{"id":148807,"date":"2026-04-14T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/14\/say-hello-to-the-next-top-20-firm-partners-approve-transatlantic-biglaw-merger\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T22:58:50","slug":"say-hello-to-the-next-top-20-firm-partners-approve-transatlantic-biglaw-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/14\/say-hello-to-the-next-top-20-firm-partners-approve-transatlantic-biglaw-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Say Hello To The Next Top 20 Firm: Partners Approve Transatlantic Biglaw Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our partnership\u2019s approval reflects a shared belief that combining to form Ashurst Perkins Coie will create a truly differentiated global legal platform. One with the scale, sector depth, and technological leadership to meet our clients\u2019 increasingly complex, cross-border needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Bill Malley<\/a>, managing partner of Perkins Coie, in a statement announcing partnership approval<\/a> of the transatlantic merger<\/a> of Ashurst and Perkins Coie. As noted by the American Lawyer<\/a>, partners at both firms voted \u201coverwhelmingly\u201d to approve the combination, surpassing the two-thirds majority needed to push through the Biglaw tie-up. \u201cThis vote confirms the strong alignment between our firms and our joint ambition for the future,\u201d said Ashurst CEO Paul Jenkins<\/a>. \u201cOur complementary expertise across sectors and practice areas, together with our shared commitment to innovation, will deliver greater scale and global reach for our clients.\u201d When the merger closes on July 1, 2026, the combined firm will have ~3,000 lawyers (including 800 partners) spread across more than 50 offices, with a revenue of about $2.8 billion. Malley and Jenkins will serve as global co-CEOs of Ashurst Perkins Coie.<\/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\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her 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,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our partnership\u2019s approval reflects a shared belief that combining to form Ashurst Perkins Coie will create a truly differentiated global legal platform. One with the scale, sector depth, and technological leadership to meet our clients\u2019 increasingly complex, cross-border needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0 Bill Malley<\/a>, managing partner of Perkins Coie, in a statement announcing partnership approval<\/a> of the transatlantic merger<\/a> of Ashurst and Perkins Coie. As noted by the American Lawyer<\/a>, partners at both firms voted \u201coverwhelmingly\u201d to approve the combination, surpassing the two-thirds majority needed to push through the Biglaw tie-up. \u201cThis vote confirms the strong alignment between our firms and our joint ambition for the future,\u201d said Ashurst CEO Paul Jenkins<\/a>. \u201cOur complementary expertise across sectors and practice areas, together with our shared commitment to innovation, will deliver greater scale and global reach for our clients.\u201d When the merger closes on July 1, 2026, the combined firm will have ~3,000 lawyers (including 800 partners) spread across more than 50 offices, with a revenue of about $2.8 billion. Malley and Jenkins will serve as global co-CEOs of Ashurst Perkins Coie.<\/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\u00a0email<\/a>\u00a0her 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,\u00a0Quote of the Day. Our partnership\u2019s approval reflects a shared belief that combining to form Ashurst Perkins Coie will create a truly differentiated global legal platform. One with the scale, sector depth, and technological leadership to meet our clients\u2019 increasingly complex, cross-border needs. \u2014\u00a0 Bill Malley, managing partner of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148808,"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-148807","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\/2026\/04\/Staci-Zaretsky-3mJIpi.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148807","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=148807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}