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Merger Madness To Continue In 2026 So Some Biglaw Firms Can ‘Survive’

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I doubt that Cadwalader will be the last firm that needs to find a merger partner to survive.

A Biglaw senior partner, in anonymous comments given to Law.com, concerning Cadwalader’s recently announced merger with Hogan Lovells. Kent Zimmermann, a strategic adviser on the Hogan Lovells-Cadwalader merger, noted that even more merger talks are going on behind the scenes, including between Am Law 50 firms and more transatlantic partners.


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