HSF Kramer leads on £1.4bn Ivy empire sale Eliza Winter Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Norton Rose Fulbright have taken the lead roles as Richard Caring sells a majority stake…
Ropes & Gray adds new private equity partner as Milan office grows Will Lewallen Ropes & Gray has continued to expand in Italy with the hire of a new private equity partner into its…
Linklaters and Slaughters lead on £1.4bn takeover of FTSE 250 manufacturer Senior Will Lewallen Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken the lead roles on either side of a deal that has seen UK…
Trading places: Kirkland launches Phildaelphia transactions practice as Sidley hires Cravath ECM partner Will Lewallen Kirkland & Ellis has hired its first corporate partner into the Philadelphia office it launched last January. Private equity M&A…
Elite firms line up as Pershing Square launches €55bn bid for Universal Music Group Eliza Winter Sullivan & Cromwell, White & Case and Benelux firm Stibbe are advising Pershing Square Capital Management on its €55bn bid…
Skadden and Paul Weiss lead as Intel buys back $14bn Apollo stake in Irish semiconductor plant Kate Peacock Skadden and Paul Weiss have taken lead roles on Intel’s $14.2bn repurchase of Irish semiconductor plant Fab 34. The deal…
Spread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business sale Eliza Winter Clifford Chance and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are advising Unilever as it agrees to combine its foods division with…
‘The merger is working’ – HSF Kramer on its US corporate push Will Lewallen Ernest Wechsler, HSF Kramer’s US managing partner for corporate, is bullish about the firm’s growth prospects in the US. Speaking…
S&C, Kirkland, Skadden among Q1 M&A leaders as megadeals drive activity Kate Peacock With 2025 delivering one of the strongest-ever years for M&A, expectations for the year ahead were high. After a wave…
Knights in merger talks to create £200m firm Kate Peacock Listed UK firm Knights is in talks to take over South East firm Moore Barlow, a deal which could create…
Trophy mandates and client plaudits: Weil’s London M&A team hits its stride Kate Peacock The year may have got off to a turbulent start, but Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London corporate team is having…
Freshfields and Covington advise as Merck acquires US biotech company Terns for $6.7bn Will Lewallen Freshfields has scored a lead role in another US acquisition by pharma giant Merck, this time on the sell-side, advising…
HSF Kramer picks up three-partner corporate team from Paul Hastings in New York Will Lewallen Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has hired a three-partner corporate team from Paul Hastings in New York, in the biggest stateside…
Ashurst restocks PE with three-partner Goodwin team as Perkins merger nears Will Lewallen Ashurst has sought to bolster its private equity capabilities with a team hire from Goodwin, as the firm looks towards…
Pinsents and Freshfields in the mix as Danone eats up Huel for €1bn Will Lewallen Pinsents Masons has advised nutritional drink brand Huel on its sale to French food and beverage company Danone for €1bn,…
Freshfields and Hengeler lead on UniCredit’s €35bn Commerzbank takeover bid Will Lewallen Freshfields and Hengeler Mueller have taken lead roles on UniCredit’s €35bn takeover bid for Commerzbank, an approach which has been…
RPC leads as UK car park operator NCP goes into administration Theresa Hargreaves RPC has picked up the lead advisory role on the collapse of one of the UK’s largest car park operators.…
Freshfields takes headline role on £575m Telegraph acquisition Kate Peacock Freshfields is advising Axel Springer on its acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group (TMG), with Gibson Dunn advising TMG owners…
DLA Piper and Proskauer lead on BrewDog’s sale to US cannabis and drinks manufacturer Eliza Winter DLA Piper is acting for administrators of long-beleaguered craft beer brewer BrewDog on the sale of some of its UK…
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…
