Slaughters and Kirkland clean up on Reckitt’s $4.8bn Advent sell-off Will Lewallen Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up lead advisory roles as British multinational Reckitt sells its Essential…
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…
‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstorms Bertie Ford ‘The volatility in the world isn’t going away anytime soon, it just has to be priced in. We have to…
Bird & Bird keeps sights on €1bn target as revenue climbs 6% Alex Ryan Bird & Bird has posted a 6% increase in turnover to €672.6m (£580.5m) for 2024-25, with the results marking the…
The price of going public: how has law’s IPO experiment played out? Tom Cox ‘I thought I pulled off a really smart trick, but actually I was a complete idiot’. This is the verdict…
Cripps and Michelmores call off talks to create £100m firm Tom Cox National firms Cripps and Michelmores have shelved their proposed £100m merger, around a month after the two firms confirmed discussions…
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…
Ashurst hits £1bn milestone as firm looks to digital economy for future growth Tom Cox Ashurst has broken £1bn in revenue for the first time after posting an 8% increase to £1.034bn for 2024-25, up…
‘We’re all nervous right now’ – how a subdued Pride month got caught in the DEI backlash Legal Business Amid a Pride Month that has been more ‘fraught’ than ever, Alex Ryan and Amy Ulliott spoke to LGBTQ+ lawyers…
Pride Perspectives: ‘We’ve helped move the UK legal sector from nowhere to a leader for LGBTQ+ inclusion’ Amy Ulliott Daniel Winterfeldt (pictured above right), general counsel for EMEA and Asia at Jefferies and founder of the InterLaw Diversity Forum,…
Travers assists on Liverpool FC’s record-breaking transfer of German star Wirtz Tom Cox Travers Smith has scored a lead role on the transfer of German footballer Florian Wirtz to Liverpool FC, a deal…
Pride Perspectives: ‘It’s easy to think something isn’t your problem – but equality is all of our problem’ Amy Ulliott DLA Piper associate Cai Cherry on ‘bringing your full self to work’, intersectionality and the importance of active allyship How…
Pride Perspectives: ‘We need a plurality of perspectives around the table when decisions are made’ Amy Ulliott Mishcon de Reya reputation protection and crisis management head Emma Woollcott on the importance of LGBTQ+ visibility and the impact…
Stephenson Harwood hits £1m PEP mark and heads towards five-year target to double revenues Theresa Hargreaves Stephenson Harwood has posted double-digit growth for both turnover and profit per equity partner (PEP), as the firm pushes forward…
Pride Perspectives: ‘I’m a reluctant activist – as a managing partner I have to be conscious of inclusion for everyone’ Amy Ulliott Clare Fielding, co-founder and managing partner of specialist planning firm Town Legal, discusses her experience transitioning, her D&I responsibilities as…
Pride Perspectives: ‘We need more queer managing partners’ Amy Ulliott Patrick McCann, former Linklaters director of learning and incoming CEO of the City of London Law Society, on being outed…
Shoosmiths pays out £3.5m in bonuses as firm breaks £1m PEP barrier for first time Tom Cox Shoosmiths has broken through the £1m partner profits mark for the first time, with the firm paying out £3.5m in…
Browne Jacobson’s double-digit streak continues as firm hits new records for revenue and laterals Tom Cox Browne Jacobson has posted its fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, with revenues rising to a new record high of…
‘A step into uber-entrepreneurial territory’ – Gateley’s CEO reflects on a decade as a listed law firm Tom Cox ‘We’ve always been an entrepreneurial firm, but listing was a step into uber-entrepreneurial territory,’ says Gateley CEO Rod Waldie of…
Merger round-up: national duo discuss £100m tie-up as two more deals get over the line Tom Cox Consolidation in the UK legal industry is continuing apace, with news of three combinations announced in recent days, including a…
