Ropes and Kirkland lead on EQT’s $3.7bn acquisition of secondaries leader Coller Kate Peacock Ropes & Gray and Kirkland & Ellis have taken the lead roles on EQT’s acquisition of UK secondaries firm Coller…
Senior Cadwalader litigators exit amid Hogan Lovells merger talks Kate Peacock Two senior litigation partners have left Cadwalader for rivals in the US, as the firm prepares for its merger with…
Revolving Doors: Sidley and Hogan Lovells swipe Latham partners, as Ropes and Clifford Chance build in Europe Kate Peacock Sidley Austin has rolled into 2026 with yet another hire from Latham & Watkins, bringing over the firm’s former global…
Skadden recruits former Freshfields global managing partner and Latham London KC Kate Peacock Skadden has made a pair of high-profile partner hires in just one day, building its offices in Brussels and London…
Weil and A&O Shearman lead on $260bn mining megadeal Kate Peacock Weil and A&O Shearman have secured lead advisory roles as Glencore and Rio Tinto enter preliminary merger talks that, if…
US firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadeals Kate Peacock US firms dominated the M&A rankings in 2025, according to the latest data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG),…
Hogan Lovells makes up 28 new partners firmwide, with slight dip in London promotions Kate Peacock Hogan Lovells has promoted 28 lawyers to partnership, including five in London – down by one on last year’s number.…
Hot markets and mega-deals: M&A partners on 2025 trends and hopes for the new year Kate Peacock Despite a tumultuous first half of the year, as Trump’s tariffs shook global markets, a wave of mega-deals in H2…
‘Every senior partner is asking themselves how their firm fits into this new picture’: sizing up Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Kate Peacock If more evidence was needed that the market for law firm mergers is hotter than ever, last week’s news of…
Revolving Doors: Willkie hires from Kirkland in Germany, while Slaughters London partner surfaces at Simmons Kate Peacock Willkie Farr & Gallagher has become the latest firm to hire a partner from Kirkland & Ellis, bringing over corporate…
‘A merger of complementaries’ or ‘transatlantic panic’? – the market view on Winston Taylor Kate Peacock ‘The Ashurst tie-up seems to have kicked people into action – there’s quite a panic about transatlantic mergers.’ Whether panic…
Sidley London partner promotions up despite smaller global round Kate Peacock Sidley Austin has promoted three lawyers to the partnership in London, with a total of 29 new partners made up…
Norton Rose Fulbright EMEA chair appointed to the House of Lords Kate Peacock Farmida Bi (pictured), chair of Norton Rose Fulbright’s EMEA group, has been granted a peerage by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.…
Links, Skadden and A&O scoop roles on $9.2bn ice cream deal as Magnum splits from Unilever Kate Peacock Linklaters and Skadden have advised on a $9.2bn deal that has seen The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) spun off…
US trio advise as Netflix buys Warner Bros studios for $83bn Kate Peacock Three top US law firms are advising as Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), in a transaction valued…
‘A slippery slope in one direction’ – white collar partners raise concerns over plans to cut jury trials Kate Peacock White collar partners have warned of the ‘slippery slope’ facing the UK criminal justice system, following the news that jury…
‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associates Kate Peacock Clifford Chance and Linklaters will match Cravath scale year-end and special bonuses for associates across their US offices, but not…
‘It was never a marriage made in heaven’- what Norton Rose Fulbright’s exit means for South Africa Kate Peacock Earlier this month, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) became the third major firm to withdraw from South Africa in just over…
City of London Law Society and partners launch North East SQE scholarship in honour of Stephen Denyer Kate Peacock A new scholarship for aspiring social welfare solicitors in the North East of England has been launched to honour Stephen…
‘This was not a good idea and we’re entitled to say so’ – LLP tax proposals get short shrift Kate Peacock After alarm bells were raised last month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves is now reportedly U-turning on plans to apply employers’ national…
