{"id":152920,"date":"2026-05-26T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/26\/hogan-lovells-doesnt-expect-its-mega-merger-with-cadwalader-to-be-a-headache\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:11:13","slug":"hogan-lovells-doesnt-expect-its-mega-merger-with-cadwalader-to-be-a-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/05\/26\/hogan-lovells-doesnt-expect-its-mega-merger-with-cadwalader-to-be-a-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan Lovells Doesn\u2019t Expect Its Mega-Merger With Cadwalader To Be A Headache"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

[We\u2019re] pretty certain we will bring the full firm operationally to our clients on day one. We have the expertise, because Hogan Lovells was created through a merger 16 years ago. Our business team is quite solid, and a lot of people were involved in that [prior] merger who are helping us here. There are fewer challenges now than in that deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Miguel Zaldivar<\/a>, CEO of Hogan Lovells, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning his firm\u2019s impending merger<\/a> with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, to form Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. He went on to note that \u201c[t]his is a merger where the word is growth, not restructuring.\u201d Zaldivar continued, explaining, \u201cIn terms of the people integration and client receptivity, we\u2019re very confident that\u2019s on a very good track. We benefit from having the same four values: excellence, vision, collaboration, and commitment to clients. When you have that, everything we put together stays together.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> As of July 1, 2026, the combined firm will have about 3,100 lawyers spread across the globe, with a gross revenue of about $3.9 billion.\u00a0<\/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

The post Hogan Lovells Doesn\u2019t Expect Its Mega-Merger With Cadwalader To Be A Headache<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

[We\u2019re] pretty certain we will bring the full firm operationally to our clients on day one. We have the expertise, because Hogan Lovells was created through a merger 16 years ago. Our business team is quite solid, and a lot of people were involved in that [prior] merger who are helping us here. There are fewer challenges now than in that deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Miguel Zaldivar<\/a>, CEO of Hogan Lovells, in comments given to the American Lawyer<\/a>, concerning his firm\u2019s impending merger<\/a> with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, to form Hogan Lovells Cadwalader. He went on to note that \u201c[t]his is a merger where the word is growth, not restructuring.\u201d Zaldivar continued, explaining, \u201cIn terms of the people integration and client receptivity, we\u2019re very confident that\u2019s on a very good track. We benefit from having the same four values: excellence, vision, collaboration, and commitment to clients. When you have that, everything we put together stays together.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> As of July 1, 2026, the combined firm will have about 3,100 lawyers spread across the globe, with a gross revenue of about $3.9 billion.\u00a0<\/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. [We\u2019re] pretty certain we will bring the full firm operationally to our clients on day one. We have the expertise, because Hogan Lovells was created through a merger 16 years ago. Our business team is quite solid, and a lot of people were involved in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":152921,"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-152920","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\/05\/Staci-Zaretsky-4M6RCd.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152920","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=152920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}