– Two U.S. based midsize law firms, Smith, Currie & Hancock and Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker, plan to merge to form a new 76-attorney law firm called Smith Currie Oles.
– London-founded Freshfields is continuing its U.S. expansion with the addition of four Wilson Sonsini partners who advise on cybersecurity and crisis and regulatory risk management.
– John Wood, a top Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigator and former U.S. Senate candidate, has joined Holland & Knight in its public policy practice in Washington, D.C.