Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have both advised on the planned $710m initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese tech group Meitu in a deal that will value the company at up to $5.2bn.
Merger will create a $1bn firm with over 1,000 lawyers In what is the largest announced US law firm merger of 2016, Washington DC’s Arnold & Porter and New York’s Kaye Scholer confirmed last month they are to merge, creating a firm with $1bn in revenue.
Dentons has scaled up its Central American ambitions with plans to combine with regional firm Muñoz Global. The combination, if approved by both partnerships, will give Dentons a presence in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama in early 2017. The global firm will merge with 53-lawyer Muñoz Global, a firm newly-created by Arias & Muñoz founders …
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Transatlantic firm Squire Patton Boggs has recruited three litigation and competition partners from US firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, including the firm’s former Frankfurt office head.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has reported strong first half results for the 2016/17 financial year as DAC Beachcroft saw its turnover grow just over 1%.
Dentons long-awaited tie up with Australian law firm Gadens has officially gone through, although three of the firm’s offices will split off and not take on the Dentons branding.
LB100 firm Bevan Brittan has declared it will not retender for the Solicitor Regulation Authority’s legal panel, after reviewing the level of investment needed to service the regulatory body.
The second tallest building in Western Europe is set for the City, as Linklaters and DLA Piper picked up key real estate mandates advising on the new skyscraper.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is expected to close its Munich office after failing to find support to recapitalise its European business.
Nabarro and Olswang have signed up to move into CMS Cameron McKenna‘s offices at Cannon Place, taking on two additional floors in the building.
