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I recently had a great conversation with Mimi Lamarre from The American Lawyer where we discussed billing rate increases for 2025 and the data we’ve already seen come in through the Valeo Partners Platform. With the increase in M&A activity, competition for lateral partners and industry mergers we expect rates to continue increasing in 2025. Thanks to Mimi for the thoughtful discussion! For more of my thoughts, including some interesting numbers, read the interview here:

Via Gail J. Cohen: The Competition Act has seen a series of updates over the last couple of years, but this third wave is the most substantial. Among the updates are changes to the pre-merger notification and substantive merger review regimes. The new wave also includes the introduction of new penalties that can reach up to 3% of a company’s gross worldwide revenue in addition to orders for divestiture of assets or shares. Private parties will also be able, starting in a year, to bring more challenges to the Competition Tribunal. https://loom.ly/A6UD9Hk

The Impact of Culture on Law Firm Growth Through Merger After one of our law firm leadership meetings two attendees asked if we could spend a few minutes on our approach to mergers.  Where would we start and why do so many mergers fail? Two great questions. Today more firms are looking at merging to grow. Through September of 2024 there have been 41 completed mergers according to Fairfax Associates. To put this in context from 2000 to 2020 there were 30 mergers between Am Law 200 firms. Please read the rest of the BLOG at Evolve-Law. To learn more on how we can help you create the best plan for evaluating your merger visit www.evolve-law.com.

With the deals market showing signs of recovery, law firms are actively hunting top corporate lawyers, especially those skilled in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, as they seek to get ahead of the anticipated uptick in transactional activity. https://lnkd.in/etAXzzb4

Tax Traps In Acquisitions Of Financially Distressed Targets https://lnkd.in/gdCcvWNG

Need some CLE? Join me and Howard Morse to learn more about the new(ish) antirust merger guidelines!

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Peter Flynn recently shared his insights with Canadian Lawyer Magazine on the proposed competition law changes that could significantly impact the merger review process. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cv8NCz #CompetitionLaw #LegalInsights

Be Careful What You Write: What a Heavily Redacted #Antitrust Complaint Teaches Us About Creating Problematic Documents in Transactions https://bit.ly/3WjymRS #mergers #acquisitions #FTC