Freshfields and Slaughters among international line-up on €5bn Deutsche Börse deal Will Lewallen Freshfields and Slaughter and May are among a raft of firms advising on Deutsche Börse’s planned €5.3bn acquisition of Allfunds,…
Ropes and Kirkland lead on EQT’s $3.7bn acquisition of secondaries leader Coller Kate Peacock Ropes & Gray and Kirkland & Ellis have taken the lead roles on EQT’s acquisition of UK secondaries firm Coller…
Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Zurich’s fresh £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Theresa Hargreaves Slaughter and May and Freshfields are advising on Zurich Insurance Group’s £7.7bn bid for FTSE 100 insurer Beazley. Slaughters is…
Kirkland, Simpson Thacher and Latham top LSEG PE rankings as partners look ahead to 2026 Will Lewallen Kirkland & Ellis was the top performing firm for PE-backed M&A globally in 2025, advising on 293 deals worth a…
Taylor Wessing and Winston kick off partner vote on transatlantic merger Georgina Stanley Partners at Taylor Wessing and Winston & Strawn have started voting on the firms’ planned transatlantic merger, which was announced…
Gibson Dunn to open in Spain with Freshfields corporate heavyweight Eliza Winter Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has continued its recent European expansion with the hire of a heavyweight corporate partner from Freshfields…
Skadden recruits former Freshfields global managing partner and Latham London KC Kate Peacock Skadden has made a pair of high-profile partner hires in just one day, building its offices in Brussels and London…
Freshfields rebuilds German PE with Kirkland hire after four-partner exit to Latham Will Lewallen Freshfields has added four new partners to its private equity and M&A partnership in Germany and Austria as the firm…
Weil and A&O Shearman lead on $260bn mining megadeal Kate Peacock Weil and A&O Shearman have secured lead advisory roles as Glencore and Rio Tinto enter preliminary merger talks that, if…
US firms top UK and global rankings in record year for M&A megadeals Kate Peacock US firms dominated the M&A rankings in 2025, according to the latest data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG),…
Top US pair advise as Bridgepoint agrees to acquire KPMG spin-off Interpath Will Lewallen Simpson Thacher & Barlett and Latham & Watkins have claimed the lead roles as private equity house Bridgepoint looks to…
Hot markets and mega-deals: M&A partners on 2025 trends and hopes for the new year Kate Peacock Despite a tumultuous first half of the year, as Trump’s tariffs shook global markets, a wave of mega-deals in H2…
The biggest law firm mergers of all time Ben Wheway If it is voted through by partners, the Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader merger looks set to be the biggest law…
‘This is going to happen’ – Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader leaders on creating the biggest law firm merger ever Georgina Stanley ‘Cadwalader approached this the way our clients approach a sophisticated M&A deal. They hired a pre-eminent M&A shop in Davis…
A merger or a takeover? Winston Taylor by the numbers Alex Ryan This year’s rush of mergers is showing no signs of slowing as Christmas approaches, with Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader the…
‘History in the making’ – Hogan Lovells set for record $3.6bn merger with Cadwalader Georgina Stanley Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader are in merger talks that, if successful, will create a firm on the fringes of the…
Revolving Doors: Latham swipes German transactions team from Freshfields as Ropes rebuilds in private equity Theresa Hargreaves Latham & Watkins has significantly bolstered its German PE and M&A practices with the hire of a total of four…
‘A merger of complementaries’ or ‘transatlantic panic’? – the market view on Winston Taylor Kate Peacock ‘The Ashurst tie-up seems to have kicked people into action – there’s quite a panic about transatlantic mergers.’ Whether panic…
Taylor Wessing UK in transatlantic merger talks with Winston & Strawn Eliza Winter Taylor Wessing‘s UK arm is in talks to combine with US firm Winston & Strawn, in a transatlantic tie-up that…
Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Ropes & Gray’s Libby Todd Alex Ryan In the latest in our Meal Deal Makers series, Libby Todd, co-leader of the European private equity transactions practice at…
