Deal watch: Corporate activity in November 2014
BATTERSEA POWER STATION SEES BAKER & MCKENZIE AND NRF TAKE THE LEAD In one of the largest real estate financings…
Latham & Watkins
Media attention: Latham & Watkins hires six-partner team from O’Melveny & Myers
US firm Latham & Watkins continues its aggressive hiring strategy with the recruitment of a six-partner team from O’Melveny &…
Dealwatch: Lathams, Linklaters and HSF lead on $700m Dealogic sale
Lathams & Watkins, Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills have all won roles advising on The Carlyle Group and Euromoney Institutional…
Dealwatch: Latham & Watkins, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith lead on £200m Gorkana sale
Latham & Watkins, Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have all landed key roles on the £200m sale of media database Gorkana…
Leadership: Latham elects Bill Voge to take over from Bob Dell after eight-month selection process
Following a rigorous eight-month selection process, London-based projects partner Bill Voge has been elected to take over from Latham &…
Linklaters corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs leads on Carlyle’s circa £2bn RAC exit talks
Linklaters senior corporate partner Charlie Jacobs is leading for Carlyle Group on the US buyout house’s early stage discussions to exit…
Latham goes green with latest City hire of Macfarlanes environmentalist Paul Davies
In the latest of a series of heavyweight City hires, Latham & Watkins is to bring in Macfarlanes’ environmental specialist Paul…
Latham recruitment spree continues with key arbitration and private equity hires
It’s been another week and another set of significant acquisitions for Latham & Watkins, with the global elite firm announcing…
Asia: Latham hires V&E ex China co-head in HK; NRF hires DLA’s Singapore corporate head; Clayton Utz ends HK association
The past week has seen global top three firm Latham & Watkins hire Vinson & Elkins’ former China co-head David Blumental…
Latham bolsters City arm with hire of partner Lucy Oddy as BLP finance departures keep coming
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) structured finance partner Lucy Oddy is set to join Latham & Watkins, representing a further City partner…
US financial results 2013: Latham sees moderate growth in PEP and revenue
Still basking in London in the news that it has hired leading Clifford Chance (CC) private equity partner Kem Ihenacho, Latham…
Taking London – Latham on the offensive in the Square Mile with hire of third private equity partner from CC
As our Taking Manhattan cover feature underlines, the Los Angeles-bred Latham & Watkins continues to make major inroads in the key…
M&A: Davis Polk and Latham advise on Smith & Nephew’s $1.7bn acquisition of Arthrocare
In the third largest M&A deal in the UK this year after Liberty Global’s $10bn takeover of Ziggo and Amec’s…
Revolving doors – Weil, Latham, Freshfields and Dentons among the firms opening 2014 with senior recruits
Increasing confidence in the transactional market has contributed to a rash of senior partner moves at the start of 2014,…
Latham sets pace for 2014 as expansive City arm hires Weil private equity partner
For many watchers of the upper reaches of City law, Latham & Watkins has in recent years established a profile…
Some eye watering growth statistics later and its goodbye from Latham’s Bob Dell
When the ordinarily press-shy chair and managing partner of Latham & Watkins, Robert Dell, gave Legal Business his first-ever in…
Deal watch: drugs are working as Covington and Latham lead on $2.6bn pharma acquisition
The lucrative pharmaceutical sector continues to provide a corporate boon to Global 100 firms, with Covington & Burling and Latham &…
Rising star: Latham hires Clifford Chance private equity partner Tom Evans
Latham & Watkins has secured another heavyweight hire in London with the announcement that Tom Evans, a newly made up partner…
Trainee retention: Macfarlanes & Latham reveal numbers
Macfarlanes has become the latest City firm to decide on its trainee retention rates, with 18 out of 24 trainees –…
Latham, Sidley and Skadden lead the US pack in Legal 500 research
Often hailed as one of the greatest US success stories of the last 25 years, new research underlines the elevated…