The first week of 2013 has produced two notable transactions involving companies that specialize in serving the needs of Am Law 200 firms.

Technology shop Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian is representing Jules Kroll’s K2 Intelligence on its acquisition of Thacher Associates, while Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May have grabbed lead advisory roles on Thomson Reuters’s purchase of the Practical Law Company (PLC).