Regulation Companies
These 2 legislation corporations can be referred to as FBT Gibbons after January merger
October 13, 2025, 9:55 am CDT
Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons plan to merge in January, making a legislation agency with 800 legal professionals in 25 workplaces. (Picture from Shutterstock)
Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons plan to merge in January, making a legislation agency with 800 legal professionals in 25 workplaces.
The brand new agency can be referred to as FBT Gibbons, in accordance with an Oct. 8 press launch.
The Cincinnati Enterprise Courier and Regulation.com are among the many publications with protection.
Frost Brown Todd at present has greater than 650 legal professionals in 18 workplaces. Its merger with Gibbons offers Frost Brown Todd new workplaces within the Northeast, together with in New York and New Jersey.
“From FBT’s standpoint, we’ve been on a journey to develop right into a nationwide legislation agency that could be very effectively located and serving the pursuits of shoppers within the center market economic system,” mentioned Adam Corridor, the CEO of Frost Brown Todd, in an interview with Regulation.com. “We’ve had numerous shoppers within the monetary companies business asking once we’d be in New York and the Northeast, and this mix helps us serve these shoppers higher. It’s a extremely key piece in that puzzle to turn out to be a nationwide agency serving the center market.”
The main focus will first be on integration, agency leaders advised Regulation.com. Nevertheless it might not be the final merger.
“Our focus can be after all on integration, on connecting and getting the worth out of this mix,” Robert Sartin, the chairman of Frost Brown Todd, advised Regulation.com. “We’re additionally different components of the nation to assist us as we proceed to develop to construct out this nationwide agency and to proceed to construct out our clear and compelling worth for shoppers.”
Sartin can be chairman of the merged agency, whereas Corridor and Peter Torcicollo, the managing director at Gibbons, can be co-managing companions.
Frost Brown Todd, ranked No. 128 in Regulation.com’s monetary rankings, had $336.5 million in gross income, whereas Gibbons had $115 million in income. Each corporations had comparable income per lawyer, though Gibbons had larger income per lawyer than Frost Brown Todd, in accordance with Regulation.com.
Merger discussions started after Sartin met Gibbons leaders throughout a retreat a number of years in the past that was hosted by the Zeughauser Group, a authorized consulting firm, in accordance with the Cincinnati Enterprise Courier.
“After a few years, Peter Zeughauser noticed that we had numerous issues in frequent and thought a mix (of the corporations) would assist each pursue their strategic plans,” Corridor advised the publication.
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