The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore10 April 2015Corporate and M&A With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook for expansion in London. What is driving the new breed?Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: latest US laterals for Simpson Thacher, Dechert and A&O ShearmanUS firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadealsRevolving Doors: Quinn poaches Milbank partner as S&C adds to City structured finance teamBeyond the deals: how clients rate London’s top M&A teamsFreshfields and Slaughters among international line-up on €5bn Deutsche Börse dealRopes and Kirkland lead on EQT’s $3.7bn acquisition of secondaries leader CollerTransatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data revealsThe LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles onA good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives