S&C and Wachtell lead on Amazon’s $13.7bn Whole Foods buyout
Amazon moves into food sector with swoop on 460 shops Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz led…
‘Hugely complicated’: Watson Farley, White & Case, A&O line up on $14bn shipping deal
Watson Farley & Williams has advised a group of 27 international and local banks acting as financiers on a $14bn…
Clifford Chance turns to Clydes as SRA launches probe into firm on Excalibur litigation
Clifford Chance (CC) has instructed lawyers at Clyde & Co to represent it in an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority…
Hausfeld takes the wheel in truck cartel damages claim with funding from Burford
Competition boutique Hausfeld is partnering with litigation funder Burford Capital to offer a financing package for UK claimants to pursue…
Financials 2017: Mixed results for BLP as revenues up 7% while PEP falls
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has posted mixed financial results for the year, with revenues up 7% while profit per equity…
Skadden and A&O act on Vantiv’s £9bn buyout of UK payment processor Worldpay
An Allen & Overy (A&O) team is advising UK company Worldpay on its £9bn sale to US payment processor Vantiv,…
Fieldfisher opens fifth Italy office with merger as firm set for further expansion
Fieldfisher has combined with Bologna firm Lucchini Gattamorta & Associates (LGA) as it opens its fifth outpost in Italy, continuing…
Financials 2017: Tough markets see CMS growth stall as group revenues dip below €1bn
A year of turbulence and tough markets in Europe has apparently taken its toll on the region’s legal market with…
S&C and Wachtell lead on Amazon’s $13.7bn Whole Foods buyout
Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz lead a host of elite US law firms advising Amazon on its $13.7bn purchase of…
‘I am trying to start a conversation’: Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC
While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
RHA secures Therium funding for claimants in £3.9bn trucks cartel class action
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has secured full funding from Therium Capital for its £3.9bn competition damages class action against…
‘Strong result’: Watson Farley posts 20% rise in global revenues
In a significant improvement on last year’s financials, Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has posted an increase in global revenues…
GC for National Grid spin-off to overhaul adviser roster this year
Following National Grid’s £13.8bn separation of its gas distribution business to create Cadent, general counsel Mark Cooper will hold a…
End of the carrot and stick? Litigators react to legal privilege implications in SFO case
Last month the High Court ruled that documents prepared by mining giant Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) relating to a…
Market report: Benelux – Neighbourhood watch
Benelux firms have to contend with global competitors as geopolitical uncertainty hangs over the region The Benelux countries have experienced…
City partners react to Conservative manifesto
Serious Fraud Office to be absorbed by National Crime Agency The proposed scrapping of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and…
‘It’s not rocket science’: Investor-state arbitrators wary of post-Brexit landscape
Tom Baker reports on a busy period despite case volume falling in 2016 Despite growing investor-state arbitration caseloads over the…
‘I am trying to start a conversation’ – Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC
While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
Client profile: Mark Cooper, Cadent Gas
The general counsel and company secretary of the newly-formed gas company on the importance of saying ‘yes’ Within a month…
Whose dime? – GCs push back against paying for junior lawyers
As Deutsche Bank baulks at paying for junior lawyers, is a tough line on ‘paying for training’ making its way…