Law firms Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2016 Legal Business · 2 September 2016 · 1 min read Corporate and M&A Ashurst Macfarlanes Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Slaughter and May US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BNYour 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 categoryTrading Places: Sidley continues funds and finance build while Milbank grows its new Chicago officeLaw firmsEliza Winter26 Oct 2026Ashurst Perkins Coie lands in Houston with double partner hireLaw firmsEliza Winter19 Oct 2026Skadden hires Freshfields antitrust partner in BrusselsLaw firmsWill Lewallen16 Oct 2026Ropes makes up four London partners in first City promotions since 2023Law firmsWill Lewallen26 Oct 2026Latham makes up 36 partners, with none outside US and EULaw firmsWill Lewallen23 Oct 2026US firms lead as LSEG acquires Octus from Permira for $3.5bnLaw firmsWill Lewallen22 Oct 2026Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024‘$20m isn’t much once you deduct the essentials’ – LB’s best quotes of the yearLaw firmsElisha Juttla23 Dec 2024