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…
Refreshing the ranks: Magic Circle firms freshen up practice area leadership Legal Business Slaughter and May is changing heads in three practice areas: dispute resolution, outsourcing, technology, intellectual property (IP) and sport, and…
Deus ex machina: Linklaters signs up Lloyds and RBS to ring-fencing software as firm develops brace of AI products Matthew Field Linklaters has launched a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) products in the latest innovation push for the Magic Circle firm,…
Linklaters alumni line up opposite former firm in Reckitt’s $16bn takeover of Mead Johnson Legal Business In the first transatlantic merger to make headlines so far in 2017, Kirkland & Ellis partners David Holdsworth and Paula…
Deus ex machina: Linklaters signs up Lloyds and RBS to ring-fencing software Matthew Field Linklaters has launched a pair of artificial intelligence (AI) products in the latest innovation push for the Magic Circle firm,…
To the bank: Linklaters’ Elliott takes chair role at Permanent TSB Legal Business After 27 years at the Magic Circle firm, former senior partner Robert Elliott has been appointed chairman at Irish bank…
Freshfields and Linklaters take spots as GIC and Hellman win bid for Allfunds Bank Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ropes & Gray, Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have all won roles advising on the €1.8bn…
Linklaters ups the ante in Washington with veteran hire amid Trump DoJ shakeup Legal Business As the US Department of Justice (DoJ) sees further exits as the Trump administration moves in, Linklaters has hired former…
Paying up: Linklaters and Eversheds advise as Sir Philip Green agrees £363m pensions deal Legal Business Sir Philip Green has paid £363m into the BHS pension pot following the collapse of the retailer last year, with…
Paul Weiss, Linklaters and Freshfields alumni lock horns as Kraft Heinz drops $143bn deal for Unilever Legal Business In what would have been the second largest M&A deal in history, Unilever has rejected a $143bn takeover approach from…
Linklaters leads for Reckitt Benckiser on $17.9bn acquisition of Mead Johnson Legal Business Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis have all won roles advising on Reckitt Benckiser’s (RB’s) $17.9bn acquisition…