‘The wind was taken out of everyone’s sails’ – the M&A report 2023 Cameron Purse 2021 was always going to be a tough year to follow. Quite how tough, few could have foreseen at the…
Deals Yearbook 2023 – online PDF Guest Blog Please see below for a link to an online pdf of the Deals Yearbook 2023. This will only be accessible…
Sponsor foreword: Beginning the ascent to normality for M&A Guest Blog The M&A market needs stable economic, political and financial conditions in order to thrive. Liquidity remained, but as for the…
Sponsored firm profile: Long term ambition trumps short term reaction Guest Blog Eversheds Sutherland’s Richard Moulton on why 2022’s market dip hasn’t dampened the desire to become a leading global M&A powerhouse…
Sponsored briefing: Financing growth in uncertain times Guest Blog Chris Hastings, Ceri-Ann McGraa and Ian Tetsill discuss the current M&A market trends and the market predictions for the future
Sponsored briefing: The regulatory environment for M&A transactions Guest Blog The team at Eversheds Sutherland discuss some of the key themes in the regulatory environment and how these are impacting…
Sponsored briefing: Data as an asset – corporate M&A and joint ventures Guest Blog The team at Eversheds Sutherland discuss data in M&A, joint ventures, and managing and leveraging data assets
Sponsored briefing: M&A transactions and ESG: where are we now? Guest Blog Sarah Turner and Stephen O’Reilly consider the issues the ‘S’ in ESG will have on M&A transactions
Sponsored briefing: Access to capital: adding client value differently Guest Blog Legal Business recently met with members of Aon’s UK transaction solutions team – the insurance broking arm of Aon’s M&A…
Sponsored briefing: Recovering from a data breach and the role of legal experts Guest Blog The data breach landscape is ever-changing and being aware of the latest threats is imperative for responding effectively to a…
Deals perspectives: Andy Ryde Georgina Stanley Why did you want to be a deals lawyer and has it delivered what you expected? I like to be…
Revolving Doors: Partners exit Shearman and A&O as merger is announced Elisha Juttla During a busy week with the announcement of the A&O Shearman merger, news came that Shearman & Sterling has lost…
HSF launches Riyadh office in the wake of Saudi legal reforms Ayesha Ellis Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the launch of its new multi-disciplinary practice in Riyadh following the reforms made to the…
Revolving Doors: International firms bolster teams in life sciences, litigation and energy Ayesha Ellis Cooley has bolstered its London corporate and life sciences practice through its acquisition of new partner Simon Amies, ending an…
Guest post: Getting relationships right in-house Guest Blog Juliet Oliver, general counsel of the Solicitors Regulation Authority A panelist at our recent conference for in-house solicitors compared the…
Breaking: Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling announce merger Mark McAteer In what the firms describe as ‘the first fully integrated global elite law firm’ Allen & Overy and Shearman &…
ClientEarth granted oral hearing to proceed with derivatives claim against Shell Alex Ryan ClientEarth has been granted an oral hearing to seek permission to proceed with its derivative action claim against Shell, the…
‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market cools Holly McKechnie ‘Law firms are stupid. They were stupid last time round. People forget but, after Lehman Brothers collapsed, salaries still went…
Revolving Doors: Africa and Middle East focus for international firms as energy dominates agenda again Alex Ryan The energy sector was the focus again for a number of London firms amid a busy round of hires last week,…
Dealwatch: Bakers and Weil cement €5.3bn MBCC deal as advisers see renewed energy in M&A Ayesha Ellis Amid a continued dearth of big-ticket deals, Sika’s €5.3bn acquisition of Master Builder Construction Chemicals (MBCC) Group has been the…
