Dealwatch: strategic acquisitions, disposals and restructuring moves dominate as firms continue advice on Covid-19 fallout Nathalie Tidman As has become customary in recent months, the deal market last week was characterised as being noticeably coronavirus driven – particularly in…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle firms strike £3bn mining take-private as counsel game for $1.5bn Genius Sports deal Nathalie Tidman This week has seen a wealth of substantial transactions as advisers strive to capitalise on opportunities presented by the coronavirus…
Dealwatch: Links and Goodwin gain bandwidth on $2bn telecoms carve-out as Eversheds and DLA relish Gourmet Burger Kitchen rescue Nathalie Tidman The deal market continues to be a product of the coronavirus environment, with the rescue buyout of Gourmet Burger Kitchen dominating…
Dealwatch: Big M&A back on track as private equity backs Asda supermarket sweep and William Hill buyout Nathalie Tidman Whatever concerns City playmakers had about a coronavirus-related hiatus for big-ticket M&A in recent months appear to be well and…
Dealwatch: Tech going gangbusters as elite firms line up $40bn SoftBank buyout and Klarna equity raise Nathalie Tidman Standing out as one of the biggest mandates for external advisers in recent weeks, NVIDIA’s $40bn acquisition of Arm Limited…
Dealwatch: Software sector proves bullish against Covid turmoil as elite firms line up on big-ticket buyouts Nathalie Tidman Dealmakers have been Zoom-toasting a raft of strategic buyouts this week, with the software sector proving one of the most…
Deal view: Linklaters rues loss of corporate golden generation but in Covid era inherent strengths remain Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds resilience at the heart of Linklaters, but without meaningful change the firm risks breathing life into unfavourable…
Dealwatch: US firms take lead in quartet of Covid-driven transactions as bounceback continues Nathalie Tidman Another prolific week in the deal world has seen US advisers dominate on an eclectic mix of transactions driven largely –…
Dealwatch: Sign of the times as elite firms tap into $6.8bn IP deal, beleaguered restaurants buyout and oligarch asset disposal Nathalie Tidman Difficult as it may be to imagine an upside amid a pandemic, clients have proved surprisingly resourceful in the face…
Dealwatch: ‘glass half-full’ as Global 100 leaders line up on Centrica and eBay disposals Nathalie Tidman Dealmakers could almost be forgiven for asking ‘what crisis?’ lately as a raft of recent major deals, including Centrica’s $3.6bn…
Dealwatch: CC beats Coronavirus jitters with two mandates as DLA drinks up Danone deal Muna Abdi An ‘all over the place’ market which saw Coronavirus impact transactions did not stop Clifford Chance (CC) from advising on two…
Dealwatch: Kirkland lift first Cinven mandate since Maguire hire as Links, Gowling and Jones Day bed roles in week of PE records Marco Cillario Kirkland & Ellis has this week won roles advising on one of the largest European private equity transactions since the financial…
Dealwatch: Big-ticket M&A back on track as Cleary and NRF lead on Alstom’s €6.2bn rail acquisition Muna Abdi Amid a relative dearth of substantial European buyouts recently, the proposed €6.2bn acquisition by France’s Alstom of the rail business…
Deal View: After years of missed opportunities Weil flirts with a broader City advance Nathalie Tidman Investment in Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ City arm has long come in fits and starts, avoiding broader M&A ambitions to…
Sponsors, pharma and tech fire up deal activity despite a subdued year for marquee M&A in Europe Nathalie Tidman A dearth of megadeals in 2019 did little to dampen the spirits of dealmakers with buyout teams capitalising on the ongoing…
Dealwatch: Weil and Mayer Brown scoop leads on Nestlé’s $4bn US ice cream business sale Muna Abdi Weil Gotshal & Manges and Mayer Brown have advised on the sale of Nestlé’s US ice cream business to Froneri…
A boon for Global London firms on big-ticket buyouts as US investors target hot tech assets Nathalie Tidman The take-private market has cooled after a prolonged spree of deals across Europe but US investors have continued to pile…
Deal View: Freshfields silences critics with four-piece Cleary team but can it keep up the pressure on Wall St? Nathalie Tidman ‘Supercharging it’ and ‘pretty wild’ are not superlatives usually cropping up on your average conference call with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Dealwatch: A&O and Ashurst close £1.2bn UK tunnel project as US-led buyouts take centre stage Muna Abdi Allen & Overy and Ashurst won leading roles on the £1.2bn Silvertown Tunnel project, the only big-ticket UK-led deal this…
