Challenges And Adjustments In A Merger

There is a drama that is acted out every day on the stages of hundreds of law firms throughout the world. Firm A, which may have been a local, regional or even national firm, has recently merged into (read "acquired by") Firm B, a larger national or international firm, and the partners from Firm A are adjusting to being part of such a huge firm. <br/>There are many pluses to becoming part of a much larger firm ' but there are also many differences and challenges. If the merger is to be successful, the partners in Firm A must anticipate the differences and challenges and Firm B must recognize them.

8 minute read December 27, 2004 at 10:42 AM
By
Robert W. Denney
Challenges And Adjustments In A Merger

There is a drama that is acted out every day on the stages of hundreds of law firms throughout the world.

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