Linklaters advises technology giant SoftBank on launch of $100bn investment fund Kathryn McCann Linklaters has landed a significant mandate acting for SoftBank Group Corporation on the launch of the SoftBank Vision Fund, the…
Linklaters makes second restructuring hire this year with Ropes’ Douglas Georgiana Tudor Linklaters has hired Ropes & Gray partner James Douglas to its London office, its second restructuring hire in as many…
Comment: New look Linklaters – cuddly inclusiveness proves oddly compelling Alex Novarese It has been a long, long time since one of London’s elite law firms has genuinely shifted direction. So the…
New look Linklaters – cuddly inclusiveness proves oddly compelling Alex Novarese It has been a long, long time since one of London’s elite law firms has genuinely shifted direction. So the…
‘It’s good to talk’ – Linklaters repositions with focus on team work, innovation and a lot more soft stuff Legal Business Matthew Field meets Linklaters leadership as City giant outlines a much-changed agenda For observers familiar with the legacy of former…
Linklaters wins Bovis mandate over Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons advise bidders Legal Business In response to a pair of competing takeover bids, Linklaters won the mandate to advise the target Bovis Homes, taking…
Revolving doors: Linklaters adds depth to Asian offices as Signature opens in Gibraltar with key hire Legal Business In a busy week for lateral hires, firms have been actively adding to their offices at home and abroad. Linklaters…
Linklaters close to obtaining Chinese law capability with long awaited spin-off Legal Business Linklaters has pushed through with its long awaited plans to spin off part of its Shanghai office in order to…
Linklaters trials fixed-hours week for German associates Legal Business In a bid to offer more flexible career options for associates, Linklaters is trialling an alternative career track which would…
‘Giving the partnership back’: Linklaters to ditch individual partner metrics to target team performance Legal Business In a highly symbolic break from its 2000s incarnation, Linklaters is to phase out individual partner metrics and annual assessments…
Linklaters, Bakers and Mills & Reeve all get a taste on $1.76bn Weetabix deal Matthew Field St Louis-based consumer goods group Post Holdings is set to take on UK brand Weetabix Food Company for $1.76bn after…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business City firms restructure rewards as practices move from traditional lending Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its…
‘An extremely big deal’: profession lays out key threats as article 50 triggered Georgiana Tudor Linklaters gives evidence to Lords Committee on Brexit impact City firms have voiced their concerns over Britain’s arrangements to leave…
Magic Circle duo land £2.2bn energy deal as antitrust concerns surface Legal Business Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles as UK energy services giant Wood Group is to acquire its…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its finance practice, as banking groups continue to move toward sponsors…
Linklaters takes Bovis mandate from Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons line up on builders takeover talks Legal Business Linklaters has won a mandate to lead takeover defence for FTSE 250 housebuilder Bovis Homes, advising on merger bids from…
‘Unique opportunity’: Linklaters takes on Goldman restructuring specialist Sarah Mook Legal Business Linklaters has hired Goldman Sachs managing director Sarah Mook into the firm’s restructuring team. Mook joins the global restructuring and…
Linklaters elects 26 new partners as round size increases again but misses female partner target Legal Business Linklaters has promoted 26 new lawyers to its partnership, increasing the size of its promotions round for the fourth year…
Linklaters last Magic Circle firm to post spring trainee retention rates as Osborne Clarke keeps 100% Legal Business Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright and Osborne Clarke have all posted their spring trainee retention rates, with Osborne Clarke keeping 100%…
Repeat business: Slaughters and Linklaters act as Wood Group to take over Amec in £5bn deal Legal Business Slaughter and May and Linklaters gained advisory roles as energy services group Amec Foster Wheeler agreed to a £2.2bn takeover…
