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Best Lawyers in MBO

B2B information. LA-based PE firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has partnered with the management to acquire Best Lawyers, the global digital and print information service. The Aiken, South Carolina- based, 37-year-old Best Lawyers claims to be the oldest peer review publication in the global legal community with its brands: Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms and the Lawyer Directory. This year’s twenty-fourth edition of The Best Lawyers in America, for example, includes 58,507 attorneys in 145 practice areas, and is based on more than 7.4m evaluations of lawyers by their peers. The company’s listings are now published in more than 70 countries around the world with an estimated audience of 22m. It also has partnerships with New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington PostChicago Tribune, and also Les Echos in France, the Australian Financial Review, Business Day in South Africa, and Handelsblatt in Germany.

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