It may be almost Christmas, but law firm news showed no sign of slowing down last week.

Eversheds ended a recent lull in transatlantic merger activity on Friday (16 December) by sealing a tie-up with Atlanta’s Sutherland Asbill & Brennan – securing the vote of well in excess of the two thirds majority required to give the go ahead to the first major UK-US merger since Norton Rose Fulbright was created in 2013. Eversheds Sutherland is now set to launch on 1 February.