Freshfields, Allen & Overy lay foundations for McCarthy & Stone’s £1bn flotation Victoria Young14 October 2015Corporate and M&A Magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken lead roles on retirement homebuilder McCarthy & Stone’s plans to float on the London stock exchange.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 category‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstormsFreshfields lands major US mandate advising Merck on $10bn Verona Pharma acquisition opposite LathamRevolving Doors: Linklaters adds eight-lawyer Paris team as Goodwin hires in London and Broadfield recruits from Sidley and KirklandKirkland and Davis Polk lead as Ferrero seals $3.1bn tie-up with cereal giant Kellogg‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstormsFreshfields lands major US mandate advising Merck on $10bn Verona Pharma acquisition opposite LathamRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner