Dealwatch: Linklaters, HSF and Travers Smith win key roles as Man Group acquisition targets Japan Kathryn McCann20 February 2015Corporate and M&AAsiaDeal watch Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) won its first M&A mandate for Man Group, as the hedge fund acquired the investment management business of Mayfair-based NewSmith, with Linklaters and Travers Smith also picking up key roles.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 categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associates‘It was never a marriage made in heaven’- what Norton Rose Fulbright’s exit means for South Africa‘For us, it all came together’ – how Proskauer built a London high yield offering in 12 monthsSlaughters, Gibson Dunn lead on Daily Mail’s £500m Telegraph Media Group acquisitionCohen & Gresser follows McDermott in eyeing up external investmentDealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealThe Electronic Transactions and Data Protection Law in Lebanon: Empowering Lebanese companies in the digital ageDealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loan