Merger Plans to Create Law Firm Among 50 Largest in U.S.

The large Tennessee law firm Baker Donelson has announced plans to absorb 110 lawyers in a merger with Baltimore-based Ober Kaler.

In the deal, expected to take effect Jan. 1, the newly formed entity would become one of the country’s 50 largest law firms by headcount, with more than 800 lawyers, according to an announcement Monday.

Under the terms of the merger, the firm will remain Baker Donelson. Partners at both firms voted to approve the deal in recent days, and now the firms will undergo a more rigorous conflicts clearing period in the coming months.

“They had no opposition ...