake Morgan	Reading	360	Piper Smith Watton	London	12 partners	Blake Morgan
•	23/04/2015	DWF	Manchester	2,500 Staff	Watmores	London	12	DWF
•	02/03/2015	DLA Piper	N/A	4,000	Davis	Vancouver	250	DLA Piper Canada*
•	10/02/2015	Slater & Gordon (UK)	London	1,450 staff	Walker Smith Way	Chester	80 staff	Slater & Gordon (dual-branded for 12 months)
•	10/02/2015	Slater & Gordon (UK)	London	1,450 staff	Leo Abse & Cohen	Cardiff	150 staff	Slater & Gordon (dual-branded for 12 months)

* Name change only for Firm 2

2014

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	12/12/2014	DMH Stallard	London	76	AWB Partnership	Guildford	37	DMH Stallard
•	06/11/2014	Irwin Mitchell	London	526	Berkeley Law	London	9	N/A
•	02/11/2014	Eversheds	London	1,218	Juridia Butzow	Helsinki	102	JB Eversheds*
•	28/10/2014	DLA Piper	N/A	4,200	Gallastegui y Lozano	Mexico City	7 Partners	DLA Piper Gallastegui y Lozano*
•	20/10/2014	Bird & Bird	London	918	Truman Hoyle	Sydney	24	Bird & Bird
•	06/10/2014	Shepherd & Wedderburn	Edinburgh	225	Tods Murray	Edinburgh	79	Shepherd & Wedderburn
•	26/09/2014	Berrymans Lace Mawer	London	440	Campbell Fitzpatrick Solicitors	Belfast	21	Berrymans Lace Mawer
•	02/09/2014	DLA Piper	N/A	4,200	Haškovcová & Co	Prague	9	DLA Piper
•	11/08/2014	Harper Macleod	Glasgow	121	Bird Semple	Glasgow	14	Harper Macleod
•	16/07/2014	Charles Russell	London	273	Speechly Bircham	London	195	Charles Russell Speechlys
•	07/07/2014	Hogan Lovells	London	2,280	BSTL	Mexico City	70	Hogan Lovells
•	02/05/2014	HowardKennedyFsi	London	184	CKFT	London	7 Partners	HowardKennedyFsi
•	28/04/2014	Gordon Dadds+++	London	30	Davenport Lyons	London	81	N/A
•	09/04/2014	Dentons	N/A	2,600	KapdiTwala	Cape Town	5	Dentons
•	20/03/2014	Blake Lapthorn	S'thampton	234	Morgan Cole	Cardiff	170	Blake Morgan
•	18/03/2014	Sutherland++	Atlanta, USA	422	Arbis	London	5	Arbis Sutherland*
•	17/03/2014	Berrymans Lace Mawer	London	408	HBM Sayers	Glasgow	30	Berrymans Lace Mawer
•	04/03/2014	Bircham Dyson Bell	London	103	Ambrose Applebe	London	12	Bircham Dyson Bell
•	07/02/2014	Field Fisher Waterhouse	London	321	Heatons	Manchester	20	Field Fisher Waterhouse

* Name change only for Firm 2
++ Merger is not between Top 100 UK law firms, but is significant to the UK legal market.
+++ Gordon Dadds is acquiring Davenport Lyons from administration.

2013

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	12/12/2013	CMS Cameron McKenna	London	2,335	Dundas & Wilson	Glasgow	276	N/A
•	11/12/2013	Wragge & Co	B'ham	458	Lawrence Graham	London	170	Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co
•	09/12/2013	Pinsent Masons	London	1,258	Ichay & Mullenex	Paris	6	Pinsent Masons
•	02/12/2013	DAC Beachcroft	London	974	De La Torre & Monroy	Bogota	8	DAC Beachcroft
•	28/11/2013	Slater & Gordon (UK)	London	170	Pannone	Manchester	TBC	Slater & Gordon
•	20/11/2013	Hogan Lovells	London	2,280	Routledge Modise	Jo'burg	120	Hogan Lovells
•	15/11/2013	Irwin Mitchell	London	600	MPH Solicitors	Manchester	29 Staff	Irwin Mitchell
•	24/10/2013	Slater & Gordon (UK)	London	158	John Pickering & Partners	Manchester	8 Partners	Slater & Gordon
•	14/10/2013	Penningtons	London	132	Manches	London	125	Penningtons Manches
•	01/10/2013	Veale Wasbrough Vizards	Bristol	123	George Carter	London	5	Veale Wasbrough Vizards
•	05/09/2013	Shakespeares	B'ham	264	Newsome Vaughan	Coventry	7 Partners	N/A
•	21/08/2013	Slater & Gordon (UK)	London	132	Fentons Solicitors	London/Manchester	280 Staff	N/A
•	31/07/2013	SJ Berwin	London	493	King & Wood Mallesons	Hong Kong	1,800	King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin*
•	17/07/2013	Cripps Harries Hall	Tunbridge Wells	96	Vertex Law	Kings Hill, Kent	31	N/A^^
•	8/07/2013	Field Fisher Waterhouse	London	358	Ryser & Associates	Shanghai	19	Field Fisher Ryser*
•	31/05/2013	Kennedys	London	434	Gates & Partners	London	54	Kennedys
•	31/05/2013	BGL Group	Peterbr'gh	N/A	Minster Law	York	800 Staff	N/A
•	31/05/2013	Shakespeares	B'ham	264	Marrons	Leicester	14	N/A
•	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	N/A
•	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
•	11/03/2013	Bird & Bird	London	918	Bender von Haller Dragsted	Copenhagen	19	Bird & Bird
•	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	N/A
•	31/01/2013	DWF	Manchester	2,000 Staff	Cobbetts	Manchester	500 Staff	N/A
•	18/01/2013	DWF	Manchester	1,780 Staff	Fishburns	London	210 Staff	DWF Fishburns

* Name change only for Firm 2
^^ Merger may result in a Top 100 law firm by revenue.

2012

Link	Report Date	Firm 1	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Firm 2	Main Office	Total Lawyers	Post-Merger Name
•	07/12/2012	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	1,000 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

* 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.
^^ Merger may result in a Top 100 law firm by revenue.
^^^ Structured as an investment in Henmans by Freeth Cartwright, expected to result in full integration.

2011

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	1,512	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	1,356	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	2,466	Chang Pistilli & Simmons	Sydney, Australia	29	Clifford Chance
•	16/02/2011	Clifford Chance	London	2,466	Cochrane Lishman Carson Luscombe	Perth, Australia	17	Clifford Chance
•	27/01/2011	DLA Piper	London	2,181	DLA Phillips Fox	Sydney, Australia	700	DLA Piper
•	11/01/2011	Trowers & Hamlins	London	300	Nour Law Office	Cairo, Egypt	20	Trowers & Hamlins

* Name change only for Firm 2