International law firm Kennedys merged with Scottish law firm Simpson & Marwick on November 1, 2013. The combined firm will be known as Kennedys, although Simpson & Marwick will be known as Kennedys Simpson & Marwick in Scotland for a period after the merger.

Both firms have experienced significant growth over the past five years. Kennedys has Asia-Pacific offices in Sydney, Hong Kong, Auckland, Singapore and Dubai. The merger will take the combined number of partners in both firms to 220 and the total number of staff to over 1,500 worldwide. The merger follows Kennedys’ merger in June with specialist aviation and aerospace law firm Gates and Partners.