Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
Our
clients
speak
to
our
position
in
the
marketplace:
we’ve
advised
over
80%
of
the
Am
Law
100,
including
10
of
the
20
most
profitable
firms
in
the
Am
Law
100,
and
a
broad
range
of
other
firms
in
the
Am
Law
100
and
200,
the
Global
100,
Wall
Street
firms,
Magic
Circle
firms,
and
firms
outside
of
those
groups.
We
have
terrific
relationships
with
large
high-performing
firms,
and
most
of
them
know
us.
We
have
developed
a
sub-specialty
in
recent
years
in
advising
firms
that
are
interested
in
the
possibility
of
combining
with
similarly-sized
or
larger
firms.
— Kent
Zimmermann,
co-chair
of
Zeughauser
Group,
in
comments
given
to
the
American
Lawyer,
concerning
his
strategic
planning
and
merger
consultancy’s
client
base.
He
continued,
saying
Zeughauser
has
gotten
to
know
firms
outside
of
the
Am
Law
100,
noting,
“We
represent
a
portfolio
of
clients
in
the
50
to
200-lawyer
size
range
that
have
high-quality
practices
in
areas
like
middle-market
M&A,
private
equity,
sophisticated
litigation
and
other
areas,
and
those
are
great
relationships.
That’s
an
expansion
of
our
breadth.
They’re
also
particularly
valuable
because
sometimes
those
firms
combine
with
larger
firms,
and
our
knowledge
of
that
landscape
is
valuable
to
our
clients.”
Zimmermann,
who
was
recently
promoted
the
co-chair
position,
has
been
an
insider
on
major
law
firm
mergers,
including
the
impending
combination
of
Cadwalader
Wickersham
&
Taft
and
Hogan
Lovells,
which
will
be
one
of
the
largest
law
firm
mergers
in
history.
Staci
Zaretsky is
the
managing
editor
of
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to email her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
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