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…
Sponsored briefing: Reviewing the M&A landscape Guest Blog Milbank’s Lisa O’Neill, Andrea Hamilton and Lara Watt on developments in the M&A market as well as the strength of…
‘The wind was taken out of everyone’s sails’ – the M&A report 2023 Cameron Purse 2021 was always going to be a tough year to follow. Quite how tough, few could have foreseen at the…
M&A veterans: Got the T-shirt – M&A Hall of Famers on closing deals in a crisis Georgina Stanley A global pandemic, the war in Ukraine, soaring energy prices and inflation, as well as interest rate hikes significantly pushing…
Deal watch: Simpson Thacher conjures Blackstone and Alibaba mandates as Linklaters and CC lead on British Steel takeover Muna Abdi Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has picked up two high-profile mandates advising Blackstone on the acquisition of MagicLab alongside the Hong Kong…
