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…
Taylor Wessing UK in transatlantic merger talks with Winston & Strawn Eliza Winter Taylor Wessing‘s UK arm is in talks to combine with US firm Winston & Strawn, in a transatlantic tie-up that…
Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Ropes & Gray’s Libby Todd Alex Ryan In the latest in our Meal Deal Makers series, Libby Todd, co-leader of the European private equity transactions practice at…
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.…
Power hungry: how big tech’s demands are supercharging the energy market Alex Ryan ‘Clients in the tech space are more interested in energy than they’ve ever been, and clients in the energy and…
Gibson Dunn and Latham score roles on Apollo’s investment in Wrexham Football Club Eliza Winter Gibson Dunn and Latham & Watkins have advised on a deal that has seen private equity giant Apollo take a…
Goodwin boosts City private equity with Paul Hastings trio Will Lewallen Goodwin is set to hire private equity partners Anu Balasubramanian, Jamie Holdoway and Chetan Sheth from Paul Hastings, as the…
End of the merger: King & Wood Mallesons to split into two Georgina Stanley APAC firm King & Wood Mallesons is to split in two, with the China and Australia partnerships set to separate…
Elite US duo advising Paramount on $108bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Alex Ryan Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Latham & Watkins are advising Paramount as the media conglomerate launches a $108.4bn hostile bid…
Paul Weiss London push continues apace with eight new partners Eliza Winter Paul Weiss has made up eight new London partners in a 28-strong promotions round, as the firm continues the rapid…
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…
Sidley assists as law firms line up for £350m Ipswich Town FC takeover Will Lewallen Sidley Austin is among a quartet of firms that advised as Ipswich Town FC changed its majority ownership last week,…
Revolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hires Eliza Winter Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice this week with a double partner hire from Weil.…
Goodwin COO: ‘I want to disrupt not just scale a law firm’ Will Lewallen When Goodwin’s Silicon Valley-based chief operating officer, Mary O’Carroll, first received a call about the firm she had no interest,…
DAC Beachcroft in fresh talks to sell claims business to PE Will Lewallen DAC Beachcroft is exploring a potential sale of its claims business to private equity investors. The firm is talking to…
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…
External investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal Will Lewallen Offshore law firm Walkers has agreed a deal with private equity house Vitruvian Partners to co-invest in its corporate services…
Thirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments Theresa Hargreaves The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced its final legal panel, worth up to £820m, with a total of 30…
‘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…
A&O Shearman’s first post-merger accounts reveal scale of pension deficit and partner capital injections Eliza Winter A&O Shearman has filed its first set of accounts as a merged firm, shedding light on the financial implications of…
