History
In 2002, Bryan Cave acquired New York-based Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP, bringing the headcount of the combined firms up to over 800 lawyers.
The firm established an office in southern Illinois in 2004 to assist clients with class action, product liability and commercial litigation matters in Madison and St. Clair Counties in Illinois.
BCIT was rebranded as BCIC in 2011 to reflect the expanded depth of resources and services available through the subsidiary.
In 2005 Bryan Cave lost its Riyadh and Dubai offices to the Houston, Texas based mega-firm Fullbright & Jaworski, but retained its office in Kuwait. The Kuwait office however soon closed thereafter.
Bryan Cave expanded further in 2007 when it opened an office in Hamburg and Milan. In 2008, the firm opened offices in San Francisco and Paris. In 2009, Bryan Cave and Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein merged, creating an expanded firm with new offices in Atlanta, Charlotte and Dallas.
At the beginning of 2012, Bryan Cave merged with Holme Roberts & Owen (HRO), a law firm based in Denver, Colorado with over 210 attorneys. The only international law firm based in Denver, it had several other offices in the United States and worldwide. HRO had been named the best corporate/M&A and environmental law firm in Denver by Corporate Board Member magazine for three years, and Chambers USA also named HRO a “Band 1” leading law firm for seven consecutive years. However, they had experienced significant staff losses and departures in 2011, making the acquisition a desirable option. Together, the two firms comprise one of the 25 largest law firms in the world.
Bryan Cave also established an office in Frankfurt, Germany in 2012, to be integrated with the firm’s already established Hamburg office.
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