Davis Polk and Cleary advise on RBS float of Citizens as Alibaba US IPO generates $15.8m in legal fees
US firms Davis Polk & Wardwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising on Royal Bank of Scotland’s sale…
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Shearman & Sterling secures historic $50bn arbitration award in epic Yukos dispute
Russia has been ordered to pay $50.08bn to the majority shareholders in Yukos Oil Company, once Russia’s largest oil producer,…
Deal Watch: Cleary London advises opposite Paul Hastings Milan on Whirlpool’s $1bn Indesit acquisition
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s London office has advised Whirlpool, the world’s largest manufacturer of home appliances, on its $1.04bn purchase…
Cleary bumps up London junior pay in end to salary freeze
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has increased its trainee and junior-level associate pay following a salary freeze, pushing second year post…
‘The right to be forgotten’: Cleary client Google dealt a blow by ECJ’s privacy ruling
Decision contradicts EU advocate general’s previous non-binding guidance. After years of attempts by Brussels to tighten up Europe’s data privacy…
‘The right to be forgotten’: Google led by Cleary dealt a blow by ECJ’s privacy ruling
After years of attempts by Brussels to tighten up Europe’s data privacy rules in the face of US lobbying, yesterday…
Bayer’s $14.2bn acquisition from Merck spins out roles for Sullivan, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis and Cleary
The $14.2bn acquisition of Merck’s consumer care business by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has spun out roles for a clutch…
Smartphone wars: Slaughters, Cleary and Freshfields lead for Motorola and Apple in EU’s verdict to level playing field
The latest instalment of the smartphone wars has seen Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton face Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as…
Paul Hastings and Cleary advise on Marriott London Grosvenor sale and £200m buy-in of UK’s Victoria Plumb
The London offices of US firms Paul Hastings and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising on the £125m sale of the…
$100bn of M&A deals announced as Global 100 firms advise on Suntory, Time Warner and Amec bids
Last year’s growth in confidence in the corporate sector together with fundraising activity among a number of large private equity…
Hefty fines: Cleary, Slaughters and CC advise on banks’ €1.7bn rate-rigging settlement
A collection of some of Europe’s strongest antitrust practices have been advising some of the world’s largest global banks as…
Davis Polk and Cleary act on big four Booz takeover as PwC re-shuffles legal leadership
Major accountancy and advisory groups are always nice clients for law firms to have so Davis Polk & Wardwell, Cleary…
The beautiful game: Cleary advises Inter Milan on sale of 70% stake to Indonesian tycoons
One of Italy’s most successful football teams, Inter Milan, has turned to Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as it becomes the…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary with two major European mandates
Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were last month rewarded with an…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary Gottlieb with two major European mandates
Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were this week rewarded with an…
Cleary and 2012 GC take top prizes in 2013 Legal Business Awards
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Linklaters and London 2012’s Terry Miller were among the key prize-winners at last night’s Legal…
Korea legal market shows signs of saturation
With the recent influx of foreign firms into Seoul showing no signs of stopping, questions are being raised as to…
Firms set sights on Asia investment into Middle East
Squire Sanders expanded both its Middle East and South Korea operations in October, as Latham & Watkins reported a surge…
Lateral thinking required with international expansion
Last month, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton did something that it has only done once before – open two non-US…
Surge of law firm openings in revitalised Middle East
The resurgence of commercial activity in the Middle East is prompting international law firms to strengthen their presence in the…