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Kent Zimmermann

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Trusted advisor to law firm leaders on M&A and strategy. Co-author, “Law Firm Mergers: Lessons from Successful Strategic Combinations.”

19 Followers  |  34 Following  |  19 Posts  |  Joined: 22.11.2024  |  1.5916

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Dealmaking Expectations for 2025 Meeting an Uncertain Reality Many dealmakers were bullish in November 2024. The market, and client guidance, has shifted—at least for now.

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20.03.2025 14:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Point of Diminishing Returns: When Nonequity Partner Growth Drags Down Profits Law firms are using the nonequity partner ranks for multiple purposes now, and some lawyers can get stuck in a nonequity abyss, weakening overall firm performance.

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06.03.2025 20:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The M&A Partners Who Drove the Most Business as Deal Leads in 2024 The top 10 deal leads ranking by Mergerlinks saw a significant shakeup between 2023 and 2024, with only one attorney making both years' lists.

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10.02.2025 22:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Big Banks Did Great Last Year. What Does That Mean for Big Law? "An uptick in transactional activity drove bank earnings and positively impacted law firm results," noted Sidley's Yvette Ostolaza.

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21.01.2025 16:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Signaling Growth Goals, Some Law Firms Promote Record Partner Classes “It’s fair to say that most law firms feel a strategic imperative to grow their size and profitability” in 2025, explained Kent Zimmermann, principal at legal strategy outfit Zeughauser Group.

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08.01.2025 22:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Three Big Law Practice Areas Will Thrive in Trump's First Year Columnist David Lat examines the incoming administration’s short-term impact on Big Law, finding that practitioners generally anticipate a strong year despite uncertainty.

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03.01.2025 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As the sun sets on 2024, wishing our friends a New Year of health, happiness, and success! 🌅🎊🎆🍾🥳🎉

31.12.2024 08:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Changes at the Top: How 'Different Leadership Skills' Are Prevailing in Big Law "Law firms are looking to leaders with proven leadership and management experience rather than relying on long and deep success in law practice as leadership criteria," one expert says.

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30.12.2024 18:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Grabbing Market Share From Rivals, Law Firms Ramped Up Group Lateral Hires Several firms prioritized sweeping up attorneys to establish an office or practice in a new market.

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23.12.2024 15:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Which New York Law Firm Is Next on the Merger Hunt? “Any firm that is New York-centric and under $1 billion in revenue is exposed,” one industry insider said.

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13.12.2024 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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'This Trend Isn't Over': Law Firm Partner De-Equitizations Expected to Continue Multiple Am Law 100 firms, as well as midsize and regional law firms, have de-equitized partners in recent months. More are likely to follow suit.

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04.12.2024 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🌅🍎🗽

03.12.2024 21:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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To Ease Partner Pay Tensions, Some Law Firms Are Seeking 'Middle Ground' in Transparency Firms are taking a variety of approaches to relieve the internal tension that comes from releasing partner pay data.

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02.12.2024 23:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🏃🏃🏃🏃🦃🦃🦃🦃

28.11.2024 21:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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27.11.2024 05:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Weil Partner Exits Raise Questions About Future Firm Leadership Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser and Ray Schrock, both among Weil’s top 10 rainmakers with significant books of business, were unwelcome departures, sources say. Weiswasser in particular was seen as a po...

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25.11.2024 16:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This photo at San Ysidro Ranch gets me every time we visit.

JFK and Jackie O honeymooning here. September 1953.

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25.11.2024 03:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump's SEC Overhaul: What It Means for Big Law Capital Markets, Crypto Work "We are starting to see firms focus on capital markets associate hiring in anticipation of increased debt and equity offerings in a decreased SEC regulatory environment," said Lateral Link Managing Director Jesse Hyde.

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23.11.2024 04:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Battle for Top Talent Accelerates Amid Profit and Demand Surge “There’s basically no firm that’s immune from market pressure, with very rare exceptions,” said one legal recruiter.

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22.11.2024 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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