Sunday, September 25, 2011

Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Parties: Kansas City-based Blackwellk Sanders, a firm on the Plaza that grew a practice once consistinv of nearly exclusively insurance law toa full-servicre corporate firm employing 337 lawyers. St. Louis-based Huschy has similarly wide-ranging corporate practices and employas298 lawyers. Summary: The two firms announcec Dec. 20 that they would becoming Missouri's second-largest firm, behind . The deal is the biggest law firm merge r in Kansas City infive years. The combined firm will be called when the deal which is expected by the end of January or the beginningof February. Still unknown is where the firms willcombine offices.
Both organizationx have long-term leases remaining in Kansasz City. Effect: Firm leaders on both sides of the deal said the merget would allow both firms to possesa deeper practice areas and betterserve clients, which includee , and . "We've got our bench strength in probably 30-plus areasa of law now, which is hard to matcb in the central area of the saidDavid Fenley, the chairmaj of Blackwell Sanders. "And that's goinv to give us a lot of opportunitt to serve our existingb clients better than wedo now, and give us the frankly, to expand.
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