Paul Hastings hires London M&A partner from Slaughter and May Will Lewallen Paul Hastings has added a second corporate partner within a week as the firm seeks to build out its London…
Latham returns to Wachtell for two-partner finance and M&A hire Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins has hired a pair of partners into its New York office from Wachtell, bringing its total number…
Paul Hastings in London M&A push with hire of Cooley Singapore founding partner Will Lewallen Paul Hastings is building up its London private equity and M&A capabilities with the hire of Ferish Patel from Cooley.…
Taylor Wessing recruits RPC rainmaker in first hire since merger announcement Eliza Winter Fresh from securing partner approval for its merger with US firm Winston & Strawn, Taylor Wessing has made its first…
Slaughters and Clifford Chance lead as Schroders agrees to £9.9bn takeover Will Lewallen Magic circle duo Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have claimed the lead roles on a surprise deal which has…
Inside Ropes & Gray’s calculated European PE expansion Will Lewallen Every Monday, at 11am, the four co-heads of Ropes & Gray’s European private equity practice meet in London. The US…
Top UK trio lead as NatWest snaps up Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn Theresa Hargreaves Linklaters, Macfarlanes and Slaughter and May have picked up the lead roles on the £2.7bn sale of wealth manager Evelyn…
‘Clients don’t want a memo, they want a direct answer’ – the partner who left Big Law to set up a £1.26m PEP boutique Eliza Winter The boutique boom has reshaped large swathes of the London disputes market in recent years, with litigators peeling away from…
Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell lead $1.25trn SpaceX merger to takeoff Kate Peacock Gibson Dunn and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised on the combination of SpaceX and xAI, two companies privately owned by…
Skadden and Gibson Dunn lead on $58bn oil and gas merger Kate Peacock Skadden and Gibson Dunn have advised US listed companies Devon Energy and Coterra Energy on one of the biggest mergers…
Taylor Wessing and Winston partners approve May merger Ben Wheway Partners at Winston & Strawn and Taylor Wessing have voted through their transatlantic merger, with the newly combined Winston Taylor…
Beyond the deals: how clients rate London’s top M&A teams Kate Peacock In the battle for London market share, the City M&A scene is one of the most competitive, with top UK…
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…
