US firms deployed on $43bn Worldpay takeover as Freshfields scores lead on major bank merger Tom Baker Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is advising payment processor Worldpay on a proposed $43bn takeover offer by financial technology company…
Dealwatch: Freshfields joins Slaughters in fight for UK plastics plc as Apax returns to Links Paris team Marco Cillario It has been a busy few days for the Magic Circle, as US company Berry Global trumped an offer by…
Deal watch: Big cheeses land £975m Dairy Crest deal as Slaughters acts on £1.3bn Provident hostile takeover Nathalie Tidman The UK buyout market had an uncharacteristically frenetic week with City M&A counsel taking the lead on a £1.3bn unsolicited…
Deal watch: Latham joins Freshfields and A&O on €5.7bn European buyout as Eversheds acts on €590m UK takeover Marco Cillario Continental Europe provided rich pickings to the global legal elite this week, as Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman agreed to…
The Women in Law debate: The challenge of you Georgina Stanley Building on last year’s cover feature on the City’s star female deal counsel, Legal Business teamed up with Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Buyout star Adrian Maguire to join Kirkland in body blow to Freshfields Marco Cillario One of the most touted private equity names in the City, Adrian Maguire, has quit Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to join…
Deal watch: Busy year-end as Japanese group buys Swiss power grid and Malaysian funds invest in Battersea Marco Cillario City deal teams are having a busy run-up to Christmas, with Baker McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters leading…
Comment: Women redefining City law – a few teachable moments and the odd necessary evil Georgina Stanley When high-profile GCs still talk of being mistaken for a PA (as BT’s Sabine Chalmers was not that long ago),…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
‘Going gangbusters’: Freshfields’ woes continue as corporate partner Qureshi joins Fried Frank Nathalie Tidman A further exit from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s City bench has seen corporate and capital markets partner Ashar Qureshi join the…
Deal round-up: Travers advises Shazam on Apple buyout as Freshfields and Norton Rose strike gold on $18bn mining merger Tom Baker In the latest flurry of deals, Travers Smith has represented popular mobile app Shazam on its buyout by tech giant Apple,…
Another blow for Freshfields as highly-regarded QC leaves for litigation boutique Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has fielded yet another blow in the City after litigation partner Reza Mohtashami QC quit for litigation boutique Three…
Magic Circle duo goes full throttle on Aston Martin’s landmark London listing Nathalie Tidman City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of…
DWF hires the brains behind Freshfields’ Manchester hub for new managed services role Hamish McNicol National operator DWF has bolstered its services clout ahead of a touted stock exchange listing with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Freshfields and King & Spalding secure mandates as Equitable Life completes its turnaround with £1.8bn sale Marco Cillario Equitable Life put pensions at risk when it nearly collapsed in 2000. But 18 years on it has completed its…
Deal Watch: International elite flock to $3.3bn Linde disposal as Paul Hastings hire secures 2nd deal for PE client Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are leading on Linde’s $3.3bn Americas disposals, bringing the German gas group a step closer to…
Freshfields’ high-yield guru McKimm rejoins Shearman & Sterling Nathalie Tidman In a fresh blow for City giant Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, high-yield partner Ward McKimm is leaving after three years to…
Freshfields partner profits top £1.7m as City giant posts more confident year Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has posted something of a rebound after announcing a 12% increase in profit per equity partner (PEP) to…
Rich pickings for Travers Smith and Freshfields as Bridgepoint cashes in on Pret Marco Cillario Ten years after acquiring Pret A Manger in a deal worth £350m, private equity house Bridgepoint is selling it for…
Associate pay: Freshfields joins salary race as global firms jostle for talent in US Thomas Alan More details are emerging on associate pay at Magic Circle firms as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has joined the list of firms…
