Akin Gump merges with IP law firm
US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has merged with Philadelphia intellectual property firm Panitch Schwarze Jacobs & Nadel. Panitch Schwarze founding partner Ronald Panitch becomes managing partner of Akin Gump’s Philadelphia office. He says: “Although a number of firms expressed interest in us over the years, we consistently concluded a merger did not […]