Freshfields and Linklaters take spots as GIC and Hellman win bid for Allfunds Bank Legal Business7 March 2017Corporate and M&A Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Ropes & Gray, Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have all won roles advising on the €1.8bn sale of Allfunds Bank to private equity house Hellman & Friedman and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC.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 categoryLinklaters makes up 37 new partners with London securing more than a third of promotionsTrading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresFreshfields and Covington advise as Merck acquires US biotech company Terns for $6.7bnSkadden and Paul Weiss lead as Intel buys back $14bn Apollo stake in Irish semiconductor plantSpread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business sale‘The merger is working’ – HSF Kramer on its US corporate pushRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry