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Law Firm Merger Mania: K&L Gates and Kennedy Covington Make It Official

Last month we mentioned merger talks between K&L Gates and Kennedy Covington. Just to close the loop on this, the firms have made it official. From the K&L Gates press release:

K&L Gates Kennedy Covington ATL Above the Law legal blog.jpgPartners from the law firms of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) and Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP (Kennedy Covington) today voted to combine the two firms, effective July 1, 2008.

The combination creates a firm of more than 1,700 lawyers in 28 offices located throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, including the largest Carolinas presence of any global law firm. The firm will maintain North Carolina offices in Charlotte, Raleigh and Research Triangle Park.

In the comments to our earlier post about the merger talks, opinions were all over the map — about Kennedy Covington’s relative standing among Charlotte law firms, whether a merger would be good for the KC attorneys, and whether a merger would be a smart move for K&L Gates. What does everyone think of the merger now that it’s a done deal?

K&L Gates, Kennedy Covington Partners Approve Combination of Firms [K&L Gates]

Earlier: Law Firm Merger Mania: K&L Gates + Kennedy Covington?

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