Law firms Magic Circle duo land £2.2bn energy deal as antitrust concerns surface Legal Business · 7 April 2017 · 1 min read Corporate and M&A Competition Energy Linklaters Slaughter and May Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles as UK energy services giant Wood Group is to acquire its struggling rival Amec Foster Wheeler for £2.2bn amid market competition concerns.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 categoryTrading Places: Gibson Dunn picks up Paul Weiss disputes trio as Latham finance pair move to V&ELaw firmsWill Lewallen25 Sep 2026Slaughters and Reed Smith steer Santander to £677m appeals win over AXALaw firmsEliza Winter15 Sep 2026Linklaters makes major US M&A hire as Wachtell partner departures continueLaw firmsKate Peacock10 Sep 2026A&O Shearman and HSFK lead as Airtel plans landmark London IPOLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Sep 2026Unpacking the latest Weil exits: the London storyLaw firmsKate Peacock21 Sep 2026‘Everybody wanted to be on that bus’: Baker Botts on its award-winning Saudi green hydrogen dealLaw firmsAlex Ryan18 Nov 2024Laws of attraction – how elite firms are ramping up their talent retention tacticsLaw firmsElisha Juttla4 Nov 2024To live or die in DC – getting deals done amid US antitrust crackdownLaw firmsBarnaby Merrill26 Jun 2024Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024