Love and marriage

Stronger together is no longer just a political slogan.

Market difficulties lingering from the recession have brought yet another busy year for U.S. law firm mergers, says an Altman Weil MergerLine report. Marriages of U.S. and foreign law firms also grew by record numbers in 2015 and are forecast to keep up a strong pace in 2017.

Altman Weil's MergerLine reports 85 law firm mergers for 2016, the fourth consecutive year of 80 or more since 2013, when U.S. law firm merger and acquisition activity dramatically accelerated coming out of the recession.