Radcliffes couldn’t modernise, so it merged instead
The tie-up between Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur shows what consolidation will look like in 2022
Weightmans strikes merger deal with City firm
Weightmans is merging with London-headquartered firm RadcliffesLeBrasseur in a move that will double the size of the national firm’s City office and significantly extend its healthcare practice. The two firms are still ironing out the details but have agreed headline terms on the deal and are now in formal contract negotiations with a view to […]
Shakespeare Martineau joins forces with South East firm in 2022’s first merger
Shakespeare Martineau has added another law firm to Ampa, its ever-growing ‘house of brands’. Mayo Wynne Baxter, which has offices in Brighton, Eastbourne, its original home of Lewes and four other locations across Sussex, will retain its own name but be integrated into Ampa, the holding LLP which contains Shakespeare Martineau as well as consumer-law […]
BDB Pitmans acquires private wealth boutique
BDB Pitmans has rounded off the year by sealing a merger with a private client boutique. The firm, itself the product of a 2018 merger between Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans, will combine with City-based Portrait Solicitors in April 2022. Portrait was formerly the private wealth team of Denton Hall (now Dentons) and still works […]
Consolidation in East Anglia as Ashtons bags merger
East Anglian UK 200 firm Ashtons Legal has acquired one of its local rivals. On 1 December, the firm will merge with the eight-partner Steeles Law, taking its total headcount to over 400. Steeles currently has offices in Diss and Norwich. The majority of Steeles’ staff will transfer to Ashtons’ Norwich office, with the remainder […]
Clyde & Co will turn BLM into a vassal state
Never turn your nose up at volume business. Why? Because you can repackage it.
Clydes and BLM weigh up potential merger
Clyde & Co and BLM are in early-stage talks to merge, in a fusion that could create an insurance specialist with a combined revenue of around £735m. It is understood that conversations began recently, with details of the talks being kept tight by the pair’s senior leadership teams. A spokesperson from Clyde & Co commented: “We […]
Royds Withy King and Goodman Derrick in merger talks
Royds Withy King and Goodman Derrick are in advanced merger discussions with a view to creating a new firm called RWK Goodman next year. Royds Withy King ranks 93rd in the latest edition of The Lawyer UK200 with revenue of £36.9m. Goodman Derrick meanwhile ranks 171st with revenue of £14.2m. Both firms have seen slow […]
Mishcon strikes merger deal with UK200 firm
Mishcon de Reya has struck a deal to create a newly-merged entity with Taylor Vinters, just over a week after the firm’s partnership voted through its IPO proposals. This new business will offer legal and consultancy services, with MDR Taylor Vinters set to be led by the Taylor Vinters management team. Following the deal, Mishcon’s […]
Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever agree July merger
London firms Wedlake Bell and Moon Beever are to merge as of 12 July 2021. Wedlake Bell ranked 87th in The Lawyer UK 200 in 2020 with revenue of £37.7m. The firm’s core groups are real estate, private client and business services, with disputes work integrated into all three. Last year’s revenue breakdown saw real […]
Hewitsons and Harrison Clark Rickerbys close to merger deal
Top 200 firms Harrison Clark Rickerbys (HCR) and Hewitsons are in the final throes of a merger deal. The deal is expected complete by the end of May, adding Hewitsons’ Cambridge, Northampton, Milton Keynes and London network to HCR’s nine locations of Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Hereford, London, Reading, Worcester and the Wye Valley. The […]
Listed group CEO sets out vision for £30m Memery Crystal deal
RBG Holdings’ £30m acquisition of Memery Crystal could lead to a working separation at the listed company as CEO Nicola Foulston lays out her plans to split contentious and non-contentious work between brands. Foulston told The Lawyer that her long-term idea for the group is for Rosenblatt to take control of disputes and for Memery […]