Eversheds and Sutherland to Combine in Transatlantic Merger

In what’s shaping up to be an active year-end for law firm mergers, London-based Eversheds and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan of Atlanta have announced that they will combine after months of discussions to create a Transatlantic legal behemoth.

Partners at the firms voted “overwhelmingly” to approve the combination, the firms announced Friday.

The deal is expected to create a law firm with more than 2,300 lawyers across 31 offices in 29 countries. It would place the firm among the 40 largest in the world by revenue, with more than $900 million, according to 2015 financial figures in The American Lawyer. ...