Deal Watch: Freshfields advises Blackstone on €1.8bn NAMA loan; CC and A&O close €2.8bn offshore wind financing Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led on the latest major European mandate for Blackstone, advising the New York Stock Exchange-listed private equity…
Deal watch: Nabarro and Addleshaws take the lead on £800m Hermes/Co-Op regeneration joint venture Sarah Downey While major real estate deals are hard to come by, the usual suspects continue to take the lion’s share of…
Deal watch: Global elite giants face off in Lafarge/Holcim and Vivendi/Altice European transactions Sarah Downey A handful of Global 100 firms scored key roles on two signifcant European deals this week, as Cleary Gottlieb Steen…
Deal Watch: Slaughters advises on £3.6bn ICI pension annuity buy-in and £390m Ignis buyout; Travers leads on $3.1bn Nets sale Francesca Fanshawe Standout corporate mandates over the past few days have included a high profile run by Slaughter and May on deals including…
UK elite firms defy the transactional gloom of 2013 David Stevenson New Year surge in high-value deals after subdued year While deal activity was down again in 2013, last year’s growth…
Deal watch – Norton Rose Fulbright and Freshfields lead on BMO’s $1.2bn takeover of F&C Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is advising one of its oldest clients, Edinburgh-based UK and European asset manager F&C Asset Management on…
Deal Watch: CC, Freshfields and A&O act on Liberty Global’s €6.9bn acquisition as Dentons and LG float Hurricane Sarah Downey Three Magic Circle firms have scored lead advisory roles on Liberty Global’s €6.9bn acquisition of Netherlands’ largest cable operator Ziggo,…
Deal watch: Taylor Wessing and Freshfields advise on HSBC Jordan bank deal Sarah Downey HSBC’s steps to streamline its business by disposing of non-core global assets has gifted Taylor Wessing and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Deal watch: Dentons advises Total on UK shale gas interest Jaishree Kalia As the unconventional method of extracting shale gas increasingly becomes a phenomenon in the UK, Dentons has taken the lead…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October Legal Business Arrow Global IPO Debevoise & Plimpton and Slaughter and May landed roles on Arrow Global’s initial public offering (IPO). Slaughters…
Deal Watch: Hogan Lovells and CC lead on AMC Networks’ $1bn buyout Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) and Hogan Lovells have plugged into the renaissance in US television production after advising on a $1bn…
Deal watch: Hogan Lovells, RPC in key work for Kodak and AstraZeneca as DLA Piper reveals major High Court win Sarah Downey This week has seen two of the larger global challenger firms reveal significant wins on behalf of major international clients.…
Regulatory work: Cadwalader and Cleary face off over Ryanair/Aer Lingus, while Links and HSF advise on PPI compensation pot Jaishree Kalia In a move being watched with interest by M&A lawyers and competition experts throughout Europe, the Competition Commission (CC) has…
Deal Watch: Dentons & King & Spalding act on HR Owen hostile takeover bid as Freshfields and Skadden secure Asian M&A roles David Stevenson While the traditional August lull in corporate work may have seen Asia relax, the giant is far from asleep and…
Deal watch: Latham and Wachtell lead on largest public deal of the year David Stevenson In what remains a gloomy cross-border deal market, US leaders Latham & Watkins and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have…
Deal watch: M&A activity picks up as A&O, Linklaters and Hogan Lovells secure key roles David Stevenson With Q1 2013 reported as one of the slowest starts to the year M&A-wise for a decade, the deal market…
Deal Watch: sporting metaphor alert as Dechert, HSF and DLA Piper score high-profile football roles David Stevenson The balance sheets of most English clubs may be shakier than Villa’s back four, but when it comes to raising…
Deal Watch: Slaughters, Dentons, Taylor Wessing and Nabarro act on high profile European deals Legal Business Europe and particularly the UK has thrown up a number of high profile mandates from the nationally significant restructuring of…
Deal watch: CMS, Matheson and Akin Gump act on high-profile international deals Legal Business As international M&A catches the headlines, CMS Cameron McKenna has advised a consortium owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing…
