Dealwatch: A&O, Linklaters and Slaughters take lead on Virgin Active sale to South Africa-listed Brait Sarah Downey Magic Circle trio Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken instructions advising on Virgin Group’s £682m…
Links, A&O and HSF win roles on Sabadell’s £1.7bn TSB takeover Legal Business Less than a year after Lloyds floated TSB Bank, Linklaters, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) all…
‘A natural complement’: Cahill launches City litigation practice with Shearman hire and ABS licence Jaishree Kalia Cahill Gordon & Reindel has launched an English-law City-based litigation practice after hiring litigator Richard Kelly from US rival Shearman…
Dealwatch: Bakers and A&O deliver as FedEx looks to buy TNT for €4.4bn Jaishree Kalia Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both won places advising on US delivery service FedEx’s €4.4bn agreement…
International hires: A&O makes first lateral in South Africa as Freshfields bulks up in Hong Kong with Links partner Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has bolstered its project finance offering in its sub-Saharan practice with its first lateral partner hire…
Senior appointments: A&O names Muzilla as US corporate finance head after Wickenden steps down Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) head of US corporate finance Jim Wickenden has left the firm, leading to the appointment of…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, A&O and HSF win places on Sabadell’s £1.7bn TSB offer Sarah Downey Linklaters, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have all been instructed on the high profile £1.7bn takeover…
Revolving doors: Paul Hastings takes three Americas partners from Allen & Overy Sarah Downey Paul Hastings has made a rare move on a UK firm in its own backyard, with news that is to…
Spring hires: KWM and A&O bolster core City teams with notable recruits Jaishree Kalia International heavyweights King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have ushered in spring by today (2 March)…
US results: Shearman sees solid City growth but US stalls after rebound year; Gibson surpasses $3m PEP Jaishree Kalia Following a rollercoaster ride over the past few years, Shearman & Sterling has unveiled financial results showing moderate but steady growth…
A £1.2bn deal: Shearman, Slaughters and Paul Weiss advise on Fairfax’s takeover of Brit Legal Business Shearman & Sterling and Slaughter and May are among firms to have landed roles advising on Canadian insurance group Fairfax’s £1.2bn takeover…
Hunting Titans: RPC fails to convince judge to order BNY Mellon to release Argentinian bondholders Tom Moore The battle between Argentinian bondholders and the South American government rattles on after RPC failed to convince a High Court…
Into Africa: Shearman & Sterling plans first African office opening Legal Business US law firm Shearman & Sterling is preparing to open an office in Egypt, marking the firm’s first foray into…
Shearman & Sterling plans first African office opening Legal Business Firm prepares for association in Egypt with energy focus US law firm Shearman & Sterling is preparing to open an…
Q&A: Heath Tarbert, US banking partner at A&O, talks competing for regulatory work and if US regulators are setting the pace Jaishree Kalia A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…
Trainee retention: Reed Smith, A&O and HSF keep on over 90% of spring 2015 qualifiers Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills and US firm Reed Smith have helped to quash the nervousness among trainee…
Dealwatch: Freshfields, A&O and Travers act as Asia’s richest man buys UK rail group for £2.5bn Jaishree Kalia Travers Smith, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have won roles advising on the sale of UK’s leading…
A €3.5bn arbitration: Shearman, Bakers and White & Case land roles on Finnish nuclear dispute Jaishree Kalia Finnish power producer TVO and construction consortium Areva-Siemens have gone to London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in a bid…
Clashing titans: Taylor Wessing acts as MetLife sues A&O client JP Morgan for $107m Tom Moore Two giants of the US financial services market, insurer Metlife and investment bank JP Morgan, have begun a legal battle…
US-Russia relations: A&O, Skadden and V&E win roles as oil company EDC delists and sells $1.7bn stake Jaishree Kalia Despite the volatile economic conditions in Russia, Allen & Overy (A&O), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Vinson &…
