Spanish firm Pérez-Llorca has made a key investment into the City and is set to launch a London office at the end of this year, after choosing what it described as ‘Europe’s finance capital’ in a bid to grow its financial practice.
DLA and Weil lead on Vodafone’s €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono
Vodafone has turned to DLA Piper for its latest major M&A deal: the €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono, with Weil, Gotshal & Manges leading for the Spanish cable company’s principal shareholders. Continue reading “DLA and Weil lead on Vodafone’s €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono”
Back of the net: BLP and Fladgate advise on Gareth Bale’s £85m transfer to Real Madrid
It was a busy football transfer window for some of the UK’s leading law firms, with Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Graham Shear and a host of Fladgate partners advising Premier League footballer Gareth Bale on his record-breaking transfer to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur for (€100m) £85m. Slaughter and May and Charles Russell were also both very active on deadline day yesterday (2 September). Continue reading “Back of the net: BLP and Fladgate advise on Gareth Bale’s £85m transfer to Real Madrid”