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Law Firm Mergers and Predictions for the Year 2020
2019 went down as another record year for law firm mergers.
According to law firm consultants, Altman Weil, Inc., 115 law firm mergers were announced last year. This number exceeds the record-breaking figure of 106 for 2018. But what do the numbers teach us? Did the tendency to merge apply to law firms across the board? Is the merger mania likely to continue in 2020? What was the impetus for record number of mergers? This article breaks down the available data to answer these questions and attempts to give us a glimpse into the future.
Geographic Expansion
The desire for geographic expansion appears to have been a predominant driving factor for merger and acquisition activity in 2019. Last year the South was the most popular destination for law firms seeking practices to acquire. Approximately 27% of the mergers involved a law firm in a Southern state. In 2018 the Middle Atlantic region attracted the most acquirers. The state with the largest number of firms announcing mergers was California, with nine, followed by New York at eight, and Florida with seven.
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