Skadden and Cravath take lead on $3.3bn Murdoch succession deal Bertie Ford Skadden and Cravath have advised on the settlement of the Murdoch Family Trust dispute and the related share offering, with…
Paul Weiss and Skadden lead on Kraft Heinz split Theresa Hargreaves Paul, Weiss and Skadden have picked up lead roles in the separation of The Kraft Heinz Company just 10 years…
Role scorers: the law firms on the biggest deals of a record £3bn Premier League transfer window Will Lewallen The summer transfer window has seen Premier League clubs splash record amounts of cash on new players, with total spending…
Four firms take slice of the action as Kingsmill owner buys Hovis for £75m Theresa Hargreaves A quartet of law firms have advised on the £75m acquisition of Hovis by Associated British Foods (ABF), a deal…
DLA and DWF crack $50m sale of Fabergé eggs maker Bertie Ford DWF and DLA Piper have advised on the sale of renowned jeweller Fabergé to a US tech investment firm for…
Clifford Chance and Latham lead on Metlen’s £6bn London listing Bertie Ford Clifford Chance and Latham have picked up key roles on the largest listing of a European company in the UK…
Kirkland and Davis Polk lead as Ferrero seals $3.1bn tie-up with cereal giant Kellogg Theresa Hargreaves Davis Polk and Kirkland & Ellis have won the lead roles as Nutella-maker Ferrero Group prepares to buy US cereal…
Freshfields lands major US mandate advising Merck on $10bn Verona Pharma acquisition opposite Latham Theresa Hargreaves Freshfields is advising Merck on its $10bn acquisition of respiratory-focused pharmaceutical company Verona Pharma, in a major US mandate for…
Macfarlanes and A&O Shearman among advisers on Santander’s £2.65bn TSB takeover Theresa Hargreaves Macfarlanes, A&O Shearman and Uria Menendez have picked up lead roles on Santander’s £2.65bn acquisition of TSB, in the latest…
Slaughters and DLA lead as Poundland seals discount sale Tom Cox Slaughter and May and DLA Piper have taken lead roles on the cut-price sale of Poundland to retail-focused private equity…
FCA unveils £20m legal line-up, with Clifford Chance and Eversheds among firms not reappointed Tom Cox The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its legal services framework with a new four-year panel running from 1 April 2025…
Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Willkie’s Gavin Gordon Elisha Juttla In the first of Legal Business’s new Meal Deal Maker series, Gavin Gordon, chair of Willkie’s European private equity team,…
Kirkland and Davis Polk among firms advising on Sycamore’s $10bn take-private of Walgreens Tom Cox Kirkland & Ellis, Ropes & Gray, Debevoise and Plimpton, Latham & Watkins, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Bass Berry &…
Dealwatch: Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn lead on $5bn data centre investment while US trio orchestrate $27bn energy deal Tom Cox Baker McKenzie and Gibson Dunn have played key roles in KKR’s $5bn investment in a stake in Gulf Data Hub,…
‘A win-win solution’: Paul Hastings advising on investor bid to acquire TikTok’s US operations Anna Huntley Paul Hastings is advising a consortium of investors on an all-cash offer to acquire TikTok’s US operations and assets from…
Dialling in the deal – the inside track on the Vodafone/Three merger Cameron Purse Whatever metric you track, 2023 was a poor year for M&A. One bright spark amid the gloom was the proposed…
‘A cautious return’: M&A activity picks up pace as Skadden and Slaughter and May top global and UK rankings respectively Holly McKechnie Following a less than stellar 2023, M&A activity in Q1 has picked up pace as market confidence grows, according to…
Dealwatch: US firms lead on household names The Body Shop and Yodel as restructuring returns Elisha Juttla The long-dormant restructuring market has had a shot in the arm recently, with the City teams of US stalwarts winning…
Dealwatch: Big-ticket life sciences activity picks up again as overseas investors buy into the UK Alex Ryan The broader life sciences sector saw a spate of deal activity in recent weeks, with two acquisitions over the billion-dollar…
The Last Word: Gender agenda legal_admin ‘Firms have to be flexible and acknowledge they may have fantastic senior associates who want to put their partnership ambitions…
