City deal teams are having a busy run-up to Christmas, with Baker McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters leading…
One of our favourite pieces of the year was our first cover feature of 2018, Alphas, which thanks to the…
In a significant blow to Clifford Chance’s M&A practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has enticed private equity star Amy Mahon to…
‘It’s like the rivalry between Fulham and Chelsea,’ notes one former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner of his old club’s…
Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…
The global M&A market is booming. Bill Mordan, general counsel at FTSE 100 drug-maker Shire, would know. Shire’s board recently…
In a deal of major national significance, Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised the Greek state…
Marco Cillario sizes up the pros and cons for legal advisers of the current ICO boom ‘We are in an…
Life sciences giant puts £46bn offer on table for Irish rival Magic Circle duo Slaughter and May and Linklaters have…
Ten years after acquiring Pret A Manger in a deal worth £350m, private equity house Bridgepoint is selling it for…
‘Theirs is the biggest succession issue faced by any firm in the City,’ says one Magic Circle partner of Skadden,…
Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
Within the same week, two Magic Circle firms stressed to Legal Business the same mantra after departures of big-name lawyers:…
Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) (pictured) has secured a key corporate role for engineering company and long-term client The Weir Group…
Paul Hastings has hired Anu Balasubramanian to lead its private equity team in London, a striking move that sees DLA…
Latham & Watkins advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the €1.94bn buyout of Italian railway operator Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori. London partner…
Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have rejuvenated longstanding client relationships to win lead roles on…
After a turbulent period outside the deal rooms for some of the world’s largest corporate firms, Latham & Watkins and…
A group of elite firms both sides of the Atlantic, including Macfarlanes and Slaughter and May, face off as British…
