US laterals arrive like buses for Linklaters as New York hires second partner in a week Legal Business Linklaters’ New York office is on a lateral hiring spree by its own standards, with the Magic Circle firm following…
Moore chosen as Linklaters’ next managing partner Legal Business Global head of banking Gideon Moore has been selected as the next managing partner of Linklaters, pipping dispute resolution head…
Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief Legal Business Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween,…
Linklaters and Eversheds fuel TDR Capital’s £1.3bn stake in Euro Garages Kathryn McCann Eversheds and Linklaters have won key roles on TDR Capital’s £1.3bn investment in Euro Garages, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned forecourt…
Linklaters cashes in on Chinese bond sales with central bank’s international debut Legal Business The capital markets team at Magic Circle firm Linklaters has secured four bond issue mandates from Chinese banks as China’s…
Linklaters takes lead role for SAB on proposed mega-merger Legal Business Freshfields and Hogan Lovells win roles on deal Brewing giant SABMiller turned to Linklaters, alongside its regular adviser Hogan Lovells,…
Allen & Overy and Linklaters win key roles on £550m Quorn acquisition Tom Moore Allen & Overy and Linklaters secured advisory roles as the private equity owners of meat-substitute Quorn offloaded it to a Filipino…
Skadden hires new Paris tax head as Linklaters is served with another partner exit Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is ramping up its Paris offering, having hired Linklaters tax partner Thomas Perrot to head its…
Rapidly recruiting: Kirkland takes Linklaters’ corporate heavyweight Johnson Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has hired a fourth partner this year from Magic Circle rival Linklaters, as the head of private…
Frontrunner eliminated as Linklaters cuts managing partner race to three Legal Business Linklaters’ banking chief Gideon Moore, dispute resolution head Michael Bennett and Asia managing partner Marc Harvey have made a final…
Dealwatch: Sullivan & Cromwell’s City office and CC advise on nearly £6bn worth of deals Legal Business Sullivan & Cromwell’s City office has been busy this summer winning roles on two headline deals announced yesterday [8 September],…
Dealwatch: Glencore returns to Linklaters and Clifford Chance for $10bn debt deal Tom Moore Commodities giant Glencore has turned to Magic Circle firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance to implement a raft of plans in…
Linklaters finance partner Irvine heads to Kirkland in latest exit from Hong Kong office Legal Business For the third time this year and dealing a blow to Linklaters‘ Asian objectives, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited from…
Linklaters makes it official: Silk Street confirms six-strong managing partner shortlist Legal Business With the frontrunners having emerged earlier this summer, the partnership board at Linklaters has formalised the six-man shortlist to replace…
Frontrunners emerge at Linklaters in race for managing partner Legal Business Finance & projects head Michael Kent and global banking chief Gideon Moore have emerged as the frontrunners to succeed Simon…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and Ashurst lead on Schneider Electric’s £1.3bn reverse takeover of Aveva Tom Moore A four-partner team from Linklaters advised France’s Schneider Electric on its £1.3bn reverse takeover of UK engineering software company and…
Dealwatch: Herbert Smith Freehills leads on winning bid for £4.2bn Thames super-sewer project Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have advised the consortium picked to deliver a £4.2bn super-sewer stretching 15 miles under London to…
Linklaters borrows plc playbook to bring in Hague as door-opener-in-chief Legal Business It’s long been a trusted technique for major corporates to ship in public figures for advisory roles to open doors…
Jacobs frontrunner for next Linklaters senior partner Legal Business Slaughters’ senior partner race also underway ‘There’s no-one else,’ mused one ex-Linklaters partner. ‘If Charlie Jacobs isn’t the next senior…
HSF arbitration heavyweight Weiniger QC to depart for Linklaters Legal Business Linklaters has returned to a familiar hunting ground, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), to hire experienced arbitration partner Matthew Weiniger QC.
