The appetite for law firm mergers is alive and well as the 2010s draw to a close. In the fourth quarter of 2019, four AmLaw 200 firms announced they were in merger talks.
Faegre Baker Daniels, which formed through a merger between Faegre & Benson and Baker & Daniels in 2012, announced on Dec. 18 it would officially merge with Drinker, Biddle & Reath. Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton have also said they’re talking about a tie-up.
It’s an apt way to close out a decade that’s been full of major law firm mergers, including some that have changed the ...