Comment: A shock to the system as Freshfields heavyweight departs Alex Novarese Given that it has been so well telegraphed that the $10m lateral was coming to the Square Mile, the shock…
Deal Watch: Kirkland and Eversheds lead as Toys R Us and Maplin collapse following bleak Xmas for retailers Nathalie Tidman Insolvency professionals have long been predicting a wave of trouble would hit the beleaguered UK high street and it has…
Freshfields and Davis Polk win roles as Comcast eyes Sky with ‘superior’ £22bn bid Nathalie Tidman Broadcasting giant Comcast has instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Davis Polk & Wardwell as it looks to trounce an existing…
Women deal stars perspectives – Amy Mahon, Clifford Chance Nathalie Tidman ‘Star culture dictates that 50-year-old men are seen as the real deal. To be a good deal-doer it’s not only…
Comment: Law firms will never just hand status to City women – they’ll have to take it Alex Novarese In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are talented…
The offshore elite in review – rolling with the punches Dominic Carman Global stock markets rose by 22% in 2017, according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International index of bourses. Meanwhile, the…
The last word: Deals or no deals Legal Business 2017 ended with surprising confidence in a rebounding market. Here we ask the City’s leading corporate players for their prognosis…
Can Freshfields limit the damage as Kirkland tempts PE heavyweight with $10m transfer? Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman assesses the fallout as M&A veteran quits an unsettled City giant Even for a market grown blithe to…
A shock to the system as Freshfields heavyweight departs Alex Novarese Given that it has been so well telegraphed that the $10m lateral was coming to the Square Mile, the shock…
Women deal stars: plenty to celebrate so ditch the understatement Alex Novarese In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are…
Deal Watch: Simpson, CC and NRF line up as business data firms generates big ticket double Nathalie Tidman As January draws to a close the deal market continues its robust run, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett leading the advisers…
‘Exactly what we’ve been looking for’: Mishcon de Reya hires equity capital markets head from Addleshaw Goddard Tom Baker Legal Business’ Law firm of the Year Mishcon de Reya has made a significant move to develop its corporate practice,…
A flying start – Eversheds Sutherland nears first anniversary with trio of corporate deals Hamish McNicol As the transatlantic Eversheds Sutherland tie-up approaches a year since going live, the firm has enjoyed a robust start to…
Buyout star David Higgins quits Freshfields for Kirkland in landmark $10m transfer Marco Cillario Despite a recent overhaul of its partnership to reward top performers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost private equity heavyweight David Higgins…
Retail property crush as international firms battle to land roles on £18.5bn Westfield bid Tom Baker In what has been a busy week for landmark retail property deals, a host of firms from across the globe,…
Dealwatch: 2017 closes out with slew of energy, tech and transport deals Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May advised UK’s ‘big six’ energy providers Npower and SSE on the merger between…
Deal view: A&O does private equity – faint praise confounded but a plateau lurks Nathalie Tidman ‘Since Stephen Lloyd joined Allen & Overy (A&O) its star has definitely risen in the world of private equity,’ says…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story – AT&T and Time Warner David Burgess To the public dismay of AT&T’s chief executive Randall Stephenson and general counsel David McAtee, the US Department of Justice…
Addleshaws and Ashurst picked as favourites as GVC pitches in for Ladbrokes takeover Hamish McNicol Addleshaw Goddard and Ashurst are acting as gaming and betting company GVC Holdings launches a proposed £3.9bn takeover of rival…
Deal watch: HSF, Travers and Linklaters front of the queue on Intu acquisition as WFW picks up $2.3bn Asia energy project Tom Baker Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Travers Smith and Linklaters are all acting as retail property powerhouse Hammerson acquired its rival Intu…
