Vancouver, BC & Saint Petersburg, FL (May 17, 2016)  - TAGLaw® has begun 2016 with a flurry of new additions—eight firms spanning five continents. These new additions bring TAGLaw’s overall global reach to 157 member firms encompassing 389 offices in 90 countries. Additionally, these new additions and a recent survey of all member firms places the total number of lawyers within the TAGLaw alliance at over 10,000.

Firms are invited to join TAGLaw only after completing a thorough screening and due diligence process and by receiving approval from TAGLaw’s Advisory Board. The newest member firms include:

  • Batalla Salto Luna in Costa Rica;
  • Valdes, Suarez & Velasco in El Salvador;
  • Avid.legal Limited in New Zealand;
  • Meredith Connell in New Zealand;
  • Wintertons Legal Practitioners in Zimbabwe;
  • Silk Legal in Thailand;
  • CAKMAKOVA Advocates in Macedonia and
  • Legalmax Law Firm in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

When TAGLaw is combined with its sister alliance of accounting firms, TIAG®, and strategic partners group, TAG-SP™, the global coverage offered by the collective TAG Alliances™ climbs to over 100 countries and 17,000 professionals around the world.

“This has been a fantastic start to 2016 for TAGLaw and all our members around the world,” said Richard Attisha, President of TAGLaw and TAG Alliances. “Not only are we growing numerically, but the bonds between our members continue to grow as they leverage the international resources of TAGLaw and TAG Alliances. We are seeing an increase in collaboration, cross marketing and business development between our TAGLaw members, their accounting firm counterparts in TIAG and our strategic partners in TAG-SP. All of this translates into an increase in the volume of referrals worldwide and ensures that our members’ clients receive the highest standards of service wherever they may be doing business.”

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About TAGLaw® and TAG Alliances™
Founded in 1998, TAGLaw is an international alliance of  more than 155 high-quality, independent law firms. In 2016, Chambers Global ranked the alliance “Elite”, the highest ranking awarded to legal networks. TAGLaw is part of TAG Alliances, a multidisciplinary alliance of over 280 independent member firms, including 115 independent accounting firms in TIAG® and numerous strategic partners in TAG-SP™. TAG Alliances encompass approximately 16,000 professionals and 580 offices in over 100 countries, providing its members with global reach to better serve their clients wherever they conduct business, to generate business referrals, to leverage local market knowledge and expertise on a worldwide stage and to share professional development, firm management and best practices amongst its members. Learn more at www.TAGLaw.com.