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{{Multiple issues| {{primary sources|date=April 2012}} {{COI|date=May 2010}} {{advert|date=November 2011}} }} '''Bryan Cave LLP''' is an international [[law firm]] with twenty-four offices worldwide, headquartered in [[St. Louis, Missouri]], United States. ==History== In 2002, Bryan Cave acquired New York-based [[Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman]] LLP, bringing the headcount of the combined firms up to over 800 lawyers.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bryancave.com/newsevents/news/Detail.aspx?news=2023|title = (Press Release) Bryan Cave LLP and NYC-based Robinson Silverman to Merge; Combination Based on Client Benefits|publisher = Bryan Cave|date = 2002-06-10|accessdate = 2014-03-04|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203081427/http://www.bryancave.com/newsevents/news/Detail.aspx?news=2023|archivedate = 2013-12-03|df = }}</ref> The firm established an office in southern Illinois in 2004 to assist clients with class action, product liability and commercial litigation matters in [[Madison County, Illinois|Madison]] and [[St. Clair County, Illinois|St. Clair Counties]] in [[Illinois]]. In 2005 Bryan Cave lost its [[Riyadh]] and [[Dubai]] offices to the Houston-based mega-firm [[Fulbright & Jaworski]], but retained its office in Kuwait.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ga0tgp9_iuYC&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=bryan+cave+closes+riyadh+office&source=bl&ots=hVcHHTGsfo&sig=2aDip3lplyFL8Qj6nRAt83sgr_s&hl=en&ei=d3SsTv6iEOHIsQL4g6GcDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Brian Cave Closes Riyadh Office |publisher=Books.google.com |date=2007-03-15 |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> The Kuwait office however soon closed as well. Bryan Cave expanded further in 2007 when it opened an office in [[Hamburg]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bryancave.com/offices/hamburg/ |title=Our Offices | Offices | Hamburg |publisher=Bryan Cave |date= |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> and [[Milan]]. In 2008, the firm opened offices in [[San Francisco]] and [[Paris]].<ref name=":0" /> 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 [[Lawyer|attorneys]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Dec 6, 2011 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/12/06/merger-madness-bryan-cave-joins-with-holme-roberts/ |title=Bryan Cave Merges with Colo-based Holme Roberts & Owen - Law Blog - WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2011-12-06 |accessdate=2014-03-04}}</ref> Bryan Cave also established an office in [[Frankfurt, Germany]] in 2012, to be integrated with the firmβs already established [[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]] office. == Notable transactions == *Represented [[Ralcorp]] in the $2.6 billion merger between Ralcorp and [[Kraft Foods]]' portfolio of cereals under the [[Post Cereal]] label.<ref>(Press Release) {{cite news|last = |first = |coauthors = |title = Post Deal Raises Ralcorp's Clout|work = Dow Jones Newswires|pages = |language = |publisher = Flex News|date = November 16, 2007|url = http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/12420/Ralcorp/post-deal-raises-ralcorps-clout-dj.html|accessdate = October 18, 2009|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://archive.is/20070514181122/http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/12420/Ralcorp/post-deal-raises-ralcorps-clout-dj.html|archivedate = May 14, 2007|df = }} </ref> *Advised [[Monsanto]] in its $290 million purchase of Aly Participacoes, a division of Brazilian global conglomerate [[Votorantim]]. Aly Participacoes operated two companies, CanaVialis S.A. and Alellyx S.A. which focus on sugarcane breeding and related applied genomics and biotech in the sugarcane industry.<ref>{{cite news|last= |first= |coauthors= |title=(Press Release) Demarest and Souza Cescon in bio-tech acquisition |work=IFLR Legalwire |pages= |language= |publisher=IFLR |date=November 25, 2008 |url=http://www.iflrlegalwire.com/Article/2057937/Demarest-and-Souza-Cescon-in-bio-tech-acquisition.html |accessdate=October 18, 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111000114/http://www.iflrlegalwire.com/Article/2057937/Demarest-and-Souza-Cescon-in-bio-tech-acquisition.html |archivedate=January 11, 2009 }}</ref> *Counseled [[Barnes & Noble]], the bookseller, on its $596 million purchase of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers Inc., a division that had been spun off from Barnes & Noble in the mid-1980s. The acquisition closed on October 1, 2009.<ref>{{cite news | last = Lowe | first = Zach | coauthors = | title = Davis Polk, Bryan Cave on $596 million Barnes & Noble Deal | work = AmLaw Daily | pages = | publisher = Incesivemedia | date = August 10, 2009 | url = http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/08/davis-bryan.html | accessdate = October 18, 2009 }}</ref> == References == <references/> == External links == *{{Official website|http://www.bryancave.com/ }} [[Category:Law firms established in 1873]] [[Category:Law firms based in St. Louis]] [[Category:Foreign law firms with offices in Hong Kong]]