Deal watch: Busy year-end as Japanese group buys Swiss power grid and Malaysian funds invest in Battersea Marco Cillario City deal teams are having a busy run-up to Christmas, with Baker McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters leading…
Our latest event: 80 top partners and general counsel (plus a few token men) Alex Novarese One of our favourite pieces of the year was our first cover feature of 2018, Alphas, which thanks to the…
Hello from the other side: CC private equity star Mahon to join Simpson Thacher Nathalie Tidman In a significant blow to Clifford Chance’s M&A practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has enticed private equity star Amy Mahon to…
Deal View: Herbert Smith Freehills’ corporate team – credibility and polish only get you so far up the table Tom Baker ‘It’s like the rivalry between Fulham and Chelsea,’ notes one former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner of his old club’s…
Deal watch: Weil and Slaughters lead on Bain’s £1.2bn esure bid as CC and RPC land House of Fraser roles Nathalie Tidman Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…
Big deals – meet the GCs running the headline deals Hamish McNicol The global M&A market is booming. Bill Mordan, general counsel at FTSE 100 drug-maker Shire, would know. Shire’s board recently…
Deal watch: HFW acts for Greek government on major state sell-off while US firms score heavyweight mandates Tom Baker In a deal of major national significance, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised the Greek state…
Focus: Wild West or new frontier? Securities counsel divided as the cryptocurrency ‘float’ rears its blockchained head Marco Cillario Marco Cillario sizes up the pros and cons for legal advisers of the current ICO boom ‘We are in an…
Global elite joins Japanese and offshore heavyweights as Takeda persists with Shire bid Thomas Alan Life sciences giant puts £46bn offer on table for Irish rival Magic Circle duo Slaughter and May and Linklaters have…
Rich pickings for Travers Smith and Freshfields as Bridgepoint cashes in on Pret Marco Cillario Ten years after acquiring Pret A Manger in a deal worth £350m, private equity house Bridgepoint is selling it for…
Deal View: Life after Hatchard – does Skadden hunger to take its peerless M&A team to the next level? Nathalie Tidman ‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
Comment: Star power is core to the law firm sales pitch – clients won’t buy excuses Alex Novarese Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
Star power is core to your pitch – accept it Alex Novarese Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
Reports of the death of CC’s sponsor practice prove exaggerated but surviving isn’t thriving Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Dealwatch: Transactional teams move into gear in strong spring showing Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) (pictured) has secured a key corporate role for engineering company and long-term client The Weir Group…
Another City loss for DLA Piper as private equity star quits for Paul Hastings Nathalie Tidman Paul Hastings has hired Anu Balasubramanian to lead its private equity team in London, a striking move that sees DLA…
Dealwatch: International elite face off in European and transatlantic mega transactions Legal Business Latham & Watkins advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the €1.94bn buyout of Italian railway operator Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. London partner…
Deal watch: Magic Circle gets clean bill to lead on $13bn GSK healthcare takeover as Addleshaw ties up JD Sports US acquisition Nathalie Tidman Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have rejuvenated longstanding client relationships to win lead roles on…
Deal watch: Latham, Baker McKenzie and HSF return to dealmaking as Pinsents keeps it local Thomas Alan After a turbulent period outside the deal rooms for some of the world’s largest corporate firms, Latham & Watkins and…
Deal watch: Global 100 elite line-up on $6bn GKN-Dana transatlantic union Marco Cillario A group of elite firms both sides of the Atlantic, including Macfarlanes and Slaughter and May, face off as British…
