Inside the deal: There's a thousand reasons why Bone McAllester Norton merged into Kansas City-based Spencer Fane LLP
August 25, 2021 at 15:24 PM EDT
"They weren't looking to do any deal. They were having their best year ever," Whalen said, nodding at Bone. "If anything, they were probably a bit reluctant to go to the table, for the same reason we would be reluctant to grow for the sake of growing."