Corporate and securities lawyer Roy J. Larson has been named managing partner of international law firm Baker & McKenzie's Miami office. ...

Florida Sen. Burt Saunders, R-Naples, formerly with Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, has joined the Naples office of GrayRobinson, where he will practice healthcare, land use and government law. ...

White-collar litigation lawyer Theresa Van Vliet, a partner at Fort Lauderdale's Ruden McClosky, has been named to the 658-member Corporate Compliance Committee of the American Bar Association's Business Law Section. ...

Florida's biggest law firms continue to eye profitable law practices around the state for prospective mergers. A recent survey by the Daily Business Review newspaper of 59 managing partners based in south Florida shows that more than a third of firms with at least 100 lawyers plan significant acquisitions in the coming year.