Bryan Cave Bryan Cave was founded in 1873 in St. Louis. In 2001, Bryan Cave opened their Chicago office. Shortly after, Bryan Cave and New York-based Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman merged. In 2005 Bryan Cave lost its
Riyadh and
Dubai offices to the Houston-based firm
Fulbright & Jaworski, but retained its office in Kuwait. In 2008, Bryan Cave and Atlanta-based Powell Goldstein merged, creating an expanded firm with new offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, and Dallas. The Powell-Goldstein name was only retained in the firm’s Atlanta office for two-years. Bryan Cave merged in 2012 with Holme Roberts & Owen (HRO), a law firm based in
Denver, Colorado with over 210
attorneys. In 2018, Bryan Cave’s partners voted to combine with Berwin Leighton Paisner.
Berwin Leighton Paisner In 2001, Paisner & Co and Berwin Leighton merged to form
Berwin Leighton Paisner. It specialized in
real estate,
finance,
litigation and corporate risk, private wealth and
tax. In 2009 Berwin Leighton Paisner was joined by 70 lawyers in Moscow. Operations in Russia traded under the name of Goltsblat BLP.
BCLP Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner combined in 2018, with Lisa Mayhew and Therese Pritchard announced as Co-Chairs. In 2019, Pritchard stepped down as Co-Chair, with Steve Baumer elected as her replacement. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, BCLP closed its 200-person Moscow office in 2022. In 2023, BCLP moved to a single leadership structure, with Baumer elected as the new Global CEO. In 2023 Jeff Haidet, who previously was co-chair of
Dentons US, joined BCLP as a partner. Fifteen lawyers specializing in
intellectual property moved from Dentons to BCLP. In 2024, BCLP absorbed Seattle firm Harrigan Leyh Farmer & Thomsen. In 2025, BCLP opened two offices in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh and Al Khobar. It also announced that it would be withdrawing from Asia, closing its Hong Kong and Singapore offices. == Notable transactions ==