{"id":141312,"date":"2026-01-09T02:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/the-man-in-the-middle-of-law-firm-combinations\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T02:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:59:59","slug":"the-man-in-the-middle-of-law-firm-combinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/01\/09\/the-man-in-the-middle-of-law-firm-combinations\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man in the Middle of Law Firm Combinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Zimmermann, newly appointed co-chair of the Zeughauser Group, has been involved in some of the largest mergers to transform Big Law, including the planned combination between Perkins Coie and Ashurst and the imminent merger of Cadwalader and Hogan Lovells.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/939895145\/0\/law\/legal-news\" 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