Slaughters and Davis Polk face off as MasterCard buys UK payments firm Legal Business Slaughter and May rubbed shoulders with Davis Polk & Wardwell in the second major announced deal this week, this time…
Slaughters, Freshfields and MoFo chip in on £24.3bn ARM takeover Tom Moore Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Morrison & Foerster have scored roles on Japanese telecoms…
Ashurst misses out as Gibson Dunn and Pinsents take front row seats on $1.2bn Odeon deal Legal Business City firm Ashurst has missed out to former partners at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher on the $1.2bn sale of London-based…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in June 2016 Legal Business NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AND A&O LEAD NUCLEAR JV
‘Another milestone’: White & Case and A&O take roles in $1.3bn software deal as Avast buys AVG Madeleine Farman White & Case, Allen & Overy, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek have won advisory roles as…
US firms take roles as Melrose becomes first post-Brexit acquirer with $2.81bn Nortek purchase Legal Business In a post-Brexit referendum takeover which has seen turnaround group Melrose’s shares soar, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Weil, Gotshal…
Dealwatch: KWM leads for regular client TransDigm on $1bn US defence purchase Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons, Latham & Watkins (KWM) and Cleveland firm BakerHostetler have advised on the $1bn sale of defense…
The usual suspects: Linklaters and Freshfields take roles as Steinhoff gears up for Poundland takeover Legal Business Magic Circle duo Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have scored lead roles on an attempt by South Africa’s Steinhoff to…
Easy as Pi: Magic Circle duo acts on £615m deal as Swiss manufacturer buys Premier Farnell Matthew Field Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have advised on the acquisition of British electronics company Premier Farnell by…
Energy boost: Norton Rose and A&O power £10bn Welsh nuclear joint venture Matthew Field Norton Rose Fulbright and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised as Horizon Nuclear Power has announced its joint venture for…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in May 2016 Legal Business SULLIVANS AND WACHTELL ADVISE ON $62m BAYER DEAL Sullivan & Cromwell, Allen & Overy (A&O), and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
SullCrom, A&O and Wachtell advise on biggest M&A deal of the year to date as Bayer makes $62bn bid for Monsanto Madeleine Farman Sullivan & Cromwell, Allen & Overy, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz all won roles, as healthcare and agriculture giant…
‘A landmark transaction’: Allen & Overy and Linklaters take roles on £1.3bn Dudgeon wind farm financing Victoria Young Teams from Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have advised on the financing for the development of…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in April 2016 Legal Business FORSTERS AND SLAUGHTERS LEAD ON TATA STEEL SELL OFF Forsters and Slaughter and May acted on Greybull Capital’s rescue deal…
A&O and Linklaters win advisory roles on $965m financing of Travelex and UAE Exchange Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have won roles advising on a $965m combined financing deal for UAE Exchange Centre…
Travers Smith and Kirkland take lead roles as Micro Focus agrees $540m acquisition of Serena Software Legal Business Against sluggish levels of transactional activity of late, Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis have landed lead advisory roles on…
Data deal: Davis Polk advises Markit on US merger Legal Business Longstanding adviser Davis Polk & Wardwell has acted for Markit again as the London-based data provider signed a deal with…
Allen & Overy and Wachtell take leads on Deutsche Börse spin-off Victoria Young Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role acting for Deutsche Börse as it spins off…
Divestment deal: A&O wins mandate as Asahi makes bid for Peroni and Grolsch ahead of mega beer merger Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has advised as Japanese beer giant Asahi has made a bid to acquire SABMiller’s well-known European beer…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in December/January 2015/16 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS AND STEPHENSON HARWOOD CHECK IN FOR PRIORY SALE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Stephenson Harwood led on the sale of…
