The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Tom Moore10 April 2015Corporate and M&AGlobal London 2015 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 categoryUS firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadealsRevolving Doors: Quinn poaches Milbank partner as S&C adds to City structured finance teamSidley London partner promotions up despite smaller global roundSkadden recruits former Freshfields global managing partner and Latham London KCFreshfields rebuilds German PE with Kirkland hire after four-partner exit to LathamWeil and A&O Shearman lead on $260bn mining megadealComment: Momentum – the little-discussed magic that can lead to big successGame Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthroughGlobal London 2015