Law firms The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore · 10 April 2015 · 1 min read Corporate and M&A Akin Cooley With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook for expansion in London. What is driving the new breed?Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading Places: A&O Shearman energy and infra co-head moves to DLA as Linklaters builds in New York with Paul Weiss hireLaw firmsKate Peacock7 Aug 2026Trading Places: Simpson Thacher builds capital solutions with new Dallas co-head as Latham adds capital markets vice chairLaw firmsWill Lewallen27 Jul 2026Global elite firms take it away as Uber agrees €13bn acquisition of Delivery HeroLaw firmsKate Peacock17 Jul 2026‘Louder, more bold, more ambitious’ – Simmons chief on taking the firm forward without losing its edgeLaw firmsTom Cox12 Aug 2026Slaughters and Freshfields in line for over £25m in fees from Rotork-ABB dealLaw firmsKate Peacock7 Aug 2026Macfarlanes advises founder as easyJet accepts £5.7bn Apollo takeover bidLaw firmsKate Peacock6 Aug 2026Transatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data revealsLaw firmsAlex Ryan20 Dec 2024The LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles onLaw firmsAlex Ryan18 Dec 2024A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrivesLaw firmsTom Cox18 Dec 2024