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CHICAGO LEGAL INDUSTRY M&A ACTIVITY

RECENT NATIONAL LAW FIRM ENTRIES INTO CHICAGO FIRM TRANSACTION YEAR

# OF ATTORNEYS

*

Merger

2016

30

Acquired Carroll McNulty & Kull

2017

13

*

New to Market

2014

27

*

Acquired Shaw Fishman

2018

31

*

Acquired Schopf & Weiss

2015

43

*

Acquired Grippo & Elden

2015

23

*

New to Market

2014

56

*

New to Market

2017

23

*

New to Market

2016

63

New to Market

2017

16

*

Merger

2018

62

New to Market

2016

18

*

Acquired Pircher Nichols & Meeks

2018

29

*

New to Market

2019

7

*

New to Market

2019

5

*

Acquired Butler Rubin

2019

20

NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS WITH AN EXISTING LOCAL PRESENCE FIRM TRANSACTION YEAR # OF ATTORNEYS * Acquired Meckler Bulger Tilson 2015 50 * Acquired Ungaretti & Harris 2015 82

Split from Schiff Hardin

2016

58

Split from Bates Carey

2014

41

Taft acquired Shefsky & Froelich/ Merger with Briggs & Morgan

2014/2019

108

*Denotes AmLaw200

4

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