Deal watch: Corporate activity in June 2015 Legal Business US CITY TEAMS TAKE LEAD ROLES ON GHG’S £1.5BN DEBT RESTRUCTURING General Healthcare Group (GHG)’s £1.5bn debt restructuring, involving two…
Clifford Chance’s New York office loses corporate duo to Greenberg Traurig Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC) ambition to build its New York office have suffered a setback with the loss of M&A duo Ivan…
KWM suffers another corporate exit in the City as Woollard leaves for Paul Hastings Legal Business Duncan Woollard has become the latest private equity partner to leave King & Wood Mallesons, heading for Paul Hastings to…
Dealwatch: Linklaters and CC act on New Look sale as South African billionaire Wiese continues UK high street buy-up Legal Business Less than 30 days after advising on the £1.3bn purchase of Virgin Active by South African billionaire Christo Wiese’s private…
Clifford Chance German practice suffers further partner exits Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) has seen multiple partner exits from its German operations in recent weeks with longstanding…
Heavyweight US trio advises on €15.6bn Alcatel takeover Kathryn McCann Three US law firms – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell – leveraged…
Hogan Lovells expands Tokyo practice with corporate hire from local boutique Legal Business With a mandate to increase its Asia revenues, Hogan Lovells continues to recruit at partner level, today (28 April) announcing…
News in brief – April 2015 Legal Business SLATER & GORDON SPENDS £637M ON QUINDELL’S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIVISION Australian law firm Slater & Gordon signed a £637m deal,…
Spain prepares for IPO surge as US firms win key mandates on Aena’s €4.3bn float Legal Business The Spanish capital markets showed signs of improving last month as US firms Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell…
The Last Word: Done deals Legal Business With confidence in the M&A market slowly returning, the City M&A elite reflects on a positive year and give their…
Asia: Reed Smith establishes South East Asia corporate practice as Greenberg launches in Tokyo Legal Business Reed Smith has hired Stephenson Harwood’s South East Asia head of corporate Matt Gorman to launch a corporate practice in…
Targeting USA: Linklaters reshuffles teams to boost corporate and disputes Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has moved its TMT and tax groups from its commercial division into corporate. The firm has…
Linklaters reshuffles to boost corporate and disputes Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has moved its TMT and tax groups from its commercial division into corporate. The firm has…
Q&A with Clifford Chance’s Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Jonny Myers and Oliver Felsenstein (pictured), global co-heads of private equity at Clifford Chance (CC) speak to Legal Business about…
Testing times: CC’s Myers and Felsenstein talk partner exits and having probably ‘the best private equity team in the world’ Legal Business It’s fair to say Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) traditionally esteemed private equity team has faced testing times in recent years, as…
Centre of the universe – the offshore counsel role in big ticket deals Legal Business With corporate lawyers finding their feet once more, Legal Business examines the often overlooked role of offshore firms in major…
‘Steven has been a tremendous force’: Proskauer turns to KWMSJB’s best-known London M&A lawyer as it shifts focus Legal Business Steven Davis, who led SJ Berwin’s City corporate team before its $1bn Sino-Australian merger, is set to leave the firm…
PwC Legal makes City corporate push with McDermott partner hire Sarah Downey PwC Legal has hired McDermott Will & Emery City-based corporate partner Mark Crofskey in a bid to boost its UK legal…
Clifford Chance takes HSF partner in bid to boost its capital markets practice in Paris Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has hired longstanding Herbert Smith Freehills’ partner Alex Bafi, one of London’s high-profile US securities…
Clifford Chance takes corporate team from Willkie Farr two years after leaving Freshfields Legal Business Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance has made a private equity push in continental Europe with the hire of Willkie Farr…
