Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Zurich’s fresh £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Theresa Hargreaves Slaughter and May and Freshfields are advising on Zurich Insurance Group’s £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Beazley. Slaughters is…
Disputes partners predict boom in lateral recruitment ahead of rise in activity Eliza Winter With firms including Proskauer, Orrick and Paul Hastings building up their disputes teams in the US, litigators in London are…
Sullivan & Cromwell lures Weil finance duo in City buildout Georgina Stanley Sullivan & Cromwell is pushing forward with its ambitious expansion plans in London, with the firm set to take a…
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…
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher and Latham top LSEG PE rankings as partners look ahead to 2026 Will Lewallen Kirkland & Ellis was the top performing firm for PE-backed M&A globally in 2025, advising on 293 deals worth a…
‘A poisoned chalice’ – SFO director’s early exit reignites speculation over organisation’s future Will Lewallen ‘It is a difficult job to recruit for,’ says Sara George, a white-collar defence and investigations partner at Sidley Austin,…
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…
Taylor Wessing and Winston kick off partner vote on transatlantic merger Georgina Stanley Partners at Taylor Wessing and Winston & Strawn have started voting on the firms’ planned transatlantic merger, which was announced…
Gibson Dunn to open in Spain with Freshfields corporate heavyweight Eliza Winter Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has continued its recent European expansion with the hire of a heavyweight corporate partner from Freshfields…
Baker McKenzie, HSF Kramer and Dentons among big winners in new Legal 500 APAC rankings News Editor Baker McKenzie, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Singapore’s Rajah & Tann are among the firms with the most ranked partners…
‘It was seismic’ – the 2025 rulings that will reshape the London disputes market this year Eliza Winter The number of claims filed in the commercial court may have hit a five-year low in 2025 but, in other…
Ashurst, Linklaters and Clifford Chance ramp up capital contributions as LLPs highlight CC’s CEE spin-off Will Lewallen Ashurst, Clifford Chance and Linklaters all significantly ramped up capital contributions from partners during the 2024-25 financial year, according to…
Addleshaws leader on corporate ambitions, key clients and why a US merger isn’t part of the £1bn 2030 strategy Will Lewallen Speculation about who’s merging with who has never been higher, but one firm that legal market watchers can cross off…
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…
Quinn Emanuel posts steady growth in London, with revenue hitting £227m Eliza Winter Quinn Emanuel has reported revenue and profit growth in its London office for 2025, with revenue hitting a new high…
Freshfields rebuilds German PE with Kirkland hire after four-partner exit to Latham Will Lewallen Freshfields has added four new partners to its private equity and M&A partnership in Germany and Austria as the firm…
Trading places: Paul Hastings hires Cravath investigations chair as Paul Weiss private credit co-head departs Eliza Winter Paul Hastings has hired disputes heavyweight John Buretta (pictured) as co-chair of its litigation department, marking the firm’s fourth partner…
Exclusive: HSF Kramer hires former Mayer Brown Europe finance head in London lev fin play Will Lewallen Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has brought Mayer Brown’s former head of European finance into its London office, building its leveraged…
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),…
