We anticipate to see further mergers introduced in This autumn (though some is probably not efficient till 2023), and strong exercise into subsequent yr.

— An excerpt from the most recent Fairfax Associates report on legislation agency mergers in 2022, as detailed within the American Lawyer. The report notes that legislation agency mergers stay beneath common, with 37 whole mergers by means of 2022. Kristin Stark, a legislation agency advisor and principal at Fairfax, defined that recessions may help companies speak in confidence to merger prospects after they maybe weren’t as receptive beforehand. “There’s plenty of good the reason why companies begin to discover mergers in a recession,” she mentioned.

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