{"id":139719,"date":"2025-12-24T07:43:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/24\/top-biglaw-firm-emerges-as-go-to-counsel-for-law-firm-mega-mergers\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T07:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T15:43:36","slug":"top-biglaw-firm-emerges-as-go-to-counsel-for-law-firm-mega-mergers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/24\/top-biglaw-firm-emerges-as-go-to-counsel-for-law-firm-mega-mergers\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Biglaw Firm Emerges As Go-To Counsel For Law Firm Mega Mergers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The reason why Davis Polk, and other top firms, get hired is the credibility they bring to the process. When they talk about what they are doing, they bring credibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Kent Zimmermann<\/a>, strategic adviser at Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning Davis Polk & Wardwell\u2019s status as one of the go-to firms for major law firm mergers. Davis Polk has advised on at least five such mergers in recent years.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The reason why Davis Polk, and other top firms, get hired is the credibility they bring to the process. When they talk about what they are doing, they bring credibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i> Kent Zimmermann<\/a>, strategic adviser at Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning Davis Polk & Wardwell\u2019s status as one of the go-to firms for major law firm mergers. Davis Polk has advised on at least five such mergers in recent years.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. The reason why Davis Polk, and other top firms, get hired is the credibility they bring to the process. When they talk about what they are doing, they bring credibility. \u2014 Kent Zimmermann, strategic adviser at Zeughauser Group, in comments given to the American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":139668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Staci-Zaretsky-cta0ov.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}