Dealwatch: US firms take lead in quartet of Covid-driven transactions as bounceback continues
Another prolific week in the deal world has seen US advisers dominate on an eclectic mix of transactions driven largely –…
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Dealwatch: Sign of the times as elite firms tap into $6.8bn IP deal, beleaguered restaurants buyout and oligarch asset disposal
Difficult as it may be to imagine an upside amid a pandemic, clients have proved surprisingly resourceful in the face…
Dealwatch: ‘glass half-full’ as Global 100 leaders line up on Centrica and eBay disposals
Dealmakers could almost be forgiven for asking ‘what crisis?’ lately as a raft of recent major deals, including Centrica’s $3.6bn…
Sponsors, pharma and tech fire up deal activity despite a subdued year for marquee M&A in Europe
A dearth of megadeals in 2019 did little to dampen the spirits of dealmakers with buyout teams capitalising on the ongoing…
Goodwin and Eversheds make bold corporate plays amid hopes of increasing City transactional firepower
Goodwin Procter and Eversheds Sutherland both made significant corporate hires in November, with the pair recruiting Kirkland & Ellis partner…
Deal View: Freshfields silences critics with four-piece Cleary team but can it keep up the pressure on Wall St?
‘Supercharging it’ and ‘pretty wild’ are not superlatives usually cropping up on your average conference call with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.…
Deal View: A&O’s corporate practice has matured nicely but will O’Melveny fallout take its toll?
Habitually viewed as the poor relation to its unparalleled banking and finance practice, Allen & Overy (A&O)’s corporate team has…
Israel: Anti-fragile
Thriving in the face of adversity as politics and security play an integral part in everyday life is a default…
Big deal: Weil makes symbolic London play with hire of Linklaters M&A star Avery-Gee
In a rare marquee hire for Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Linklaters M&A star David Avery-Gee (pictured) is joining the US…
Deal watch: LSE acquisition and aviation industry spell busy summer for the Magic Circle
The deal teams of elite City firms have seen a busy end of July amid several multibillion-pound deals, as the…
Top Trumps, City-style – Who holds the cards in private equity?
If there’s one City practice that has barely paused for breath in recent years, it is private equity (PE). Global…
‘Time for a change’ as multiple corporate legal chiefs leave posts for pastures new
Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest senior corporate in-house moves A string of general counsel (GCs) have made career changes…
In-house round-up: New GCs for Royal Mail, Sky and Deliveroo
Royal Mail has filled the void left following former general counsel (GC) Maaike de Bie’s departure to easyJet, hiring in-house…
Corporations with benefits – Assessing the rise of US public benefit companies
When looking for good in the world, corporate governance law is not the most obvious place to train your eye.…
Deal watch: Linklaters lands roles on Debenhams administration and Carlyle oil deal
Linklaters has secured a role in the pre-pack administration of Debenhams, in which the struggling department store has been taken over…
Deal View: Goodwin’s City practice goes beyond the clichés with 58% revenue growth
The cliché says that you have to start somewhere and so Goodwin Procter’s London branch did in 2011 with a…
Global London Focus: M&A – Hunting for whales
‘Initially the client was concerned, but the investment banks said: “A big tick for Gibson Dunn in public M&A…
M&A focus: A sign of things to come? Europe’s deal market ends 2018 with a whimper after a forceful start
The ghost of political turmoil did little to hinder deal-doing in Europe in the first half of 2018 but its…
Deal View: ‘Tooling up’ – Activist funds edging into the mainstream of UK deal scene
‘Most listed companies have run across activists by now or at least come close,’ says Andy Ryde, Slaughter and May’s…
The Last Word: Opportunity knocks
The deal market tailed off at the end of 2018 after a generally resilient year. Here we ask the City’s…