The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore10 April 2015Corporate and M&A 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 jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: Latham picks up M&A star in rare Wachtell departureMore than just size: the Global London firms making the best impression on clientsA&O Shearman rehires M&A partner after six-year Skadden stint as Ashurst and BCLP make lateralsFreshfields lands major US mandate advising Merck on $10bn Verona Pharma acquisition opposite LathamThe price of going public: how has law’s IPO experiment played out?Cripps and Michelmores call off talks to create £100m firmTransatlantic firms outstrip peers on five-year PEP growth, LB100 data revealsA good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrivesThe LB100 ranked by PEP: firms push partner profits to new heights as associate pay debate rumbles on