Holland & Knight is merging with Nashville-headquartered Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, the legislation business mentioned Wednesday, a transfer that more solidifies its stronghold in the South. The tie-up, set to be finished in the first quarter, will give the business a blended 2,000 attorneys in 35 workplaces throughout the globe. Florida-centered Holland & Knight, amid the 30 largest regulation corporations in the US, will increase 280 Waller legal professionals throughout Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas as component of the move, in accordance to the company. “The driver from our standpoint was the Waller status and knowledge in the health care room,” Holland & Knight taking care of husband or wife…