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 categoryLinklaters and South African firm Webber Wentzel call time on 13-year allianceLaw firmsKate Peacock28 Jul 2026Linklaters posts double-digit PEP hike as turnover nears £2.5bnLaw firmsAlex Ryan21 Jul 2026Magic circle duo engineer £4.1bn sale of British manufacturing PLC Rotork to ABBLaw firmsKate Peacock16 Jul 2026Macfarlanes closes in on £400m as PEP stays flatLaw firmsTom Cox29 Jul 2026Freshfields hires ex-Cravath dealmaker in New YorkLaw firmsWill Lewallen28 Jul 2026Latham’s Oliver Felsenstein on The Godfather, client call car crashes and becoming a PE lawyer by accidentLaw firmsWill Lewallen28 Jul 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 2024