St. Louis firm Thompson Coburn is entering the Chicago market through its merger with FagelHaber. This merger is one of the biggest to be initiated by a St. Louis firm in several years; the combined firm will have over 330 lawyers. Thompson Coburn has been looking to break into Chicago for a while, though even without an office there the firm still has been making $4 to 5 million of work a year. The two firms seem compatible for a merger because they charge similar rates for work, and they both focus on large privately held companies and mid-sized public companies. Thompson Coburn’s practice focuses on litigation and corporate work, while FagelHaber mainly deals with corporate work, especially M&A, financial and real estate areas.
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