Hunton & Williams to Merge with Andrews Kurth Kenyon

The list of Big Law mergers—which reached a record number last year—has added two more bold-faced names.

Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth Kenyon announced Feb. 21 that partners at both firms voted to combine into a 1,000-lawyer firm.

The deal is effective April 2. The new firm will be called Hunton Andrews Kurth.

Wally Martinez, managing partner of Hunton & Williams, and Bob Jewell, managing partner of Andrews Kurth Kenyon, pointed to several factors that brought the firms together in a joint interview.

One major benefit was obvious: Virginia-based Hunton, with 725 lawyers in 19 offices, has a longstanding ...