Revolving Doors: Linklaters makes a strategic hire in Europe, Hunton & Williams expands in the City while the LSB appoints a new chief Legal Business Last week saw Linklaters make a key hire from DLA Piper in Frankfurt as it sought to expand its cross-border…
Dealwatch: After GSK deal, Linklaters leads for Novartis on $275m sale of influenza vaccines as Bakers acts for CSL Jaishree Kalia Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie have won lead roles advising on Novartis’ definitive agreement to divest its influenza vaccines business…
Dealwatch: Freshfields and Linklaters stationed on multibillion pound train leasing sale Legal Business Magic Circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have advised on the sale of Porterbrook Rail Finance, one of the…
The clients’ verdict: Linklaters wins best firm in show from annual in-house survey Legal Business In what signals a marked return to favour for the City’s elite players, Magic Circle firm Linklaters has led the…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and Clifford Chance drive webuyanycar.com owner’s IPO Legal Business As the rush by British companies to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) continues apace, Magic circle pair Linklaters…
Linklaters wins best firm in show from annual in-house survey Legal Business In what signals a marked return to favour for the City’s elite players, Magic Circle firm Linklaters has led the…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, Freshfields and Travers Smith fix RAC deal with Singapore sovereign wealth fund Legal Business Linklaters’ corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs and private equity partner Alex Woodward advised US private equity firm Carlyle on the sale…
Dealwatch: Linklaters acts on Microsoft’s $2.5bn deal for Minecraft as the firm sees deal flurry Legal Business Linklaters’ Stockholm outpost closed two major deals last week being selected by Microsoft to handle its $2.5bn acquisition of Mojang,…
Linklaters names Stuart Bedford as London head of corporate Legal Business Linklaters has appointed its third London head of corporate this year, with Stuart Bedford stepping up to lead its City…
Magic Circle duo advise on LSE’s £938m rights issue as part of £1.6bn Frank Russell acquisition Jaishree Kalia Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters, alongside some of the leading US firms, have advised on the London…
Sidley Austin and Linklaters lead on Bank of Cyprus €1bn capital raise Sarah Downey The London teams of both US firm Sidley Austin and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have scored heavyweight roles advising on…
Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters advise banks on competition inquiry Sarah Downey International firm Ashurst and Magic Circle trio Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters are advising the UK’s biggest banks over an…
Slaughters and Links lead on £3bn Carillion/Balfour talks; HSF and A&O advise on BSkyB’s £7.4bn European acquisitions Tom Moore Construction group Carillion has instructed Slaughter and May’s corporate heavy hitter William Underhill and fellow corporate partner Kathy Hughes to…
Trainee retention rate at Linklaters up to 93% Legal Business Linklaters has kept on 93% of qualifying trainees in its latest cohort, up on the 86% spring 2014 retention rate.
Linklaters former DCM partner Nigel Pridmore joins Ashurst Hong Kong Jaishree Kalia Linklaters former finance partner Nigel Pridmore has joined Ashurst in Hong Kong, following in the footsteps of London debt capital markets (DCM)…
‘Sharpening its corporate offering’ – Middleditch is Linklaters new corporate chief as Wiggins takes on sector role Tom Moore Asia-based Matthew Middleditch has today (14 July) been named Linklaters‘ new head of corporate, replacing current incumbent Jeremy Parr, as…
Linklaters corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs leads on Carlyle’s circa £2bn RAC exit talks Legal Business Linklaters senior corporate partner Charlie Jacobs is leading for Carlyle Group on the US buyout house’s early stage discussions to exit…
CC edges ahead in growth as Linklaters and Freshfields unveil financial results Legal Business Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm financially for 2013/14, as the UK elite all unveiled unaudited sterling…
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on SSP Group’s float Tom Moore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the float of SSP Group, the owner of Millie’s Cookies and Uppercrust,…
Shearman London and Linklaters Paris lead on circa $2bn Euronext float Legal Business Shearman & Sterling’s London office has taken the lead advising New York-listed global exchange and clearing house operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) on its initial…