December 21, 2011 6:46 PM
Eyeing Am Law 200, Greenebaum Doll Ties Knot With Indiana’s Bingham McHale
Posted by Brian Baxter
Motivated in part by recent tie-ups involving regional rivals, Louisville-based Greenebaum Doll McDonald and Indianapolis-based Bingham McHale have announced plans to join forces to create a 250-lawyer firm called Bingham Greenebaum Doll as of January 2.
The two firms announced what they described in a press release as a “merger of equals” Wednesday afternoon. The union has been approved by the partnerships of both firms, which began seriously discussing a potential tie-up in late August.
“I’d first met [Bingham McHale managing partner W. Tobin "Toby" McClamroch] a few years ago, and when we got to talking we both saw a mutual interest in doing this,” says Greenebaum Doll chairman Phillip Scott. “This will allow us both to expand our footprint and our depth in various practice areas.”
Scott acknowledges that recent moves by other regional firms to consolidate helped increase interest on the part of both his firm and Bingham McHale in a potential merger. The American Lawyer reported in October on the increasingly crowded legal market in Indiana,
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