Deal Watch: Rich pickings for Travers and Ashurst as US giants get busy on the continent Marco Cillario It was a busy week for UK and US deal counsel as Travers Smith and Ashurst acted on multibillion-pound deals north of…
Dealwatch: PE deals continue to dominate agenda for City firms Legal Business Ropes & Gray’s London arm advised on the largest-ever UK private equity software buyout. Helen Croke (pictured) led the team…
Deal watch: Magic Circle trio banks on Virgin Money sale as €7.1bn Adyen IPO and £1.8bn Equitable Life disposal keep raft of advisers busy Tom Baker Magic Circle heavyweights Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance (CC) have scored key roles on the £1.7bn sale…
Deal watch: Westfield GC exits for something ‘very different’ as takeover completes while DLA lands Poundworld administration role Hamish McNicol Retail’s high street struggles are keeping advisers in the sector busy, as multiple firms took roles on the £18.5bn takeover…
Deal watch: Slaughters tunes into Sky bidding war as Links and Ashurst waste no opportunity on Cory Riverside disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May has been drafted in by the Walt Disney Company on its Sky News bid while Linklaters and Ashurst took the…
Deal watch: Ropes & Gray advises on £1.3bn private equity deal as White & Case and Eversheds score major mandates Tom Baker Major transactions continue to flow after Ropes & Gray’s London arm acted on the largest-ever UK private equity software buyout…
Deal watch: trio of big-ticket deals highlight frothy market for US and City elite Nathalie Tidman Barely a City or US firm in London has gone without popping a Champagne cork in recent days as big-ticket…
Deal watch: Magic Circle duo lead on Vodafone’s €18.4bn buyout of Liberty Global European Assets Thomas Alan Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed key roles on Vodafone’s €18.4bn buyout of Liberty Global European assets, as Vodafone…
Deal watch: International firms find cure for Takeda’s £46bn pharma takeover as CMS and Pinsents tie up giant wind farm disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Davis Polk and Ashurst are among the firms to have won major mandates on Japanese pharmaceutical…
Freshfields and Davis Polk win key roles as Comcast looks to thwart Murdoch’s Sky bid Thomas Alan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Davis Polk & Wardwell have landed pivotal roles as Comcast seeks to disrupt an existing bid…
Deal watch: US leaders nail key roles alongside Magic Circle on Amex, Standard Life and Fidessa plays Nathalie Tidman City heavyweights Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have been met by Wall Street rivals Cleary Gottlieb Steen &…
Dealwatch: the Magic Circle players kicking off 2018 Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters advised as media company Informa entered talks to acquire events organiser UBM. Corporate partners Katherine…
Deal Watch: European acquisitions generate big-ticket roles for Latham, Bakers and Bonelli Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have lined up alongside a group of…
Deal watch: DLA Piper and Addleshaws advise on Carillion fire sale as US and UK firms pick up major mandates Tom Baker DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard have won roles advising on the sale of part of recently-collapsed Carillion’s business while Watson…
Mouse grabs a Fox: Global 100 firms take centre stage as Murdoch sells empire to Disney for $52.4bn Tom Baker A raft of transatlantic firms have won roles advising on The Walt Disney Company’s $52.4bn acquisition of 21st Century Fox,…
Deal watch: US giants line up on European rail mega-merger and largest-ever Asia PE deal Marco Cillario After the Magic Circle, this week it was time for the US players to kick off the autumn deal season,…
Deal watch: Magic Circle firms in busy start to autumn as Freshfields and CC take leading roles in global buyouts Marco Cillario Global 100 firms have taken the lead on a trio of multibillion-dollar deals announced this week as the autumn deal…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in May 2017 Legal Business MAGIC CIRCLE ADVISE ON VODAFONE’S INDIA MERGER Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and local advisers S&R Associates, Vaish…
Slaughters dials in on latest Vodafone deal as telco moves to create India’s largest communications operator Legal Business Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), S&R Associates, Vaish Associates Advocates and Bharucha & Partners all gained mandates as…
Kirkland and Cravath pick up Misys mandate for C$4.8bn Canadian merger Matthew Field Having backed out of its proposed London float late last year, UK headquartered software company Misys has merged with Canadian…
